102[A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!H8605H6041H5848H8210H7879H6440H3068H8085H8605H3068H7775H935

2Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!H5641H6440H3117H6862H5186H241H3117H7121H6030H4118

3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.H3117H3615H6227H6106H2787H4168

4My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.H3820H5221H3001H6212H7911H398H3899

5Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.H6963H585H6106H1692H1320

6I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;H1819H6893H4057H3563H2723

7I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.H8245H6833H909H1406

8All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.H341H2778H3117H1984H7650

9For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,H398H665H3899H4537H8249H1065

10because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.H6440H2195H7110H5375H7993

11My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.H3117H6738H5186H3001H6212

12But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations.H3068H3427H5769H2143H1755H1755

13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.H6965H7355H6726H6256H2603H4150H935

14For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.H5650H7521H68H2603H6083

15Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.H1471H3372H8034H3068H4428H776H3519

16For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory;H3068H1129H6726H7200H3519

17he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.H6437H8605H6199H959H8605

18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:H3789H1755H314H5971H1254H1984H3050

19that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,H8259H4791H6944H8064H3068H5027H776

20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,H8085H603H615H6605H1121H8546

21that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,H5608H8034H3068H6726H8416H3389

22when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.H5971H6908H3162H4467H5647H3068

23He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.H6031H3581H1870H7114H3117

24"O my God," I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!"H559H410H5927H2677H3117H8141H1755H1755

25Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.H6440H3245H776H8064H4639H3027

26They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,H6H5975H1086H899H3830H2498H2498

27but you are the same, and your years have no end.H8141H8552

28The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.H1121H5650H7931H2233H3559H6440