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102:1  (A tefillah of one afflicted; when he is faint, he pours out his si’akh [complaint] before Hashem) Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and let my cry for help come unto Thee.
102:2  Hide not Thy face from me in the yom tzar (day of distress); incline Thine ear unto me; in the yom when I call, answer me speedily.
102:3  For my yamim are consumed like ashan (smoke), and my atzmot burn like a furnace.
102:4  My lev is struck, and withered like esev; so that I forget to eat my lechem.
102:5  By reason of the voice of my groaning my atzmot have deveykus to my basar.
102:6  I am like a bird of the midbar; I am like an owl of the desert.
102:7  I keep watch, and am like a tzippor (bird) alone upon the gag (housetop, roof).
102:8  Mine oyevim (enemies) reproach me kol hayom; and they that revile me curse by me.
102:9  For I have eaten ashes like lechem, and mingled my drink with tears.
102:10  Because of Thine za’am (indignation) and Thy ketsef (wrath, anger); for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
102:11  My days are like a tzel (shadow) that lengtheneth; and I am withered like esev (grass).
102:12  But Thou, Hashem, shall endure l’olam; and Thy memory unto dor vador.
102:13  Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Tziyon; for the time to favor her, the mo’ed (set time, appointed time) has come.
102:14  For Thy avadim cherish her avanim (stones), and pity her aphar.
102:15  So the Goyim shall fear the Shem Hashem, and all the melachim of ha’aretz will revere Thy glory.
102:16  When Hashem shall build up Tziyon, He shall appear in His Kavod.
102:17  He will regard the tefillah of the destitute, and not despise their tefillah.
102:18  This shall be written for a dor acharon (future generation); and the people which shall be created shall praise Hashem.
102:19  For He hath looked down from the height of His Kodesh; from Shomayim did Hashem behold Eretz;
102:20  To hear the groaning of the asir (prisoner); to release those that are bnei temutah (men [appointed to] death);
102:21  To declare the Shem Hashem in Tziyon, and His tehillah (praise) in Yerushalayim;
102:22  When the peoples are gathered together in assembly, and the mamlachot (kingdoms), to serve Hashem.
102:23  He bowed down my ko’ach in the derech; He cut short my yamim.
102:24  I said, O my G-d, take me not away in the midst of my yamim; Thy years are dor dorim (throughout all generations).
102:25  Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of ha’aretz; and Shomayim is the ma’aseh (work) of Thy hands.
102:26  They shall perish, but Thou shalt remain; and all of them shall wear out like a beged (garment); like a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed;
102:27  But Thou art the same, and Thy shanot (years) shall have no end.
102:28  The children of Thy avadim shall dwell, and their zera shall be established before Thee.