‏ Psalms 102

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

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is weak and ▼

▼Ps 142:2

pours out his complaint before the Lord.

1 ^bHear my prayer, Lord!
And let my cry for help ^ccome to You.
2 ^dDo not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress;
^eIncline Your ear to me;
On the day when I call ^fanswer me quickly.
3 For my days ^ghave ended in smoke,
And my ^hbones have been scorched like a hearth.
4 My heart ⁱhas been struck like ▼

▼Lit herbage

grass and has ^kwithered,
Indeed, I ^lforget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the ▼

▼Lit voice

loudness of my groaning
My ⁿbones ▼

▼Lit have cleaved

cling to my flesh.
6 I resemble a ^ppelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the ruins.
7 I ^qlie awake,
I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

8 My enemies ^rhave taunted me all day long;
Those who ▼

▼Or made a fool of

^tderide me ▼

▼Lit have sworn by me

have used my name as a ^vcurse.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And ^wmixed my drink with weeping
10 ^xBecause of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have ^ylifted me up and thrown me away.
11 My days are like a ▼

▼Lit stretched out

^aalengthened shadow,
And ▼

▼Or as for me, I

I ^acwither away like ▼

▼Lit herbage

grass.

12 But You, Lord, ▼

▼Or sit enthroned

^afremain forever,
And Your ▼

▼Lit memorial

^ahname remains to all generations.
13 You will ^aiarise and have ^ajcompassion on Zion;
For ^akit is time to be gracious to her,
For the ^alappointed time has come.
14 Surely Your servants ▼

▼Or have found

take pleasure in her stones,
And feel pity for her dust.
15 ▼

▼Or And

So the ▼

▼Or Gentiles, heathen

^apnations will fear the name of the Lord,
And ^aqall the kings of the earth, Your glory.
16 For the Lord has ^arbuilt up Zion;
He has ^asappeared in His glory.
17 He has ^atturned His attention to the prayer of the ▼

▼Or naked

destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

18 ▼

▼Or Let this be written

This will be ^awwritten for the ^axgeneration to come,
▼

▼Or And

That ^aza people yet to be created ▼

▼Or will

may praise ▼

▼Heb Yah

the Lord:
19 For He ^bclooked down from His holy height;
^bdFrom heaven the Lord looked ▼

▼Lit toward

upon the earth,
20 To hear the ^bfgroaning of the prisoner,
To ^bgset free ▼

▼Lit the sons of death

those who were doomed to death,
21 So that people may ^bitell of the name of the Lord in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
22 When ^bjthe peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in the way;
He has ^bkshortened my days.
24 I say, “My God, ^bldo not take me away in the middle of my days,
Your ^bmyears are ▼

▼Lit in generation of generations

throughout all generations.
25 “In time of old You ^bofounded the earth,
And the ^bpheavens are the work of Your hands.
26 “ ▼

▼Lit They themselves

Even they will ^brperish, but You endure;
All of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.
27 “But You are ▼

▼Lit He

^btthe same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
28 “The ^buchildren of Your servants will continue,
And their ▼

▼Lit seed

^bwdescendants will be established before You.”