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102:1  A prayer of one afflicted, when faint and pleading before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you.
102:2  Do not hide your face from me on the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily on 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 stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.
102:5  Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my skin.
102:6  I am like an owl of the wilderness, like a little owl of the waste places.
102:7  I lie awake; I am like a lonely bird on the housetop.
102:8  All day long 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 lifted me up and thrown me aside.
102:11  My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
102:12  But you, O Lord, are enthroned for ever; your name endures to all generations.
102:13  You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to favour it; the appointed time has come.
102:14  For your servants hold its stones dear, and have pity on its dust.
102:15  The nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
102:16  For the Lord will build up Zion; he will appear in his glory.
102:17  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.
102:18  Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn 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  so that the name of the Lord may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
102:22  when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.
102:23  He has broken my strength in mid-course; he has shortened my days.
102:24  ‘O my God,’ I say, ‘do not take me away at the mid-point of my life, you whose years endure throughout all generations.’
102:25  Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
102:26  They will perish, but you endure; they will all wear out like a garment. You change them like clothing, and they pass away;
102:27  but you are the same, and your years have no end.
102:28  The children of your servants shall live secure; their offspring shall be established in your presence.