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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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/102.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 102 <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.">a</a></sup></span></p> <p class="hebrewtitle">A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear my prayer, <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">let my cry for help come to you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do not hide your face from me</p><p class="line2">when I am in distress.</p><p class="line1">Turn your ear to me;</p><p class="line2">when I call, answer me quickly.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For my days vanish like smoke;</p><p class="line2">my bones burn like glowing embers.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart is blighted and withered like grass;</p><p class="line2">I forget to eat my food.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In my distress I groan aloud</p><p class="line2">and am reduced to skin and bones.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I am like a desert owl,</p><p class="line2">like an owl among the ruins.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I lie awake; I have become</p><p class="line2">like a bird alone on a roof.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All day long my enemies taunt me;</p><p class="line2">those who rail against me use my name as a curse.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For I eat ashes as my food</p><p class="line2">and mingle my drink with tears</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>because of your great wrath,</p><p class="line2">for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My days are like the evening shadow;</p><p class="line2">I wither away like grass.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, sit enthroned forever;</p><p class="line2">your renown endures through all generations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You will arise and have compassion on Zion,</p><p class="line2">for it is time to show favor to her;</p><p class="line2">the appointed time has come.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For her stones are dear to your servants;</p><p class="line2">her very dust moves them to pity.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The nations will fear the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For the <span class="name">Lord</span> will rebuild Zion</p><p class="line2">and appear in his glory.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;</p><p class="line2">he will not despise their plea.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let this be written for a future generation,</p><p class="line2">that a people not yet created may praise the <span class="name">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“The <span class="name">Lord</span> looked down from his sanctuary on high,</p><p class="line2">from heaven he viewed the earth,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>to hear the groans of the prisoners</p><p class="line2">and release those condemned to death.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> will be declared in Zion</p><p class="line2">and his praise in Jerusalem</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>when the peoples and the kingdoms</p><p class="line2">assemble to worship the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>In the course of my life <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or By his power">b</a></sup></span> he broke my strength;</p><p class="line2">he cut short my days.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So I said:</p><p class="line1">“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;</p><p class="line2">your years go on through all generations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,</p><p class="line2">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They will perish, but you remain;</p><p class="line2">they will all wear out like a garment.</p><p class="line1">Like clothing you will change them</p><p class="line2">and they will be discarded.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But you remain the same,</p><p class="line2">and your years will never end.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The children of your servants will live in your presence;</p><p class="line2">their descendants will be established before you.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>By his power</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New 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