Chapter 102
1 A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
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2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
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3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
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4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
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5 Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
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6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
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7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
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8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
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9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
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10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
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11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
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12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
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14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
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15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
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16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
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17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
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18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
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19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
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20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
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21 that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
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22 when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
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23 He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
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24 I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
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25 In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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26 They 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.
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27 But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.1
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- Cited in Hebrews 1:10–12
28 The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
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