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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 102 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/102.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" 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href="../psalms/101.htm" title="Psalm 101">◄</a> Psalm 102 <a href="../psalms/103.htm" title="Psalm 103">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/102.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Do Not Hide Your Face from Me</p><subheading class="psalm-title">A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Hear my prayer, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">let my cry come to you!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do not hide your face from me</span><br /><span class="indent">in the day of my distress!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Incline your ear to me;</span><br /><span class="indent">answer me speedily in the day when I call!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For my days pass away like smoke,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my bones burn like a furnace.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;</span><br /><span class="indent">I forget to eat my bread.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Because of my loud groaning</span><br /><span class="indent">my bones cling to my flesh.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="indent">like an owl<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The precise identity of these birds is uncertain">a</a></sup></span> of the waste places;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I lie awake;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All the day my enemies taunt me;</span><br /><span class="indent">those who deride me use my name for a curse.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I eat ashes like bread</span><br /><span class="indent">and mingle tears with my drink,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">because of your indignation and anger;</span><br /><span class="indent">for you have taken me up and thrown me down.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My days are like an evening shadow;</span><br /><span class="indent">I wither away like grass.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, are enthroned forever;</span><br /><span class="indent">you are remembered throughout all generations.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You will arise and have pity on Zion;</span><br /><span class="indent">it is the time to favor her;</span><br /><span class="indent">the appointed time has come.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For your servants hold her stones dear</span><br /><span class="indent">and have pity on her dust.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Nations will fear the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> builds up Zion;</span><br /><span class="indent">he appears in his glory;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">he regards the prayer of the destitute</span><br /><span class="indent">and does not despise their prayer.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let this be recorded for a generation to come,</span><br /><span class="indent">so that a people yet to be created may praise the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">that he looked down from his holy height;</span><br /><span class="indent">from heaven the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> looked at the earth,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to hear the groans of the prisoners,</span><br /><span class="indent">to set free those who were doomed to die,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">that they may declare in Zion the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in Jerusalem his praise,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">when peoples gather together,</span><br /><span class="indent">and kingdoms, to worship the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He has broken my strength in midcourse;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has shortened my days.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“O my God,” I say, “take me not away</span><br /><span class="indent">in the midst of my days—</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you whose years endure</span><br /><span class="indent">throughout all generations!”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They will perish, but you will remain;</span><br /><span class="indent">they will all wear out like a garment.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="indent">but you are the same, and your years have no end.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The children of your servants shall dwell secure;</span><br /><span class="indent">their offspring shall be established before you.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> The precise identity of these birds is uncertain<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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