Noyes - Psalms - 102

102:1  Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry come unto thee!

102:2  Hide not thy face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline thine ear to me when I call! Answer me speedily!

102:3  For my life is consumed like smoke, And my bones burn like a brand.

102:4  My heart is smitten and withered like grass; Yea, I forget to eat my bread.

102:5  By reason of my sighing, my bones cleave to my skin;

102:6  I am like the pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl amid ruins.

102:7  I am sleepless; I am like a solitary bird upon the house-top.

102:8  All the day long my enemies reproach me; They who rage against me curse by me.

102:9  For I eat ashes like bread, And mingle my drink with tears.

102:10  On account of thine indignation and thy wrath; For thou hast lifted me up and cast me down!

102:11  My life is like a declining shadow, And I wither like grass.

102:12  But thou, O LORD! endurest for ever, And thy name from generation to generation!

102:13  Thou wilt arise and have pity upon Zion, For the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.

102:14  For thy servants take pleasure in her stones; Yea, they have a regard for her dust.

102:15  Then shall the nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.

102:16  For Jehovah will build up Zion; He will appear in his glory.

102:17  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, And not despise their supplication.

102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come, That the people to be born may praise Jehovah.

102:19  For he looketh down from his holy height, From heaven doth he cast his eye upon the earth,

102:20  To listen to the sighs of the prisoner. To release those that are doomed to death;

102:21  That they may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem,

102:22  When the nations are assembled together, And the kingdoms to serve Jehovah.

102:23  He hath weakened my strength on the way, He hath shortened my days.

102:24  I say, O my God! take me not away in the midst of my days! Thy years endure through all generations.

102:25  Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth, And the heavens are the work of thy hands;

102:26  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;

102:27  But thou art the same, And thy years have no end.

102:28  The children of thy servants shall dwell securely, And their posterity shall be established before thee.