Psalms 102
102
Psalm 102
A prayer by someone who is suffering, when he is weary and pours out his troubles in the Lord’s presence.
1O Lord, hear my prayer,
and let my cry for help come to you.
2Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble.
Turn your ear toward me.
Answer me quickly when I call.
3My days disappear like smoke.
My bones burn like hot coals.
4My heart is beaten down and withered like grass
because I have forgotten about eating.
5I am nothing but skin and bones
because of my loud groans.
6I am like a desert owl,
like an owl living in the ruins.
7I lie awake.
I am like a lonely bird on a rooftop.
8All day long my enemies insult me.
Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
9I eat ashes like bread
and my tears are mixed with my drink
10because of your hostility and anger,
because you have picked me up and thrown me away.
11My days are like a shadow that is getting longer,
and I wither away like grass.
12But you, O Lord, remain forever.
You are remembered throughout every generation.
13You will rise and have compassion on Zion,
because it is time to grant a favor to it.
Indeed, the appointed time has come.
14Your servants value Zion’s stones,
and they pity its rubble.
15The nations will fear the Lord’s name.
All the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16When the Lord builds Zion,
he will appear in his glory.
17He will turn his attention to the prayers
of those who have been abandoned.
He will not despise their prayers.
18This will be written down for a future generation
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
19“The Lord looked down from his holy place high above.
From heaven he looked at the earth.
20He heard the groans of the prisoners
and set free those who were condemned to death.
21The Lord’s name is announced in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem
22when nations and kingdoms gather
to worship the Lord.”
23He has weakened my strength along the way.
He has reduced ⌞the number of⌟ my days.
24I said, “My God, don’t take me now in the middle of my life.
Your years ⌞continue on⌟ throughout every generation.
25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth.
Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
26They will come to an end, but you will still go on.
They will all wear out like clothing.
You will change them like clothes,
and they will be thrown away.
27But you remain the same, and your life will never end.
28The children of your servants will go on living ⌞here⌟.
Their descendants will be secure in your presence.”
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Psalms 102
102
The Prayer of a Troubled Youth#Ps 102 Hebrew title: A prayer by a weary sufferer who pours out his complaints to the LORD.
1Listen to my prayer, O LORD,
and hear my cry for help!
2When I am in trouble,
don't turn away from me!
Listen to me,
and answer me quickly when I call!
3My life is disappearing like smoke;
my body is burning like fire.
4I am beaten down like dry grass;
I have lost my desire for food.
5I groan aloud;
I am nothing but skin and bones.
6I am like a wild bird in the desert,
like an owl in abandoned ruins.
7I lie awake;
I am like a lonely bird on a housetop.
8All day long my enemies insult me;
those who mock me use my name in cursing.
9-10Because of your anger and fury,
ashes are my food,
and my tears are mixed with my drink.
You picked me up and threw me away.
11My life is like the evening shadows;
I am like dry grass.
12But you, O LORD, are king for ever;
all generations will remember you.
13You will rise and take pity on Zion;
the time has come to have mercy on her;
this is the right time.
14Your servants love her,
even though she is destroyed;
they have pity on her,
even though she is in ruins.
15The nations will fear the LORD;
all the kings of the earth will fear his power.
16When the LORD rebuilds Zion,
he will reveal his greatness.
17He will hear his forsaken people
and listen to their prayer.
18Write down for the coming generation what the LORD has done,
so that people not yet born will praise him.
19The LORD looked down from his holy place on high,
he looked down from heaven to earth.
20He heard the groans of prisoners
and set free those who were condemned to die.
21And so his name will be proclaimed in Zion,
and he will be praised in Jerusalem
22when nations and kingdoms come together
and worship the LORD.
23The LORD has made me weak while I am still young;
he has shortened my life.
24O God, do not take me away now
before I grow old.
O LORD, you live for ever;
25 #
Heb 1.10–12
long ago you created the earth,
and with your own hands you made the heavens.
26They will disappear, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like clothes.
You will discard them like clothes,
and they will vanish.
27But you are always the same,
and your life never ends.
28Our children will live in safety,
and under your protection
their descendants will be secure.
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