Psalms 102
102
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
1Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and let my cry come to You. # Ex 2:23; 1Sa 9:16
2Do not hide Your face from me # Ps 27:9; 69:17
in the day of my trouble;
incline Your ear to me;
in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
3For my days pass away like smoke, # Jas 4:14
and my bones burn like a furnace. # Job 30:30
4My heart is stricken and withered like grass, # Ps 37:2; Isa 40:7
so that I forget to eat my bread.
5Because of the sound of my groaning
my bones cling to my skin. # Job 19:20; La 4:8
6I am like an owl of the wilderness;
like an owl of the desert.
7I lie awake, and am # Ps 77:4
like a sparrow alone # Ps 38:11 on the housetop.
8My enemies reproach me all the day;
those who deride me use my name for a curse.
9For I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drink with tears, # Ps 42:3; 80:5
10because of Your indignation and Your wrath; # Ps 38:3
for You have lifted me up and cast me away.
11My days are like an evening shadow; # Job 14:2; Ps 109:23
I wither away like grass.
12But You, O Lord, shall endure forever, # Ps 9:7; 135:13
the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
13You will arise # Ps 44:26 and have mercy on Zion, # Isa 40:2
for it is time to favor her;
the appointed time has come.
14For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
and take pity on her dust. # Ne 4:2
15So the nations will fear the name of the Lord, # 1Ki 8:43
and all the kings of the earth Your glory. # Ps 138:4
16For the Lord will build up Zion; # Ps 147:2
He will appear in His glory. # Isa 60:1–2
17He will regard the prayer of the destitute,
and will not despise their prayer. # Ne 1:6; Ps 22:24
18Let this be recorded for the generation to come, # Ro 15:4
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord. # Ps 22:30–31
19For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary;
from heaven the Lord beheld the earth, # Dt 26:15; Ps 14:2
20to hear the groaning of the prisoners,
to release those who were appointed to die, # Ps 79:11; 146:7
21to declare the name of the Lord in Zion,
and His praise in Jerusalem, # Ps 22:22
22when the peoples are gathered together,
and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. # Isa 49:22–23; Zec 8:20–23
23He has weakened my strength in midcourse;
He has shortened my days.
24I said,
“O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; # Ps 39:13
Your years endure throughout all generations.” # Hab 1:12
25Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands. # Ge 1:1; Heb 1:10–12
26They will perish, but You will endure; # Isa 34:4; Rev 20:11
indeed, they will all wear out like a garment;
like a robe You will change them,
and they will pass away.
27But You are the same, # Mal 3:6; Jas 1:17
and Your years will have no end.
28The children of Your servants shall continue;
and their descendants shall be established before You.
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