102:1  A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and
poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O
LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
 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.
 102:3  For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are
burned as an hearth.
 102:4  My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I
forget to eat my bread.
 102:5  By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave
to my skin.
 102:6  I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl
of the desert.
 102:7  I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
 102:8  Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that
are mad against me are sworn against me.
 102:9  For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink
with weeping,
 102:10  Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou
hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
 102:11  My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am
withered like grass.
 102:12  But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy
remembrance unto all generations.
 102:13  Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the
time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
 102:14  For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and
favour the dust thereof.
 102:15  So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and
all the kings of the earth thy glory.
 102:16  When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in
his glory.
 102:17  He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not
despise their prayer.
 102:18  This shall be written for the generation to come: and
the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
 102:19  For he hath looked down from the height of his
sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
 102:20  To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those
that are appointed to death;
 102:21  To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his
praise in Jerusalem;
 102:22  When the people are gathered together, and the
kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
 102:23  He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my
days.
 102:24  I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my
days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.
 102:25  Of old hast thou laid the foundation 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 shall have no
end.
 102:28  The children of thy servants shall continue, and their
seed shall be established before thee.