New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 102:1-28

1 1 2Hear my prayer, Lord! And let my cry for help 3come to You.2 4Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; 5Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call 6answer me quickly.3For my days 7have ended in smoke, And my 8bones have been scorched like a hearth.4My heart 9has been struck like 10grass and has 11withered, Indeed, I 12forget to eat my bread.5Because of the 13loudness of my groaning My 14bones 15cling to my flesh.6I resemble a 16pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.7I 17lie awake, I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

8My enemies 18have taunted me all day long; Those who 19 20deride me 21have used my name as a 22curse.9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And 23mixed my drink with weeping10 24Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have 25lifted me up and thrown me away.11My days are like a 26 27lengthened shadow, And 28I 29wither away like 30grass.

12But You, Lord, 31 32remain forever, And Your 33 34name remains to all generations.13You will 35arise and have 36compassion on Zion; For 37it is time to be gracious to her, For the 38appointed time has come.14Surely Your servants 39take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.15 40So the 41 42nations will fear the name of the Lord, And 43all the kings of the earth, Your glory.16For the Lord has 44built up Zion; He has 45appeared in His glory.17He has 46turned His attention to the prayer of the 47destitute And has not despised their prayer.

18 48This will be 49written for the 50generation to come, 51That 52a people yet to be created 53may praise 54the Lord:19For He 55looked down from His holy height; 56From heaven the Lord looked 57upon the earth,20To hear the 58groaning of the prisoner, To 59set free 60those who were doomed to death,21So that people may 61tell of the name of the Lord in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem,22When 62the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

23He has broken my strength in the way; He has 63shortened my days.24I say, “My God, 64do not take me away in the middle of my days, Your 65years are 66throughout all generations.25In time of old You 67founded the earth, And the 68heavens are the work of Your hands.26 69Even they will 70perish, but You endure; All of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.27But You are 71 72the same, And Your years will not come to an end.28The 73children of Your servants will continue, And their 74 75descendants will be established before You.”

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Notes

1. Psalms 102:1 Ps 39:12; 61:1 ↩
2. Psalms 102:1 Ps 142:2 ↩
3. Psalms 102:1 Ex 2:23; 1 Sam 9:16 ↩
4. Psalms 102:2 Ps 69:17 ↩
5. Psalms 102:2 Ps 31:2 ↩
6. Psalms 102:2 Ps 69:17 ↩
7. Psalms 102:3 Ps 37:20; James 4:14 ↩
8. Psalms 102:3 Job 30:30; Lam 1:13 ↩
9. Psalms 102:4 Ps 90:5, 6 ↩
10. Psalms 102:4 Lit herbage ↩
11. Psalms 102:4 Ps 37:2; Is 40:7 ↩
12. Psalms 102:4 1 Sam 1:7; 2 Sam 12:17; Ezra 10:6; Job 33:20 ↩
13. Psalms 102:5 Lit voice ↩
14. Psalms 102:5 Job 19:20; Lam 4:8 ↩
15. Psalms 102:5 Lit have cleaved ↩
16. Psalms 102:6 Is 34:11; Zeph 2:14 ↩
17. Psalms 102:7 Ps 77:4 ↩
18. Psalms 102:8 Ps 31:11 ↩
19. Psalms 102:8 Or made a fool of ↩
20. Psalms 102:8 Acts 26:11 ↩
21. Psalms 102:8 Lit have sworn by me ↩
22. Psalms 102:8 2 Sam 16:5; Is 65:15; Jer 29:22 ↩
23. Psalms 102:9 Ps 42:3; 80:5 ↩
24. Psalms 102:10 Ps 38:3 ↩
25. Psalms 102:10 Job 27:21; 30:22 ↩
26. Psalms 102:11 Lit stretched out ↩
27. Psalms 102:11 Job 14:2; Ps 109:23 ↩
28. Psalms 102:11 Or as for me, I ↩
29. Psalms 102:11 Ps 102:4 ↩
30. Psalms 102:11 Lit herbage ↩
31. Psalms 102:12 Or sit enthroned ↩
32. Psalms 102:12 Ps 9:7; 10:16; Lam 5:19 ↩
33. Psalms 102:12 Lit memorial ↩
34. Psalms 102:12 Ex 3:15; Ps 135:13 ↩
35. Psalms 102:13 Ps 12:5; 44:26 ↩
36. Psalms 102:13 Is 60:10; Zech 1:12 ↩
37. Psalms 102:13 Ps 119:126 ↩
38. Psalms 102:13 Ps 75:2; Dan 8:19 ↩
39. Psalms 102:14 Or have found ↩
40. Psalms 102:15 Or And ↩
41. Psalms 102:15 Or Gentiles, heathen ↩
42. Psalms 102:15 1 Kin 8:43; Ps 67:7 ↩
43. Psalms 102:15 Ps 138:4 ↩
44. Psalms 102:16 Ps 147:2 ↩
45. Psalms 102:16 Is 60:1, 2 ↩
46. Psalms 102:17 Neh 1:6; Ps 22:24 ↩
47. Psalms 102:17 Or naked ↩
48. Psalms 102:18 Or Let this be written ↩
49. Psalms 102:18 Deut 31:19; Rom 15:4; 1 Cor 10:11 ↩
50. Psalms 102:18 Ps 22:30; 48:13 ↩
51. Psalms 102:18 Or And ↩
52. Psalms 102:18 Ps 22:31; 78:6f ↩
53. Psalms 102:18 Or will ↩
54. Psalms 102:18 Heb Yah ↩
55. Psalms 102:19 Deut 26:15; Ps 14:2; 53:2 ↩
56. Psalms 102:19 Ps 33:13 ↩
57. Psalms 102:19 Lit toward ↩
58. Psalms 102:20 Ps 79:11 ↩
59. Psalms 102:20 Ps 146:7 ↩
60. Psalms 102:20 Lit the sons of death ↩
61. Psalms 102:21 Ps 22:22 ↩
62. Psalms 102:22 Ps 22:27; 86:9; Is 49:22, 23; 60:3; Zech 8:20-23 ↩
63. Psalms 102:23 Ps 39:5 ↩
64. Psalms 102:24 Ps 39:13; Is 38:10 ↩
65. Psalms 102:24 Job 36:26; Ps 90:2; 102:12; Hab 1:12 ↩
66. Psalms 102:24 Lit in generation of generations ↩
67. Psalms 102:25 Gen 1:1; Neh 9:6; Heb 1:10-12 ↩
68. Psalms 102:25 Ps 96:5 ↩
69. Psalms 102:26 Lit They themselves ↩
70. Psalms 102:26 Is 34:4; 51:6; Matt 24:35; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 20:11 ↩
71. Psalms 102:27 Lit He ↩
72. Psalms 102:27 Is 41:4; 43:10; Mal 3:6; James 1:17 ↩
73. Psalms 102:28 Ps 69:36 ↩
74. Psalms 102:28 Lit seed ↩
75. Psalms 102:28 Ps 89:4 ↩

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