Psalm 102 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ {\b A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.}\par\par\tab Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,\par\tab And let my cry come unto thee.

² Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress:\par\tab Incline thine ear unto me;\par\tab In the day when I call answer me speedily.

³ For my days consume away like smoke,\par\tab And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

⁴ My heart is smitten like grass, and withered;\par\tab For I forget to eat my bread.

⁵ By reason of the voice of my groaning\par\tab My bones cleave to my flesh.

⁶ I am like a pelican of the wilderness;\par\tab I am become as an owl of the waste places.

⁷ I watch, and am become like a sparrow\par\tab That is alone upon the house-top.

⁸ Mine enemies reproach me all the day;\par\tab They that are mad against me do curse by me.

⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread,\par\tab And mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰ Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:\par\tab For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

¹¹ My days are like a shadow that declineth;\par\tab And I am withered like grass.

¹² But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever;\par\tab And thy memorial {\i name} unto all generations.

¹³ Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion;\par\tab For it is time to have pity upon her,\par\tab Yea, the set time is come.

¹⁴ For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,\par\tab And have pity upon her dust.

¹⁵ So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah,\par\tab And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁶ For Jehovah hath built up Zion;\par\tab He hath appeared in his glory.

¹⁷ He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,\par\tab And hath not despised their prayer.

¹⁸ This shall be written for the generation to come;\par\tab And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

¹⁹ For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;\par\tab From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

²⁰ To hear the sighing of the prisoner;\par\tab To loose those that are appointed to death;

²¹ That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion,\par\tab And his praise in Jerusalem;

²² When the peoples are gathered together,\par\tab And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

²³ He weakened my strength in the way;\par\tab He shortened my days.

²⁴ I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:\par\tab Thy years are throughout all generations.

²⁵ Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth;\par\tab And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

²⁶ They shall perish, but thou shalt endure;\par\tab Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;\par\tab As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

²⁷ But thou art the same,\par\tab And thy years shall have no end.

²⁸ The children of thy servants shall continue,\par\tab And their seed shall be established before thee.