Psalms 102
Open in the reader1A Prayer of an afflicted one, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before He-Who-Is.
2Hear my prayer, O He-Who-Is; let my cry for help come before You.
3Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
4For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
5My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
6Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
7I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
8I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
9All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
10For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
11because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
12My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
13But You, O He-Who-Is, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
14You will rise up and have compassion on Marker, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
15For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
16So the nations will fear the name of He-Who-Is, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
17For He-Who-Is will rebuild Marker; He has appeared in His glory.
18He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
19Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the He-Who-Is.
20For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; He-Who-Is gazed out from heaven to earth
21to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
22that they may proclaim the name of He-Who-Is in Marker and praise Him in Foundation-of-Peace,
23when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve He-Who-Is.
24He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
25I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
26In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
27They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
28But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
29The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”