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102:1  A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you!
102:2  Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
102:3  For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
102:4  My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
102:5  Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
102:6  I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;
102:7  I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
102:8  All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.
102:9  For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
102:10  because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
102:11  My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
102:12  But you, O Lord, are enthroned for ever; you are remembered throughout all generations.
102:13  You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favour her; the appointed time has come.
102:14  For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.
102:15  Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
102:16  For the Lord builds up Zion; he appears in his glory;
102:17  he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
102:18  Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
102:19  that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
102:20  to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,
102:21  that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord, and in Jerusalem his praise,
102:22  when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
102:23  He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
102:24  “O my God,” I say, “take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!”
102:25  Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
102:26  They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
102:27  but you are the same, and your years have no end.
102:28  The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.