Psalms 102-104 - Prayer Tents

102[A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the Lord.] Lord, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!H8605H6041H5848H8210H7879H6440H3068H8085H8605H3068H7775H935 2Don’t turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you.H5641H6440H3117H6862H5186H241H3117H7121H6030H4118 3For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.H3117H3615H6227H6106H2787H4168 4My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.H3820H5221H3001H6212H7911H398H3899 5Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.H6963H585H6106H1692H1320 6I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.H1819H6893H4057H3563H2723 7I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.H8245H6833H909H1406 8My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.H341H2778H3117H1984H7650 9I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drinkH398H665H3899H4537H8249H1065 10because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.H6440H2195H7110H5375H7993 11My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.H3117H6738H5186H3001H6212 12But you, O Lord, will sit on your throne forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.H3068H3427H5769H2143H1755H1755 13You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem—and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.H6965H7355H6726H6256H2603H4150H935 14For your people love every stone in her walls and cherish even the dust in her streets.H5650H7521H68H2603H6083 15Then the nations will tremble before the Lord. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.H1471H3372H8034H3068H4428H776H3519 16For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.H3068H1129H6726H7200H3519 17He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.H6437H8605H6199H959H8605 18Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a people not yet born will praise the Lord.H3789H1755H314H5971H1254H1984H3050 19Tell them the Lord looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heavenH8259H4791H6944H8064H3068H5027H776 20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.H8085H603H615H6605H1121H8546 21And so the Lord’s fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem,H5608H8034H3068H6726H8416H3389 22when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the Lord.H5971H6908H3162H4467H5647H3068 23He broke my strength in midlife, cutting short my days.H6031H3581H1870H7114H3117 24But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever, don’t take my life while I am so young!H559H410H5927H2677H3117H8141H1755H1755 25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens with your hands.H6440H3245H776H8064H4639H3027 26They will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment and discard them.H6H5975H1086H899H3830H2498H2498 27But you are always the same; you will live forever.H8141H8552 28The children of your people will live in security. Their children’s children will thrive in your presence.”H1121H5650H7931H2233H3559H6440

103[A psalm of David.] Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.H1732H1288H3068H5315H7130H6944H8034 2Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.H1288H3068H5315H7911H1576 3He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.H5545H5771H7495H8463 4He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies.H1350H2416H7845H5849H2617H7356 5He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!H7646H5716H2896H5271H2318H5404 6The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.H3068H6213H6666H4941H6231 7He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel.H3045H1870H4872H5949H1121H3478 8The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.H3068H7349H2587H750H639H7227H2617 9He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.H5331H7378H5201H5769 10He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.H6213H2399H1580H5771 11For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.H8064H1361H776H1396H2617H3373 12He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.H7368H4217H4628H7368H6588 13The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.H1H7355H1121H3068H7355H3373 14For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.H3045H3336H2142H6083 15Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.H582H3117H2682H6731H7704H6692 16The wind blows, and we are gone—as though we had never been here.H7307H5674H4725H5234 17But the love of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children’s childrenH2617H3068H5769H5704H5769H3373H6666H1121H1121 18of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments!H8104H1285H2142H6490H6213 19The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything.H3068H3559H3678H8064H4438H4910 20Praise the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.H1288H3068H4397H1368H3581H6213H1697H8085H6963H1697 21Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels who serve him and do his will!H1288H3068H6635H8334H6213H7522 22Praise the Lord, everything he has created, everything in all his kingdom. Let all that I am praise the Lord.H1288H3068H4639H4725H4475H1288H3068H5315

104Let all that I am praise the Lord. O Lord my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and majesty.H1288H3068H5315H3068H430H3966H1431H3847H1935H1926 2You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;H5844H216H8008H5186H8064H3407 3you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariot; you ride upon the wings of the wind.H7136H5944H4325H7760H5645H7398H1980H3671H7307 4The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.H6213H4397H7307H8334H3857H784 5You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.H3245H4349H776H4131H5769H5703 6You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.H3680H8415H3830H4325H5975H2022 7At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.H4480H1606H5127H6963H7482H2648 8Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.H5927H2022H3381H1237H4725H2088H3245 9Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.H7760H1366H5674H7725H3680H776 10You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.H7971H4599H5158H1980H2022 11They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.H8248H2416H7704H6501H7665H6772 12The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.H5775H8064H7931H5414H6963H996H6073 13You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.H8248H2022H5944H776H7646H6529H4639 14You cause grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth—H2682H6779H929H6212H5656H120H3318H3899H776 15wine to make them glad, olive oil to soothe their skin, and bread to give them strength.H3196H8055H3824H582H8081H6440H6670H3899H5582H582H3824 16The trees of the Lord are well cared for—the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.H6086H3068H7646H730H3844H5193 17There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.H6833H7077H2624H1265H1004 18High in the mountains live the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.H1364H2022H4268H3277H5553H8227 19You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set.H6213H3394H4150H8121H3045H3996 20You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.H7896H2822H3915H2416H3293H7430 21Then the young lions roar for their prey, stalking the food provided by God.H3715H7580H2964H1245H400H410 22At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.H8121H2224H622H7257H4585 23Then people go off to their work, where they labor until evening.H120H3318H6467H5656H6153 24O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.H3068H7231H4639H2451H6213H776H4390H7075 25Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small.H1419H7342H3027H3220H7431H4557H6996H1419H2416 26See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.H1980H591H3882H3335H7832 27They all depend on you to give them food as they need it.H7663H5414H400H6256 28When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are richly satisfied.H5414H3950H6605H3027H7646H2896 29But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.H5641H6440H926H622H7307H1478H7725H6083 30When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.H7971H7307H1254H2318H6440H127 31May the glory of the Lord continue forever! The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!H3519H3068H5769H3068H8055H4639 32The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains smoke at his touch.H5027H776H7460H5060H2022H6225 33I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!H7891H3068H2416H2167H430H5750 34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.H7879H6149H8055H3068 35Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. Let all that I am praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!H2400H8552H776H7563H1288H3068H5315H1984H3050