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102:1  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 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 housetop.
102:8  Mine enemies reproach me all the day, and them 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 declineth, 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 favor her, yea, the set time has come.
102:14  For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
102:15  So 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, He shall appear in His glory.
102:17  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, 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; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth,
102:20  to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to death,
102:21  to declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem,
102:22  when people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
102:23  He weakened my strength on the way; He shortened my days.
102:24  I said, “O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; Thy years are throughout all generations.
102:25  Of old hast Thou 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; and as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed.
102:27  But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end.
102:28  The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Thee.”