‏ Psalms 102

PSALM 102

The Discouraged Hope in The LORD

A prayer to the poor whenever he is discouraged, and [³before ⁴the lord  ¹he should pour out   ²his supplication].

1O lord, listen to   my prayer, and   [²my cry ⁴unto ⁵you ¹let ³come]! 2You should not turn   your face from me in which ever day I should be afflicted. Lean to me   your ear! in which ever day I should call upon you. Quickly heed me! 3For [²dissipated ³as ⁴smoke   ¹my days], and   my bones [²as ³dried sticks ¹are parched]. 4[²is struck down ³as ⁴grass ⁵and ⁶is dried up   ¹My heart], so that I forgot   to eat   my bread. 5From the sound   of my moaning [²cleaves   ¹my bone] to my flesh. 6I became like [²pelican ¹a solitary]; I became as the long-eared owl in its area. 7I was sleepless and I became as a sparrow living alone upon a roof. 8All the day [²berated ³me   ¹my enemies], and the ones praising me [²against ³me ¹swore an oath]. 9For [²ashes ³as ⁴bread ¹I ate], and   my drink [²with ³weeping ¹is being diluted]; 10because of the face   of your anger, and   your rage; for having lifted me up you broke me down. 11  My days [²as ³a shadow ¹declined], and I as grass am dried up. 12But you, O lord, [²into ³the ⁴eon ¹abide], and   your memorial unto generation and generation. 13In your rising up you shall pity   Zion, for it is time   to pity it, for [²comes ¹the time]. 14For [²thought well of   ¹your servants]   her stones, and   [²her dust ¹shall pity]. 15And [³shall fear ¹the ²nations] the name of the lord, and all the kings of the earth   your glory. 16For the lord shall build up   Zion, and he shall appear in   his glory. 17He looked upon the prayer of the humble, and did not treat [²with contempt   ¹their supplication]. 18Let this be written for [²generation ¹another]! and the people   being created shall praise the lord. 19For he looked out from the height of his holy place. The lord  [²from ³heaven ⁴upon ⁵the ⁶earth ¹looked], 20  to hear the moaning of the ones being shackled,   to untie the sons of the ones being killed, 21  to announce in Zion the name of the lord, and   his praise in Jerusalem, 22in the assembling of peoples together, and kings   to serve to the lord. 23It shall be answered by him in the way of his strength; [³the ⁴fewness   ⁵of my days ¹he announced ²to me]. 24You should not lead me away in half of my days; [²are in ³generation ⁴of generations   ¹your years]. 25At the beginning, you, O lord, [²for the ³earth ¹laid a foundation]; and the works   of your hands are the heavens. 26They shall perish, but you shall abide. And all as a garment shall become old; and as a wrap-around garment  you shall coil them, and they shall be changed. 27But you [²the ³same ¹are], and   your years shall not cease. 28The sons   of your servants shall encamp, and   their seed [²into ³the ⁴eon ¹shall conduct matters].