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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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>O LORD, hear my prayer,</div><div class="po2">And let my cry come unto Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress;</div><div class="po2">Incline Thine ear unto me;</div><div class="po2">In the day when I call answer me speedily.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For my days are consumed like smoke,</div><div class="po2">And my bones are burned as a hearth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My heart is smitten like grass, and withered;</div><div class="po2">For I forget to eat my bread.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>By reason of the voice of my sighing</div><div class="po2">My bones cleave to my flesh.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I am like a pelican of the wilderness;</div><div class="po2">I am become as an owl of the waste places.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I watch, and am become</div><div class="po2">Like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Mine enemies taunt me all the day;</div><div class="po2">They that are mad against me do curse by me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For I have eaten ashes like bread,</div><div class="po2">And mingled my drink with weeping,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath;</div><div class="po2">For Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My days are like a lengthening shadow;</div><div class="po2">And I am withered like grass.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But Thou, O LORD, sittest enthroned for ever;</div><div class="po2">And Thy name is unto all generations.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion;</div><div class="po2">For it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones,</div><div class="po2">And love her dust.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the nations will fear the name of the LORD,</div><div class="po2">And all the kings of the earth Thy glory;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When the LORD hath built up Zion,</div><div class="po2">When He hath appeared in His glory;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute,</div><div class="po2">And hath not despised their prayer.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>This shall be written for the generation to come;</div><div class="po2">And a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary;</div><div class="po2">From heaven did the LORD behold the earth;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To hear the groaning of the prisoner;</div><div class="po2">To loose those that are appointed to death;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion,</div><div class="po2">And His praise in Jerusalem;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When the peoples are gathered together,</div><div class="po2">And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He weakened my strength in the way;</div><div class="po2">He shortened my days.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-24.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I say: ‘O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days,</div><div class="po2">Thou whose years endure throughout all generations.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-25.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth;</div><div class="po2">And the heavens are the work of Thy hands.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-26.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure;</div><div class="po2">Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;</div><div class="po2">As a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall pass away;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-27.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But Thou art the selfsame,</div><div class="po2">And Thy years shall have no end.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/102-28.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely,</div><div class="po2">And their seed shall be established before Thee.’</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/101.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 101"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 101" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/103.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 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