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102:1  1 It seemeth that this prayer was appointeth to the faithful to pray in the captivity of Babylon. 16 A consolation for the building of the Church:   18 whereof followeth the praise of God to be published unto all posterity. 22 The conversion of the Gentiles, 28 and the stability of the Church. A prayer of the afflicted, when he shall be in distress, and pour forth his meditation before the Lord. O Lord hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.
102:2  Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine ears unto me, when I call, make haste to hear me.
102:3  For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an hearth.
102:4  Mine heart is smitten, and withered like grass, because I forgat to eat my bread.
102:5  For the voice of my groaning, my bones do cleave to my skin.
102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the deserts.
102:7  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
102:8  Mine enemies revile me daily, and they that rage against me, have sworn against me.
102:9  Surely I have eaten ashes as bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
102:10  Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast heaved me up, and cast me down.
102:11  My days are like a shadow that fadeth, and I am withered like grass.
102:12  But thou, O Lord, dost remain forever, and thy remembrance from generation to generation.
102:13  Thou wilt arise and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to have mercy thereon, for the appointed time is come.
102:14  For thy servants delight in the stones thereof, and have pity on the dust thereof.
102:15  Then the heathen shall fear the Name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory,
102:16  When the Lord shall build up Zion, and shall appear in his glory,
102:17  And shall turn unto the prayer of the desolate, and not despise their prayer.
102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created, shall praise the Lord.
102:19  For he hath looked down from the height of his Sanctuary: out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth,
102:20  That he might hear the mourning of the prisoner, and deliver the children of death.
102:21  That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
102:22  When the people shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms to serve the Lord.
102:23  He abated my strength in the way, and shortened my days.
102:24  And I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years endure from generation to generation.
102:25  Thou hast aforetime laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands.
102:26  They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: even they all shall wax old as doth a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
102:27  But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
102:28  The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight.