Psalms 102

1 A prayer of an afflicted [person] if he grows faint and before Yahweh he pours out complaint his. O Yahweh hear! prayer my and cry for help my to you let it come.

The prayer: for a weary and suffering person who pours out their grief to the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry for help come to you.

2 May not you hide face your - from me on [the] day [when] it is distress to me incline to me ear your on [the] day [when] I will call out hurry answer me.

Hide not your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me: when I call, answer me speedily.

3 For they have come to an end in smoke days my and bones my like a hearth they have been burned.

For my days pass away like smoke: my bones are burned through as with fire.

4 It has been struck like vegetation and it has withered heart my for I have forgotten from eating food my.

My heart is scorched, withered like grass; I forget to eat my bread.

5 From [the] sound of groaning my it clings bone[s] my to flesh my.

By reason of my loud groaning, my flesh clings to my bones.

6 I am like a desert owl of [the] wilderness I am like an owl of [the] waste places.

Like a desert-owl of the wilderness, like an owl among ruins am I.

7 I am wakeful and I have become like a bird isolated on a roof.

I make my sleepless lament like a bird on the house-top alone.

8 All the day they have taunted me enemies my [those who] mock me by me they have sworn.

All the day wild foes revile me, using my name for a curse.

9 For ash[es] like food I have eaten and drinks my with weeping I have mixed.

For ashes have been my bread, and tears have been mixed with my cup.

10 Because of indignation your and wrath your for you have picked up me and you have thrown away me.

Because of your passionate anger, you did raise me, then hurl me to the ground.

11 Days my [are] like a shadow extended and I like vegetation I am withering.

My days come to an end, shadows lengthen, I wither like grass.

12 And you O Yahweh for ever you sit and remembrance of you [is] to a generation and a generation.

But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever, your fame endures to all generations.

13 You you will arise you will have compassion on Zion for [it is] [the] time to show favor to it for it has come [the] appointed time.

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it’s time to be gracious; her hour has come.

14 For they take pleasure in servants your stones its and dust its they show favor to.

For even her stones are dear to your servants, even the dust of her ruins they look on with love.

15 And they may fear nations [the] name of Yahweh and all [the] kings of the earth glory your.

Then the nations will revere the name of the Lord and all the kings of the earth his glory,

16 For he has built Yahweh Zion he has appeared in glory his.

when the Lord shall have built up Zion, and revealed himself in his glory,

17 He has turned to [the] prayer of the destitute person and not he has despised prayer their.

in response to the prayer of the destitute, whose prayer he will not despise.

18 Let it be written this for a generation later and a people [who will] be created it will praise Yahweh.

Let this be recorded for ages to come, that the Lord may be praised by a people yet unborn.

19 For he has looked down from [the] height of holiness his Yahweh from heaven - to earth he has looked.

For he shall look down from his holy height, from the heavens the Lord will gaze on the earth,

20 To hear [the] groaning of prisoner[s] to set free [the] sons of death.

to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are doomed to die;

21 To recount in Zion [the] name of Yahweh and praise his in Jerusalem.

that people may recount the Lord’s fame in Zion, and the praise of him in Jerusalem,

22 When gather peoples together and kingdoms to serve Yahweh.

when the nations are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23 He has humbled in the way (strength my *QK) he has cut short days my.

He has broken my strength on the way, he has shortened my days.

24 I said O God my may not you lift up me in [the] middle of days my [are] in a generation of generations years your.

I will say, “My God, take me not hence in the midst of my days. “Your years endure age after age.

25 Before the earth you founded and [were] [the] work of hands your [the] heavens.

Of old you have founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

26 They - they will perish and you you will endure and all of them like garment they will wear out like clothing you will change them and they may pass away.

They shall perish; but you do stand. They shall all wax old like a garment, and change as a robe you will change them.

27 And you [are] he and years your not they will come to an end.

But you are the same, your years are endless.

28 [the] children of Servants your they will dwell and offspring their before you it will be established.

The children of your servants abide, evermore shall their seed be before you.”