Psa 102 | NASB1995 | STEP | A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord . Hear my prayer , O Lord ! And let my cry for help come to You.

Psalms 102

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

A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and ^{▼▼ Ps 142:2}pours out his complaint before the Lord.

1 ^bHear my prayer, O Lord!
And let my cry for help ^ccome to You.
2 ^dDo not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
^eIncline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call ^fanswer me quickly.
3 For my days ^ghave been ^{▼▼ Or finished}consumed in smoke,
And my ⁱbones have been scorched like a hearth.
4 My heart ^jhas been smitten like ^{▼▼ Lit herbage}grass and has ^lwithered away,
Indeed, I ^mforget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the ^{▼▼ Lit voice}loudness of my groaning
My ^obones ^{▼▼ Lit have cleaved}cling to my flesh.
6 I ^{▼▼ Lit have become similar to}resemble a ^rpelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
7 I ^slie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

8 My enemies ^thave reproached me all day long;
Those who ^{▼▼ Or made a fool of
,} ^vderide me ^{▼▼ Lit have sworn by me}have used my name as a ^xcurse.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread
And ^ymingled my drink with weeping
10 ^zBecause of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have ^aalifted me up and cast me away.
11 My days are like a ^{▼▼ Lit stretched out
,} ^aclengthened shadow,
And ^{▼▼ Or as for me, I}I ^aewither away like ^{▼▼ Lit herbage}grass.

12 But You, O Lord, ^{▼▼ Or sit enthroned
,} ^ahabide forever,
And Your ^{▼▼ Lit memorial
,} ^ajname to all generations.
13 You will ^akarise and have ^alcompassion on Zion;
For ^amit is time to be gracious to her,
For the ^anappointed time has come.
14 Surely Your servants ^{▼▼ Or have found}find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.
15 ^{▼▼ Or And}So the ^{▼▼ Or Gentiles, heathen
,} ^arnations will fear the name of the Lord
And ^asall the kings of the earth Your glory.
16 For the Lord has ^atbuilt up Zion;
He has ^auappeared in His glory.
17 He has ^avregarded the prayer of the ^{▼▼ Or naked}destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

18 ^{▼▼ Or Let this be written}This will be ^aywritten for the ^azgeneration to come,
^{▼▼ Or And}That ^bba people yet to be created ^{▼▼ Or will}may praise ^{▼▼ Heb Yah}the Lord.
19 For He ^belooked down from His holy height;
^bfFrom heaven the Lord gazed ^{▼▼ Lit toward}upon the earth,
20 To hear the ^bhgroaning of the prisoner,
To ^biset free ^{▼▼ Lit the sons of death}those who were doomed to death,
21 That men may ^bktell of the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When ^blthe peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

23 He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has ^bmshortened my days.
24 I say, “O my God, ^bndo not take me away in the ^{▼▼ Lit half}midst of my days,
Your ^bpyears are throughout all generations.
25 “Of old You ^bqfounded the earth,
And the ^brheavens are the work of Your hands.
26 ^{▼▼ Lit They themselves}“Even they will ^btperish, 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 ^{▼▼ Lit He
,} ^bvthe same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
28 “The ^bwchildren of Your servants will continue,
And their ^{▼▼ Lit seed
,} ^bydescendants will be established before You.”

Psalms 102

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

A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and ▼▼ Ps 142:2pours out his complaint before the Lord.

A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and ^{▼▼ Ps 142:2}pours out his complaint before the Lord.