102 Hear
my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide
not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear
unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For
my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My
heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my
bread. 5 By
reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I
am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I
watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 8 Mine
enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are
sworn against me. 9 For
I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. 10 Because
of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast
me down. 11 My
days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. 12 But
thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou
shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea,
the set time, is come. 14 For
thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the
earth thy glory. 16 When
the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He
will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18 This
shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall
be created shall praise the LORD. 19 For
he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the
LORD behold the earth; 20 To
hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to
death; 21 To
declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 22 When
the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 He
weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 24 I said,
O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout
all generations. 25 Of
old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the
work of thy hands. 26 They
shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like
a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But
thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The
children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established
before thee.