PS-102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. PS-102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily. PS-102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. PS-102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. PS-102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. PS-102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. PS-102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. PS-102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me. PS-102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, PS-102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. PS-102:11 My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. PS-102:12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. PS-102:13 Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. PS-102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. PS-102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. PS-102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. PS-102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. PS-102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. PS-102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; PS-102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; PS-102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; PS-102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. PS-102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. PS-102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations. PS-102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands. PS-102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: PS-102:27 But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end. PS-102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. ~~~~~~