NIV Psalms 102 Chapter
102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
102:2
Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
102:3
For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
102:4
My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
102:5
Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
102:6
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
102:7
I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
102:8
All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
102:9
For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
102:10
because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
102:11
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
102:12
But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
102:13
You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
102:14
For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
102:15
The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
102:16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
102:17
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
102:18
Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
102:19
"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
102:20
to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
102:21
So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
102:22
when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
102:23
In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
102:24
So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
102:25
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
102:26
They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
102:27
But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
102:28
The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."