Psalms 102

1[A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. {of: or, for}● 2Hide not thy face from me in the day {when} I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day {when} I call answer me speedily.● 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}● 4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.● 5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. {skin: or, flesh}● 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.● 7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.● 8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; {and} they that are mad against me are sworn against me.● 9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,● 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.● 11My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.● 12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.● 13Thou shalt arise, {and} have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.● 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.● 15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.● 16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.● 17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.● 18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.● 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;● 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; {those...: Heb. the children of death}● 21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;● 22When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.● 23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. {weakened: Heb. afflicted}● 24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years {are} throughout all generations.● 25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens {are} the work of thy hands.● 26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: {endure: Heb. stand}● 27But thou {art} the same, and thy years shall have no end.● 28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.●