Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 102

A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.

1HearH8085 my prayerH8605, O LORDH3068;let my cry for helpH7775 comeH935 before YouH413.2Do notH408 hideH5641 Your faceH6440 from meH4480in my dayH3117 of distressH6887.InclineH5186 Your earH241 to meH413;answer meH6030 quicklyH4118 whenH3117 I callH7121.

3ForH3588 my daysH3117 vanishH3615 like smokeH6227,and my bonesH6106 burnH2787 like glowing embersH3644 H4168.4My heartH3820 is afflictedH5221, and witheredH3001 like grassH6212;I evenH3588 forgetH7911 to eatH398 my breadH3899.5Through my loudH6963 groaningH585my skinH1320 hangs onH1692 my bonesH6106.6I amH1961 likeH1819 a desertH4057 owlH6893,like an owlH3563 among the ruinsH2723.7I lie awakeH8245;I amH1961 like a loneH909 birdH6833 onH5921 a housetopH1406.

8AllH3605 day longH3117 my enemiesH341 taunt meH2778;they ridiculeH1984 me and curse meH7650.9ForH3588 I have eatenH398 ashesH665 like breadH3899and mixedH4537 my drinkH8249 with tearsH106510because ofH6440 Your indignationH2195 and wrathH7110,forH3588 You have picked me upH5375 and cast me asideH7993.11My daysH3117 are like lengtheningH5186 shadowsH6738,and IH589 wither awayH3001 like grassH6212.

12But YouH859, O LORDH3068, sit enthronedH3427 foreverH5769;Your renown enduresH2143 to all generationsH1755.13YouH859 will rise upH6965 and have compassionH7355 on ZionH6726,forH3588 it is timeH6256 to show her favorH2603 H3588—the appointed timeH4150 has comeH935.14ForH3588 Your servantsH5650 delightH7521 in herH853 stonesH68andH853 take pityH2603 on her dustH6083.

15So the nationsH1471 will fearH3372 the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068,and allH3605 the kingsH4428 of the earthH776 will fear Your gloryH3519.16ForH3588 the LORDH3068 will rebuildH1129 ZionH6726;He has appearedH7200 in His gloryH3519.17He will turnH6437 towardH413 the prayerH8605 of the destituteH6199;He will notH3808 despiseH959 their prayerH8605.

18Let thisH2063 be writtenH3789 for the generationH1755 to comeH314,so that a peopleH5971 not yet createdH1254 may praiseH1984 the LORDH3050.19ForH3588 He looked downH8259 from the heightsH4791 of His sanctuaryH6944;the LORDH3068 gazed outH5027 from heavenH8064 toH413 earthH77620to hearH8085 a prisoner’sH615 groaningH603,to releaseH6605 those condemnedH1121 to deathH8546,21that they may proclaimH5608 the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068 in ZionH6726and praise HimH8416 in JerusalemH3389,22when peoplesH5971 H3162 and kingdomsH4467 assembleH6908to serveH5647 the LORDH3068.

23He has brokenH6031 my strengthH3581 on the wayH1870;He has cut shortH7114 my daysH3117.24I sayH559: “O my GodH410, do notH408 take meH5927 in the midstH2677 of my daysH3117!Your yearsH8141 go on through all generationsH1755.25In the beginningH6440 You laid the foundationsH3245 of the earthH776,and the heavensH8064 are the workH4639 of Your handsH3027.26TheyH1992 will perishH6, but YouH859 remainH5975;they will allH3605 wear outH1086 like a garmentH899.Like clothingH3830 You will change themH2498,and they will be passed onH2498.27But YouH859 remain the sameH1931,and Your yearsH8141 will neverH3808 endH8552.128The childrenH1121 of Your servantsH5650 will dwell securelyH7931,and their descendantsH2233 will be establishedH3559 before YouH6440.”