Psalms 102

1 Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.

1A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.

1 Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

2 Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily.

2Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.

2Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly.

3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.

3For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

3My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

4Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

4My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh.

5From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.

5Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.

6 I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

6I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

6I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand.

7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

7I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

7I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.

8All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

8My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

9Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

9I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:

10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

10From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

10Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.

11 My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

11My days as a shadow <FI>are<Fi> stretched out, And I--as the herb I am withered.

11My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.

12 But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.

12And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.

12But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end.

13 Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.

13Thou--Thou risest--Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

13You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted.

14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust.

14For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

14For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust.

15 And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

15And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,

15So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:

16 When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.

16For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

16When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory;

17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.

17He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

17When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.

18 This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah:

18This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.

18This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth,

19For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,

19For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;

20To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

20Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered;

21 That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

21To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

21So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

22 When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

22In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms--to serve Jehovah.

22When the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms, to give worship to the Lord.

23 He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days.

23He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

23He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.

24 I said, MyGod, take me not away in the midst of my days! ...Thy years are from generation to generation.

24I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations <FI>are<Fi> Thine years.

24I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations:

25 Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:

25Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands <FI>are<Fi> the heavens.

25In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

26 They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.

26They--They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.

26They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed:

27 But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end.

27And Thou <FI>art<Fi> the same, and Thine years are not finished.

27But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end.

28 The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee.

28The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!

28The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you.