Psalms 102 A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come to You.

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come to You. ² Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; bow down Your ear to me; in the day I call, answer me quickly. ³ For my days go up like smoke, and my bones glow like a firebrand. ⁴ My heart is stricken, and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones hold fast to my skin. ⁶ I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. ⁷ I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top. ⁸ My enemies curse me all the day; and they who are mad against me are sworn against me. ⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping, ¹⁰ because of Your anger and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and cast me down. ¹¹ My days are like a shadow stretched out; and I wither like grass. ¹² But You, O Jehovah, shall endure forever; and Your memory to all generations. ¹³ You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion; for the time to pity her, yea, the set time, has come. ¹⁴ For Your servants take pleasure in its stones, and pity its dust. ¹⁵ So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. ¹⁶ When Jehovah shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory. ¹⁷ He will turn to the prayer of the forsaken and not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people who shall be created shall praise Jehovah. ¹⁹ For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from Heaven Jehovah beheld the earth; ²⁰ to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death; ²¹ to declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem; ²² when the peoples and the kingdoms have gathered together to serve Jehovah. ²³ He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. ²⁴ I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; Your years are through the generation of generations. ²⁵ Of old You have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands. ²⁶ They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall become old like a garment; like a robe You shall change them, and they shall be changed; ²⁷ but You are He, and Your years shall have no end. ²⁸ The sons of Your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before You.