Psalms 102
New International Version - Psalms 102 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 102:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord ; let my cry for help come to you. 102:2 Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. 102:3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. 102:4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. 102:5 Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones. 102:6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. 102:7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. 102:8 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. 102:9 For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears 102:10 because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. 102:11 My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. 102:12 But you, O Lord , sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. 102:13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. 102:14 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. 102:15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord , all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. 102:16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. 102:17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. 102:18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord : 102:19 'The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, 102:20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.' 102:21 So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 102:22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord. 102:23 In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. 102:24 So I said: 'Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. 102:25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 102:26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. 102:27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end. 102:28 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.'