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102:1  Lord, hear my prayer! Let my cry reach you!
102:2  Don’t hide your face from me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! Answer me quickly as I cry out!
102:3  Because my days disappear like smoke, my bones are burned up as if in an oven;
102:4  my heart is smashed like dried-up grass. I even forget to eat my food
102:5  because of my intense groans. My bones are protruding from my skin.
102:6  I’m like some wild owl— like some screech owl in the desert.
102:7  I lie awake all night. I’m all alone like a bird on a roof.
102:8  All day long my enemies make fun of me; those who mock me curse using my name!
102:9  I’ve been eating ashes instead of bread. I’ve been mixing tears into my drinks
102:10  because of your anger and wrath, because you picked me up and threw me away.
102:11  My days are like a shadow soon gone. I’m dried up like dead grass.
102:12  But you, Lord, rule forever! Your fame lasts from one generation to the next!
102:13  You will stand up— you’ll have compassion on Zion because it is time to have mercy on her— the time set for that has now come!
102:14  Your servants cherish Zion’s stones; they show mercy even to her dirt.
102:15  The nations will honor the Lord’s name; all the earth’s rulers will honor your glory
102:16  because the Lord will rebuild Zion; he will be seen there in his glory.
102:17  God will turn to the prayer of the impoverished; he won’t despise their prayers.
102:18  Let this be written down for the next generation so that people not yet created will praise the Lord:
102:19  The Lord looked down from his holy summit, surveyed the earth from heaven,
102:20  to hear the prisoners’ groans, to set free those condemned to death,
102:21  that the Lord’s name may be declared in Zion and his praise declared in Jerusalem,
102:22  when all people are gathered together— all kingdoms—to serve the Lord.
102:23  God broke my strength in midstride, cutting my days short.
102:24  I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the prime of life— your years go on from one generation to the next!
102:25  You laid the earth’s foundations long ago; the skies are your handiwork.
102:26  These things will pass away, but you will last. All of these things will wear out like clothing; you change them like clothes, and they pass on.
102:27  But you are the one! Your years never end!
102:28  Let your servants’ children live safe; let your servants’ descendants live secure in your presence.”