102A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.H8605H6041H5848H8210H7879H6440H3068H8085H8605H3068H7775H9352Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.H5641H6440H3117H6862H5186H241H3117H7121H6030H41183For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.H3117H3615H6227H6106H2787H41684My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.H3820H5221H3001H6212H7911H398H38995Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.H6963H585H6106H1692H13206I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.H1819H6893H4057H3563H27237I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.H8245H6833H909H14068All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.H341H2778H3117H1984H76509For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tearsH398H665H3899H4537H8249H106510because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.H6440H2195H7110H5375H799311My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.H3117H6738H5186H3001H621212But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.H3068H3427H5769H2143H1755H175513You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.H6965H7355H6726H6256H2603H4150H93514For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.H5650H7521H68H2603H608315The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.H1471H3372H8034H3068H4428H776H351916For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.H3068H1129H6726H7200H351917He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.H6437H8605H6199H959H860518Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:H3789H1755H314H5971H1254H1984H305019"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,H8259H4791H6944H8064H3068H5027H77620to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."H8085H603H615H6605H1121H854621So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in JerusalemH5608H8034H3068H6726H8416H338922when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.H5971H6908H3162H4467H5647H306823In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.H6031H3581H1870H7114H311724So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.H559H410H5927H2677H3117H8141H1755H175525In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.H6440H3245H776H8064H4639H302726They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.H6H5975H1086H899H3830H2498H249827But you remain the same, and your years will never end.H8141H855228The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."H1121H5650H7931H2233H3559H6440