MKJV - Psalms - 102

102:1  A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to You.

102:2  Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; bow down Your ear to me; in the day I call, answer me quickly.

102:3  For my days go up like smoke, and my bones glow like a firebrand.

102:4  My heart is stricken, and dried like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

102:5  Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones hold fast to my skin.

102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

102:7  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top.

102:8  My enemies curse me all the day; and they who are mad against me are sworn against me.

102:9  For I have eaten ashes like bread, and have mixed my drink with weeping,

102:10  because of Your anger and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and cast me down.

102:11  My days are like a shadow stretched out; and I wither like grass.

102:12  But You, O LORD, shall endure forever; and Your memory to all generations.

102:13  You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion; for the time to pity her, yea, the set time, has come.

102:14  For Your servants take pleasure in its stones, and pity its dust.

102:15  So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Your glory.

102:16  When the LORD shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory.

102:17  He will turn to the prayer of the forsaken and not despise their prayer.

102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people who shall be created shall praise the LORD.

102:19  For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from Heaven the LORD beheld the earth;

102:20  to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free the sons of death;

102:21  to declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem;

102:22  when the peoples and the kingdoms have gathered together to serve the LORD.

102:23  He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

102:24  I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days; Your years are through the generation of generations.

102:25  Of old You have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

102:26  They shall perish, but You shall endure; yea, all of them shall become old like a garment; like a robe You shall change them, and they shall be changed;

102:27  but You are He, and Your years shall have no end.

102:28  The sons of Your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before You.