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102:1  A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
102:2  Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
102:3  For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
102:4  My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
102:5  In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
102:6  I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
102:7  I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
102:8  All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
102:9  For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
102:10  because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
102:11  My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
102:12  But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
102:13  You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
102:14  For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
102:15  The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
102:16  For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
102:17  He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
102:18  Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
102:19  "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
102:20  to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
102:21  So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
102:22  when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
102:23  In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
102:24  So I said: "Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
102:25  In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
102:26  They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
102:27  But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
102:28  The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."