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.

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