Psalms 102 — YLT

102Verse 1A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.^{Verse 2}Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.^{Verse 3}For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.^{Verse 4}Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.^{Verse 5}From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.^{Verse 6}I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.^{Verse 7}I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.^{Verse 8}All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.^{Verse 9}Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,^{Verse 10}From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.^{Verse 11}My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.^{Verse 12}And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.^{Verse 13}Thou — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.^{Verse 14}For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.^{Verse 15}And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,^{Verse 16}For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,^{Verse 17}He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.^{Verse 18}This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.^{Verse 19}For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,^{Verse 20}To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,^{Verse 21}To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,^{Verse 22}In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms — to serve Jehovah.^{Verse 23}He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.^{Verse 24}I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.^{Verse 25}Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.^{Verse 26}They — They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.^{Verse 27}And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.^{Verse 28}The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!