Psalm 102

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Psalm 102

Prayer of an Afflicted Man for Mercy on Himself and on Zion.

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1} A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and ^(a)pours out his complaint before the Lord.

^(A)Hear my prayer, O Lord!
And let my cry for help ^(B)come to You.

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^(C)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
^(D)Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call ^(E)answer me quickly.

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For my days ^(F)have been ^(b)consumed in smoke,
And my ^(G)bones have been scorched like a hearth.

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My heart ^(H)has been smitten like ^(c)grass and has ^(I)withered away,
Indeed, I ^(J)forget to eat my bread.

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Because of the ^(d)loudness of my groaning
My ^(K)bones ^(e)cling to my flesh.

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I ^(f)resemble a ^(L)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.

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I ^(M)lie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

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My enemies ^(N)have reproached me all day long;
Those who ^(g)^(O)deride me ^(h)have used my name as a ^(P)curse.

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For I have eaten ashes like bread
And ^(Q)mingled my drink with weeping

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^(R)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have ^(S)lifted me up and cast me away.

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My days are like a ⁽ⁱ⁾^(T)lengthened shadow,
And ^(j)I ^(U)wither away like ^(k)grass.

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But You, O Lord, ^(l)^(V)abide forever,
And Your ^(m)^(W)name to all generations.

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You will ^(X)arise and have ^(Y)compassion on Zion;
For ^(Z)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the ^(AA)appointed time has come.

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Surely Your servants ⁽ⁿ⁾find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.

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^(o)So the ^(p)^(AB)nations will fear the name of the Lord
And ^(AC)all the kings of the earth Your glory.

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For the Lord has ^(AD)built up Zion;
He has ^(AE)appeared in His glory.

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He has ^(AF)regarded the prayer of the ^(q)destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

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^(r)This will be ^(AG)written for the ^(AH)generation to come,
^(s)That ^(AI)a people yet to be created ^(t)may praise ^(u)the Lord.

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For He ^(AJ)looked down from His holy height;
^(AK)From heaven the Lord gazed ^(v)upon the earth,

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To hear the ^(AL)groaning of the prisoner,
To ^(AM)set free ^(w)those who were doomed to death,

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That men may ^(AN)tell of the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,

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When ^(AO)the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

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He has weakened my strength in the way;
He has ^(AP)shortened my days.

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I say, “O my God, ^(AQ)do not take me away in the ^(x)midst of my days,
Your ^(AR)years are throughout all generations.

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“Of old You ^(AS)founded the earth,
And the ^(AT)heavens are the work of Your hands.

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“^(y)Even they will ^(AU)perish, but You endure;
And all of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

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“But You are ^(z)^(AV)the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.

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“The ^(AW)children of Your servants will continue,
And their ^(aa)^(AX)descendants will be established before You.”

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 102:1: ['Ps 142:2']

b. Psalm 102:3: ['Or ', finished]

c. Psalm 102:4: ['Lit ', herbage]

d. Psalm 102:5: ['Lit ', voice]

e. Psalm 102:5: ['Lit ', have cleaved]

f. Psalm 102:6: ['Lit ', have become similar to]

g. Psalm 102:8: ['Or ', made a fool of]

h. Psalm 102:8: ['Lit ', have sworn by me]

i. Psalm 102:11: ['Lit ', stretched out]

j. Psalm 102:11: ['Or ', as for me, I]

k. Psalm 102:11: ['Lit ', herbage]

l. Psalm 102:12: ['Or ', sit enthroned]

m. Psalm 102:12: ['Lit ', memorial]

n. Psalm 102:14: ['Or ', have found]

o. Psalm 102:15: ['Or ', And]

p. Psalm 102:15: ['Or ', Gentiles, heathen]

q. Psalm 102:17: ['Or ', naked]

r. Psalm 102:18: ['Or ', Let this be written]

s. Psalm 102:18: ['Or ', And]

t. Psalm 102:18: ['Or ', will]

u. Psalm 102:18: ['Heb ', Yah]

v. Psalm 102:19: ['Lit ', toward]

w. Psalm 102:20: ['Lit ', the sons of death]

x. Psalm 102:24: ['Lit ', half]

y. Psalm 102:26: ['Lit ', They themselves]

z. Psalm 102:27: ['Lit ', He]

aa. Psalm 102:28: ['Lit ', seed]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 102:1: Psalm 39:12; Psalm 61:1

B. Psalm 102:1: Exodus 2:23; 1 Samuel 9:16

C. Psalm 102:2: Psalm 69:17

D. Psalm 102:2: Psalm 31:2

E. Psalm 102:2: Psalm 69:17

F. Psalm 102:3: Psalm 37:20; James 4:14

G. Psalm 102:3: Job 30:30; Lamentations 1:13

H. Psalm 102:4: Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6

I. Psalm 102:4: Psalm 37:2; Isaiah 40:7

J. Psalm 102:4: 1 Samuel 1:7; 2 Samuel 12:17; Ezra 10:6; Job 33:20

K. Psalm 102:5: Job 19:20; Lamentations 4:8

L. Psalm 102:6: Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14

M. Psalm 102:7: Psalm 77:4

N. Psalm 102:8: Psalm 31:11

O. Psalm 102:8: Acts 26:11

P. Psalm 102:8: 2 Samuel 16:5; Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 29:22

Q. Psalm 102:9: Psalm 42:3; Psalm 80:5

R. Psalm 102:10: Psalm 38:3

S. Psalm 102:10: Job 27:21; Job 30:22

T. Psalm 102:11: Job 14:2; Psalm 109:23

U. Psalm 102:11: Psalm 102:4

V. Psalm 102:12: Psalm 9:7; Psalm 10:16; Lamentations 5:19

W. Psalm 102:12: Exodus 3:15; Psalm 135:13

X. Psalm 102:13: Psalm 12:5; Psalm 44:26

Y. Psalm 102:13: Isaiah 60:10; Zechariah 1:12

Z. Psalm 102:13: Psalm 119:126

AA. Psalm 102:13: Psalm 75:2; Daniel 8:19

AB. Psalm 102:15: Psalm 67:7

AC. Psalm 102:15: Psalm 138:4

AD. Psalm 102:16: Psalm 147:2

AE. Psalm 102:16: Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 60:2

AF. Psalm 102:17: Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 22:24

AG. Psalm 102:18: Deuteronomy 31:19; Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11

AH. Psalm 102:18: Psalm 22:30; Psalm 48:13

AI. Psalm 102:18: Psalm 22:31

AJ. Psalm 102:19: Deuteronomy 26:15; Psalm 14:2; Psalm 53:2

AK. Psalm 102:19: Psalm 33:13

AL. Psalm 102:20: Psalm 79:11

AM. Psalm 102:20: Psalm 146:7

AN. Psalm 102:21: Psalm 22:22

AO. Psalm 102:22: Psalm 22:27; Psalm 86:9; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:3; Zechariah 8:20-23

AP. Psalm 102:23: Psalm 39:5

AQ. Psalm 102:24: Psalm 39:13; Isaiah 38:10

AR. Psalm 102:24: Job 36:26; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 102:12; Habakkuk 1:12

AS. Psalm 102:25: Genesis 1:1; Nehemiah 9:6; Hebrews 1:10-12

AT. Psalm 102:25: Psalm 96:5

AU. Psalm 102:26: Isaiah 34:4; Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 24:35; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 20:11

AV. Psalm 102:27: Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10; Malachi 3:6; James 1:17

AW. Psalm 102:28: Psalm 69:36

AX. Psalm 102:28: Psalm 89:4