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102:1  A prayer of a person who is suffering when he is ·discouraged [faint; disturbed] and ·tells the Lord his complaints [L pours out his concerns before the Lord]. Lord, listen to my prayer; let my cry for help come to you.
102:2  Do not hide your ·presence [L face] from me in my time of ·trouble [distress]. ·Pay attention [L Extend your ear] to me. ·When I cry for help [L On the day I call], answer me quickly.
102:3  My ·life [L days] is ·passing away [vanishing] like smoke, and my bones are burned up ·with fire [L like a furnace/oven/or glowing embers].
102:4  My heart is like grass that has been ·cut [stricken] and dried. I forget to eat my ·food [or bread].
102:5  Because of ·my grief [L the sounds of my groans], my ·skin hangs on my bones [L bones cling to my flesh].
102:6  I am like a ·desert [wilderness] owl, like an owl living among the ·ruins [wastelands; Is. 34:10–15; Zeph. 2:13–15].
102:7  I ·lie awake [or keep watch]. I am like a lonely bird on a ·housetop [roof].
102:8  All day long enemies ·insult [scorn; reproach] me; those who ·make fun of [mock] me use my name as a curse.
102:9  I eat ashes for ·food [or bread], and my tears ·fall into [mingle with] my drinks.
102:10  Because of your ·great anger [L wrath and indignation], you have picked me up and thrown me away.
102:11  My days are like a passing shadow; I am like dried grass.
102:12  But, Lord, you ·rule [L are enthroned] forever, and your ·fame [memory] ·goes on and on [L throughout the generations].
102:13  You will ·come [L rise up] and have ·mercy [compassion] on ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple], because the time has now come to be ·kind [gracious] to her; the ·right [appointed] time has come.
102:14  Your servants ·love even [are pleased/delighted with] her stones; they even ·care about [L have pity/compassion for] her dust.
102:15  Nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings on earth ·will honor you [L your glory; C God’s manifest presence].
102:16  The Lord will rebuild ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple]; there his glory [C manifest presence] will be seen.
102:17  He will answer the prayers of the ·needy [lowly; L naked]; he will not ·reject [despise] their prayers.
102:18  Write these things for ·the future [L a future generation] so that people who are not yet ·born [created] will praise the Lord.
102:19  The Lord looked down from his holy place above; from heaven he ·looked [gazed] down at the earth.
102:20  He heard the ·moans [groans] of the prisoners, and he ·freed [released] those sentenced to die.
102:21  The name of the Lord will be ·heard [recounted] in ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple]; his praise ·will be heard there [L in Jerusalem].
102:22  People will ·come [gather] together, and kingdoms will serve the Lord.
102:23  ·God has made me tired of living [He broke my strength in midcourse/L the way]; he has cut short my ·life [L days].
102:24  So I said, “My God, do not take me in the middle of my ·life [L days]. Your years ·go on and on [endure for generations].
102:25  In the beginning you ·made [founded] the earth, and ·your hands made the skies [L the heavens are the work of your hands; Gen. 1].
102:26  They will be destroyed, but you will ·remain [endure]. They will all wear out like ·clothes [garments]. And, like clothes, you will change them and throw them away.
102:27  But you ·never change [are the same/L he], and your ·life [L years] will never end.
102:28  ·Our children [L The children of your servants] will live in your presence, and their ·children [offspring; L seed] will remain with you.”