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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/102.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.</p><p class="heading">A Prayer for Help</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>LORD, hear my prayer!</p> <p class="poetry2">May my cry for help come to you.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble.</p> <p class="poetry2">Listen to me.</p> <p class="poetry2">When I call to out you,</p> <p class="poetry2">hurry to answer me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For my days are vanishing like smoke;</p> <p class="poetry2">my bones are charred as in a fireplace.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Withered like grass, my heart is overwhelmed,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I have even forgotten to eat my food.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Because of the sound of my sighing,</p> <p class="poetry2">my bones cling to my skin.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I resemble a pelican in the wilderness</p> <p class="poetry2">or an owl in a desolate land.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I lie awake,</p> <p class="poetry2">yet I am like a bird isolated on a rooftop.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My enemies revile me all day long;</p> <p class="poetry2">those who ridicule me use my name to curse.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have eaten ashes as food</p> <p class="poetry2">and mixed my drink with tears</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>because of your indignation and wrath,</p> <p class="poetry2">when you lifted and threw me away.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My life is<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="102:11 Lit. My days are">a</a></span> like a declining shadow,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I am withering like a plant.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But you, LORD, are enthroned forever;</p> <p class="poetry2">You are remembered throughout all generations.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You will arise to extend compassion on Zion,</p> <p class="poetry2">for it is time to show her favor—</p> <p class="poetry2">the appointed time has come.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Your servants take pleasure in its stones</p> <p class="poetry2">and delight in its debris.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Nations will fear the name of the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all the kings of the earth, your splendor.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the LORD rebuilds Zion,</p> <p class="poetry2">he will appear in his glory.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will turn to the prayer of the destitute,</p> <p class="poetry2">not despising their prayer.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Write this for the next generation,</p> <p class="poetry2">that a people yet to be created will praise the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For when he looked down from his holy heights—</p> <p class="poetry2">the LORD looked over the earth from heaven—</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>to listen to the groans of prisoners,</p> <p class="poetry2">to set free those condemned to death,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>so they would declare the name of the LORD in Zion</p> <p class="poetry2">and his praise in Jerusalem,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>when people and kingdoms gather together</p> <p class="poetry2">to serve the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He has weakened my<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="102:23 So MT Qere (oral reading) DSS 4QPsb; Symmachus, Syr, Targ, and Hieronymous; MT Qetiv (written) reads his">b</a></span> strength along the way.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="102:23 Or strength in mid-course">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">He has cut short my days.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I say, “My God, whose years continue through all generations,</p> <p class="poetry2">do not take me in the middle of my life.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>You established the earth long ago;</p> <p class="poetry2">the heavens are the work<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="102:25 So MT DSS 4QPs; LXX Targ DSS 11QPs read works">d</a></span> of your hands.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They will perish,</p> <p class="poetry2">but you will remain;</p> <p class="poetry2">and they all will become worn out,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="102:26 So MT DSS 4QPs 11QPs; LXX reads will grow old">e</a></span> like a garment.</p> <p class="poetry2">You<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="102:26 So MT; LXX DSS 4QPs 11QPs read And you">f</a></span> will change them like clothing,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they will pass away.</p> <p class="poetry1"><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="poetry2">your years never end.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/102-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>May the descendants of your servants live securely,</p> <p class="poetry2">and may their children be established in your presence.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 102:11 Lit. <i>My days are</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 102:23 So MT Qere (oral reading) DSS 4QPsb; Symmachus, Syr, Targ, and Hieronymous; 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