Psalms 102:1 (ASV)
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

Psalms 102:2 (ASV)
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.

Psalms 102:3 (ASV)
For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Psalms 102:4 (ASV)
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

Psalms 102:5 (ASV)
By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

Psalms 102:6 (ASV)
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

Psalms 102:7 (ASV)
I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.

Psalms 102:8 (ASV)
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

Psalms 102:9 (ASV)
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Psalms 102:10 (ASV)
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

Psalms 102:11 (ASV)
My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Psalms 102:12 (ASV)
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial `name' unto all generations.

Psalms 102:13 (ASV)
Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

Psalms 102:14 (ASV)
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.

Psalms 102:15 (ASV)
So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

Psalms 102:16 (ASV)
For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.

Psalms 102:17 (ASV)
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

Psalms 102:18 (ASV)
This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah.

Psalms 102:19 (ASV)
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

Psalms 102:20 (ASV)
To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death;

Psalms 102:21 (ASV)
That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

Psalms 102:22 (ASV)
When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.

Psalms 102:23 (ASV)
He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

Psalms 102:24 (ASV)
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

Psalms 102:25 (ASV)
Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Psalms 102:26 (ASV)
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:

Psalms 102:27 (ASV)
But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.

Psalms 102:28 (ASV)
The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
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