Psalm 102 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Prayer of an Afflicted Man for Mercy on Himself and on Zion.

Psa 102:1A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and [fn]pours out his complaint before the LORD.
Hear my prayer, O LORD!
And let my cry for help come to You.

Psa 102:2

Psa 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I call answer me quickly.

Psa 102:3

Psa 102:3For my days have been [fn]consumed in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Psa 102:4

Psa 102:4My heart has been smitten like [fn]grass and has withered away,
Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

Psa 102:5

Psa 102:5Because of the [fn]loudness of my groaning
My bones [fn]cling to my flesh.

Psa 102:6

Psa 102:6I [fn]resemble a pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.

Psa 102:7

Psa 102:7I lie awake,
I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

Psa 102:8

Psa 102:8My enemies have reproached me all day long;
Those who [fn]deride me [fn]have used my name as a curse.

Psa 102:9

Psa 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread
And mingled my drink with weeping

Psa 102:10

Psa 102:10Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

Psa 102:11

Psa 102:11My days are like a [fn]lengthened shadow,
And [fn]I wither away like [fn]grass.

Psa 102:12

Psa 102:12But You, O LORD, [fn]abide forever,
And Your [fn]name to all generations.

Psa 102:13

Psa 102:13You will arise and have compassion on Zion;
For it is time to be gracious to her,
For the appointed time has come.

Psa 102:14

Psa 102:14Surely Your servants [fn]find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.

Psa 102:15

Psa 102:15 [fn]So the [fn]nations will fear the name of the LORD
And all the kings of the earth Your glory.

Psa 102:16

Psa 102:16For the LORD has built up Zion;
He has appeared in His glory.

Psa 102:17

Psa 102:17He has regarded the prayer of the [fn]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

Psa 102:18

Psa 102:18 [fn]This will be written for the generation to come,
[fn]That a people yet to be created [fn]may praise [fn]the LORD.

Psa 102:19

Psa 102:19For He looked down from His holy height;
From heaven the LORD gazed [fn]upon the earth,

Psa 102:20

Psa 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner,
To set free [fn]those who were doomed to death,

Psa 102:21

Psa 102:21That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,

Psa 102:22

Psa 102:22When the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

Psa 102:23

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

Psa 102:24

Psa 102:24I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the [fn]midst of my days,
Your years are throughout all generations.

Psa 102:25

Psa 102:25“Of old You founded the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psa 102:26

Psa 102:26“[fn]Even they will perish, but You endure;
And all of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

Psa 102:27

Psa 102:27“But You are [fn]the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.

Psa 102:28

Psa 102:28“The children of Your servants will continue,
And their [fn]descendants will be established before You.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

Or, finished

Literally: herbage

Literally: voice

Literally: have cleaved

(102:6)

Literally: have become similar to

(102:8)

Or, made a fool of

(102:8)

Literally: have sworn by me

(102:11)

Literally: stretched out

Or, as for me, I

Literally: herbage

Or, sit enthroned

Literally: memorial

(102:14)

Or, have found

(102:15)

Or, And

(102:15)

Or, Gentiles, heathen

(102:17)

Or, naked

(102:18)

Or, Let this be written

Or, And

Or, will

Hebrew: YAH

Literally: toward

Literally: the sons of death

(102:24)

Literally: half

(102:26)

Literally: They themselves

(102:27)

Literally: He

(102:28)

Literally: seed

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