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Psalm 102 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 102

¹A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. [1] Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.

²Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.

³For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.

⁴My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

⁵In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.

⁶I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

⁷I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.

⁸All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

⁹For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears

¹⁰because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.

¹¹My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

¹²But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.

¹³You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.

¹⁴For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.

¹⁵The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

¹⁶For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.

¹⁷He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

¹⁸Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:

¹⁹“The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”

²¹So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem

²²when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.

²³In the course of my life [185] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.

²⁴So I said: “Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.

²⁵In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁶They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.

²⁷But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

²⁸The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”