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Psalm 102
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Psalm 102
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Psalm 102[a]
A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.
1 Hear my prayer,(A) Lord;
let my cry for help(B) come to you.
2 Do not hide your face(C) from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(D) to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke;(E)
my bones(F) burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(G)
I forget to eat my food.(H)
5 In my distress I groan aloud(I)
and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl,(J)
like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake;(K) I have become
like a bird alone(L) on a roof.
8 All day long my enemies(M) taunt me;(N)
those who rail against me use my name as a curse.(O)
9 For I eat ashes(P) as my food
and mingle my drink with tears(Q)
10 because of your great wrath,(R)
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow;(S)
I wither(T) away like grass.
12 But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;(U)
your renown endures(V) through all generations.(W)
13 You will arise(X) and have compassion(Y) on Zion,
for it is time(Z) to show favor(AA) to her;
the appointed time(AB) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear(AC) the name of the Lord,
all the kings(AD) of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(AE)
and appear in his glory.(AF)
17 He will respond to the prayer(AG) of the destitute;
he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be written(AH) for a future generation,
that a people not yet created(AI) may praise the Lord:
19 “The Lord looked down(AJ) from his sanctuary on high,
from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(AK)
and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the Lord will be declared(AL) in Zion
and his praise(AM) in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms
assemble to worship(AN) the Lord.
23 In the course of my life[b] he broke my strength;
he cut short my days.(AO)
24 So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
your years go on(AP) through all generations.
25 In the beginning(AQ) you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens(AR) are the work of your hands.(AS)
26 They will perish,(AT) but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,(AU)
and your years will never end.(AV)
28 The children of your servants(AW) will live in your presence;
their descendants(AX) will be established before you.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:1 In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.
- Psalm 102:23 Or By his power
Psalm 102
English Standard Version
Psalm 102
English Standard Version
Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is (A)faint and (B)pours out his complaint before the Lord.
102 (C)Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry (D)come to you!
2 (E)Do not hide your face from me
in (F)the day of my distress!
(G)Incline your ear to me;
(H)answer me speedily (I)in the day when I call!
3 For my days (J)pass away like smoke,
and my (K)bones burn like a furnace.
4 My heart is (L)struck down like grass and (M)has withered;
I (N)forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of my loud groaning
my (O)bones cling to my flesh.
6 I am like (P)a desert owl of the wilderness,
like an owl[a] of the waste places;
7 I (Q)lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8 All the day my enemies taunt me;
those who (R)deride me (S)use my name for a curse.
9 For I eat ashes like bread
and (T)mingle tears with my drink,
10 because of your indignation and anger;
for you have (U)taken me up and (V)thrown me down.
11 My days are like (W)an evening shadow;
I (X)wither away like grass.
12 But you, O Lord, are (Y)enthroned forever;
you (Z)are remembered throughout all generations.
13 You will (AA)arise and have (AB)pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
(AC)the appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her (AD)stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
15 Nations will (AE)fear the name of the Lord,
and all (AF)the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16 For the Lord (AG)builds up Zion;
he (AH)appears in his glory;
17 he (AI)regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.
18 Let this be (AJ)recorded for (AK)a generation to come,
so that (AL)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
19 that he (AM)looked down from his holy height;
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
20 to hear (AN)the groans of the prisoners,
to set free (AO)those who were doomed to die,
21 that they may (AP)declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
and in Jerusalem his praise,
22 when (AQ)peoples gather together,
and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he (AR)has shortened my days.
24 “O my God,” (AS)I say, “take me not away
in the midst of my days—
(AT)you whose years endure
throughout all generations!”
25 (AU)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
and (AV)the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 (AW)They will perish, but (AX)you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
27 but (AY)you are the same, and your years have no end.
28 (AZ)The children of your servants (BA)shall dwell secure;
(BB)their offspring shall be established before you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:6 The precise identity of these birds is uncertain
Psalmi 102
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Psalmi 102
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Psalmul 102
O rugăciune a unui nenorocit,
când este doborât de întristare
şi îşi varsă plângerea înaintea Domnului
1 Doamne, ascultă-mi rugăciunea
şi s-ajungă(A) strigătul meu până la Tine!
2 Nu-mi(B) ascunde Faţa Ta în ziua necazului meu!
Pleacă-Ţi(C) urechea spre mine când strig!
Ascultă-mă degrabă!
3 Căci(D) zilele mele pier ca fumul
şi oasele(E) îmi ard ca un tăciune.
4 Inima îmi este lovită şi mi se usucă(F) întocmai ca iarba;
până şi pâinea uit să mi-o mănânc.
5 Aşa de mari îmi sunt gemetele,
că mi se lipesc oasele(G) de carne.
6 Semăn(H) cu pelicanul(I) din pustie,
sunt ca o cucuvea din dărâmături;
7 nu mai pot dormi(J) şi sunt
ca pasărea singuratică(K) pe un acoperiş.
8 În fiecare zi mă batjocoresc vrăjmaşii mei
şi potrivnicii mei jură(L) pe(M) mine în mânia lor.
9 Mănânc ţărână în loc de pâine
şi îmi amestec lacrimile cu băutura(N)
10 din pricina mâniei şi urgiei Tale,
căci Tu m-ai(O) ridicat şi m-ai aruncat departe.
11 Zilele mele sunt ca(P) o umbră gata să treacă
şi mă usuc ca iarba.
12 Dar(Q) Tu, Doamne, Tu împărăţeşti pe vecie
şi pomenirea(R) Ta ţine din neam în neam.
13 Tu Te vei scula şi vei avea milă(S) de Sion;
căci este vremea(T) să te înduri de el, a venit vremea hotărâtă pentru el.
14 Căci robii Tăi iubesc pietrele(U) Sionului
şi le e milă de ţărâna lui.
15 Atunci se vor teme(V) neamurile de Numele Domnului
şi toţi împăraţii pământului de slava Ta.
16 Da, Domnul va zidi iarăşi Sionul
şi Se va arăta în(W) slava Sa.
17 El ia aminte la(X) rugăciunea nevoiaşului
şi nu-i nesocoteşte rugăciunea.
18 Să se scrie(Y) lucrul acesta pentru neamul de oameni care va veni,
şi poporul(Z) care se va naşte să laude pe Domnul!
19 Căci El priveşte(AA) din înălţimea sfinţeniei Lui;
Domnul priveşte din ceruri pe pământ,
20 ca(AB) să audă gemetele prinşilor de război
şi să izbăvească pe cei ce sunt pe moarte;
21 pentru ca ei să vestească(AC) în Sion Numele Domnului
şi laudele lui în Ierusalim,
22 când se vor strânge toate popoarele
şi toate împărăţiile ca să slujească Domnului.
23 El mi-a frânt puterea în drum
şi mi-a scurtat(AD) zilele,
24 Eu zic(AE): „Dumnezeule, nu mă lua la jumătatea zilelor mele,
Tu, ai cărui ani(AF) ţin veşnic!”
25 Tu ai întemeiat în(AG) vechime pământul
şi cerurile sunt lucrarea mâinilor Tale.
26 Ele(AH) vor pieri, dar Tu(AI) vei rămâne;
toate se vor învechi ca o haină;
le vei schimba ca pe un veşmânt şi se vor schimba.
27 Dar Tu(AJ) rămâi Acelaşi
şi anii Tăi nu se vor sfârşi.
28 Fiii(AK) robilor Tăi îşi vor locui ţara
şi sămânţa lor va rămâne înaintea Ta.
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