Psalms 102:1 (BSB)
A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

Psalms 102:2 (BSB)
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Psalms 102:3 (BSB)
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

Psalms 102:4 (BSB)
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Psalms 102:5 (BSB)
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

Psalms 102:6 (BSB)
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

Psalms 102:7 (BSB)
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

Psalms 102:8 (BSB)
All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

Psalms 102:9 (BSB)
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Psalms 102:10 (BSB)
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

Psalms 102:11 (BSB)
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

Psalms 102:12 (BSB)
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

Psalms 102:13 (BSB)
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

Psalms 102:14 (BSB)
For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

Psalms 102:15 (BSB)
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

Psalms 102:16 (BSB)
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

Psalms 102:17 (BSB)
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Psalms 102:18 (BSB)
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

Psalms 102:19 (BSB)
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

Psalms 102:20 (BSB)
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

Psalms 102:21 (BSB)
that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

Psalms 102:22 (BSB)
when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

Psalms 102:23 (BSB)
He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

Psalms 102:24 (BSB)
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

Psalms 102:25 (BSB)
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalms 102:26 (BSB)
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

Psalms 102:27 (BSB)
But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

Psalms 102:28 (BSB)
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
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