Psalm 102 — Legacy Standard Bible

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

102

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and ¹pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

^aO Yahweh, hear my prayer!And let my cry for help ^bcome to You.²^aDo not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;^bIncline Your ear to me;In the day when I call ^canswer me quickly.³For my days ^ahave ¹vanished in smoke,And my ^bbones have been scorched like a hearth.⁴My heart ^ahas been stricken like ¹grass and it has ^bdried up,Indeed, I ^cforget to eat my bread.⁵Because of the sound of my groaningMy ^abones ¹cling to my flesh.⁶I resemble a ^apelican of the wilderness;I have become like an owl of the waste places.⁷I ^alie awake,I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.⁸My enemies ^ahave reproached me all day long;Those who ¹^,^bridicule me ^cswear against me.⁹For I have eaten ashes like breadAnd ^amixed my drinks with weeping¹⁰^aBecause of Your indignation and Your wrath,For You have ^blifted me up and cast me away.¹¹My days are like an ^aoutstretched shadow,And as for me, I ^bdry up like ¹grass.¹²But You, O Yahweh, ¹^,^aabide forever,And the ^bremembrance of Your name ²from generation to generation.¹³You will ^aarise and have ^bcompassion on Zion—For ^cit is time to be gracious to it,For the ^dappointed time has come.¹⁴For Your slaves ¹find pleasure in its stonesAnd show grace to its dust—¹⁵¹So the ²^,^anations will fear the name of YahwehAnd ^ball the kings of the earth Your glory.¹⁶For Yahweh has ^abuilt up Zion;He has ^bappeared in His glory.¹⁷He has ^aturned toward the prayer of the ¹destituteAnd has not despised their prayer.¹⁸¹This will be ^awritten for the ^bgeneration to come,And ^ca people yet to be created will praise Yah.¹⁹For He ^alooked down from His holy height;^bFrom heaven Yahweh gazed ¹upon the earth,²⁰To hear the ^agroaning of the prisoner,To ^bset free ¹those who were doomed to death,²¹To ^arecount the name of Yahweh in ZionAnd His praise in Jerusalem,²²When ^athe peoples are gathered together,And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.²³He has afflicted my strength in the way;He has ^ashortened my days.²⁴I say, “O my God, ^ado not take me away in the ¹midst of my days,Your ^byears are from generation to all generations.²⁵“Of old You ^afounded the earth,And the ^bheavens are the work of Your hands.²⁶“¹Even they will ^aperish, but You will remain;And all of them will wear out like a garment;Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.²⁷“But You are ¹^,^athe same,And Your years will not come to an end.²⁸“The ^achildren of Your slaves will dwell securely,And their ^bseed will be established before You.”