102:1 A Prayer of the poor in spirit, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as in a hearth.
102:4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread.
102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin.
102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
102:7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
102:8 My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that are mad against me are sworn against me.
102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping,
102:10 because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down.
102:11 My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
102:12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations.
102:13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.
102:14 For thy slaves love her stones and have compassion on the dust thereof.
102:15 So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory
102:16 because the LORD shall have built up Zion, and he shall be seen in his glory.
102:17 He shall have regarded the prayer of those who are alone and destitute and not despised their prayer.
102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people who shall be created shall praise JAH.
102:19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens the LORD beheld the earth
102:20 to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death,
102:21 that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,
102:22 when the people are gathered together as one and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
102:24 I said, O my God, do not cut me off in the midst of my days; thy years are from generation to generation.
102:25 Of old thou hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed:
102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
102:28 The sons of thy slaves shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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