Psalm 102

Psalm 101 Psalm 103

Psalm 102 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prayer of an Afflicted Man for Mercy on Himself and on Zion.

A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and ^[a]pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
And let my cry for help come to You.
²Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call answer me quickly.
³For my days have been ^[b]consumed in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
⁴My heart has been smitten like ^[c]grass and has withered away,
Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of the ^[d]loudness of my groaning
My bones ^[e]cling to my flesh.
⁶I ^[f]resemble a pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
⁷I lie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

⁸My enemies have reproached me all day long;
Those who ^[g]deride me ^[h]have used my name as a curse.
⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread
And mingled my drink with weeping
¹⁰Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
¹¹My days are like a ^[i]lengthened shadow,
And ^[j]I wither away like ^[k]grass.

¹²But You, O Lord, ^[l]abide forever,
And Your ^[m]name to all generations.
¹³You will arise and have compassion on Zion;
For it is time to be gracious to her,
For the appointed time has come.
¹⁴Surely Your servants ^[n]find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.
¹⁵^[o]So the ^[p]nations will fear the name of the Lord
And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord has built up Zion;
He has appeared in His glory.
¹⁷He has regarded the prayer of the ^[q]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸^[r]This will be written for the generation to come,
^[s]That a people yet to be created ^[t]may praise ^[u]the Lord.
¹⁹For He looked down from His holy height;
From heaven the Lord gazed ^[v]upon the earth,
²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To set free ^[w]those who were doomed to death,
²¹That men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,
²²When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has shortened my days.
²⁴I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the ^[x]midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.
²⁵“Of old You founded the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
²⁶“^[y]Even they will perish, but You endure;
And all of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
²⁷“But You are ^[z]the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
²⁸“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their ^[aa]descendants will be established before You.”