102[A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the Lord.] LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before You.H8605H6041H5848H8210H7879H6440H3068H8085H8605H3068H7775H935

2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call.H5641H6440H3117H6862H5186H241H3117H7121H6030H4118

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

4My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.H3820H5221H3001H6212H7911H398H3899

5Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones.H6963H585H6106H1692H1320

6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.H1819H6893H4057H3563H2723

7I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.H8245H6833H909H1406

8My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and curse me.H341H2778H3117H1984H7650

9I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tearsH398H665H3899H4537H8249H1065

10because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside.H6440H2195H7110H5375H7993

11My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.H3117H6738H5186H3001H6212

12But You, LORD, are enthroned forever; Your fame [endures] to all generations.H3068H3427H5769H2143H1755H1755

13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her— the appointed time has come.H6965H7355H6726H6256H2603H4150H935

14For Your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust.H5650H7521H68H2603H6083

15Then the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Your glory,H1471H3372H8034H3068H4428H776H3519

16for the LORD will rebuild Zion; He will appear in His glory.H3068H1129H6726H7200H3519

17He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.H6437H8605H6199H959H8605

18This will be written for a later generation, and a newly created people will praise the LORD:H3789H1755H314H5971H1254H1984H3050

19He looked down from His holy heights— the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth—H8259H4791H6944H8064H3068H5027H776

20to hear a prisoner's groaning, to set free those condemned to die,H8085H603H615H6605H1121H8546

21so that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem,H5608H8034H3068H6726H8416H3389

22when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the LORD.H5971H6908H3162H4467H5647H3068

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

24I say: "My God, do not take me in the middle of my life! Your years continue through all generations.H559H410H5927H2677H3117H8141H1755H1755

25Long ago You established the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.H6440H3245H776H8064H4639H3027

26They will perish, but You will endure; all of them will wear out like clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will pass away.H6H5975H1086H899H3830H2498H2498

27But You are the same, and Your years will never end.H8141H8552

28Your servants' children will dwell [securely], and their offspring will be established before You."H1121H5650H7931H2233H3559H6440