102 (A tefillah of one afflicted; when he is faint, he pours out his si’akh [complaint] before Hashem) Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and let my cry for help come unto Thee.

^2 (3) Hide not Thy face from me in the yom tzar (day of distress); incline Thine ear unto me; in the yom when I call, answer me speedily.

^3 (4) For my yamim are consumed like ashan (smoke), and my atzmot burn like a furnace.

^4 (5) My lev is struck, and withered like esev; so that I forget to eat my lechem.

^5 (6) By reason of the voice of my groaning my atzmot have deveykus to my basar.

^6 (7) I am like a bird of the midbar; I am like an owl of the desert.

^7 (8) I keep watch, and am like a tzippor (bird) alone upon the gag (housetop, roof).

^8 (9) Mine oyevim (enemies) reproach me kol hayom; and they that revile me curse by me.

^9 (10) For I have eaten ashes like lechem, and mingled my drink with tears.

^10 (11) Because of Thine za’am (indignation) and Thy ketsef (wrath, anger); for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

^11 (12) My days are like a tzel (shadow) that lengtheneth; and I am withered like esev (grass).

^12 (13) But Thou, Hashem, shall endure l’olam; and Thy memory unto dor vador.

^13 (14) Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Tziyon; for the time to favor her, the mo’ed (set time, appointed time) has come.

^14 (15) For Thy avadim cherish her avanim (stones), and pity her aphar.

^15 (16) So the Goyim shall fear the Shem Hashem, and all the melachim of ha’aretz will revere Thy glory.

^16 (17) When Hashem shall build up Tziyon, He shall appear in His Kavod.

^17 (18) He will regard the tefillah of the destitute, and not despise their tefillah.

^18 (19) This shall be written for a dor acharon (future generation); and the people which shall be created shall praise Hashem.

^19 (20) For He hath looked down from the height of His Kodesh; from Shomayim did Hashem behold Eretz;

^20 (21) To hear the groaning of the asir (prisoner); to release those that are bnei temutah (men [appointed to] death);

^21 (22) To declare the Shem Hashem in Tziyon, and His tehillah (praise) in Yerushalayim;

^22 (23) When the peoples are gathered together in assembly, and the mamlachot (kingdoms), to serve Hashem.

^23 (24) He bowed down my ko’ach in the derech; He cut short my yamim.

^24 (25) I said, O my G-d, take me not away in the midst of my yamim; Thy years are dor dorim (throughout all generations).

^25 (26) Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of ha’aretz; and Shomayim is the ma’aseh (work) of Thy hands.

^26 (27) They shall perish, but Thou shalt remain; and all of them shall wear out like a beged (garment); like a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed;

^27 (28) But Thou art the same, and Thy shanot (years) shall have no end.

^28 (29) The children of Thy avadim shall dwell, and their zera shall be established before Thee.