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102:1  Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
102:2  Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
102:3  For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.
102:4  My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
102:5  By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
102:7  I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
102:8  My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
102:9  For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
102:10  Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
102:11  My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
102:12  But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
102:13  You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
102:14  For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
102:15  So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.
102:16  For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
102:17  He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
102:18  This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
102:19  For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
102:20  to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
102:21  that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
102:22  when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
102:23  He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
102:24  I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
102:25  Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
102:26  They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
102:27  But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
102:28  The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you." By David.