Psalms 102
Webster's Bible (1833)
2A 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 to thee.
3Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thy ear to me: in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
4For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
5My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
6By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin.
7I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
8I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
9My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are enraged against me are sworn against me.
10For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
11Because of thy indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
12My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
13But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance to all generations.
14Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come.
15For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
16So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD: and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
17When the LORD shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.
18He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
19This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
20For he hath looked down from the hight of his sanctuary; from heaven hath the LORD beheld the earth;
21To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
22To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
23When the people are assembled, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
24He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
25I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
26Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
27They shall perish, but thou wilt endure: yes, all of them shall grow old like a garment; as a vesture wilt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
28But thou art the same, and thy years will have no end.
29The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.