­PSA 102:1  Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

 

­PSA 102:2  Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline

 thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

 

­PSA 102:3  For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an

 hearth.

 

­PSA 102:4  My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to

 eat my bread.

 

­PSA 102:5  By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

 

­PSA 102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the

 desert.

 

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

 

­PSA 102:8  Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against

 me are sworn against me.

 

­PSA 102:9  For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with

 weeping.

 

­PSA 102:10  Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me

 up, and cast me down.

 

­PSA 102:11  My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like

 grass.

 

­PSA 102:12  But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto

 all generations.

 

­PSA 102:13  Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour

 her, yea, the set time, is come.

 

­PSA 102:14  For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust

 thereof.

 

­PSA 102:15  So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings

 of the earth thy glory.

 

­PSA 102:16  When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

 

­PSA 102:17  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their

 prayer.

 

­PSA 102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people

 which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

 

­PSA 102:19  For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from

 heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

 

­PSA 102:20  To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are

 appointed to death;

 

­PSA 102:21  To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in

 Jerusalem;

 

­PSA 102:22  When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve

 the LORD.

 

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

 

­PSA 102:24  I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy

 years are throughout all generations.

 

­PSA 102:25  Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens

 are the work of thy hands.

 

­PSA 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:

 

­PSA 102:27  But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

 

­PSA 102:28  The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall

 be established before thee.