(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
1
[A prayer by someone who is suffering, when he is weary and pours out his troubles in the LORD's presence.] O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
2
Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble. Turn your ear toward me. Answer me quickly when I call.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
3
My days disappear like smoke. My bones burn like hot coals.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
4
My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
5
I am nothing but skin and bones because of my loud groans.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
6
I am like a desert owl, like an owl living in the ruins.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
7
I lie awake. I am like a lonely bird on a rooftop.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
8
All day long my enemies insult me. Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
9
I eat ashes like bread and my tears are mixed with my drink
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
10
because of your hostility and anger, because you have picked me up and thrown me away.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
11
My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
12
But you, O LORD, remain forever. You are remembered throughout every generation.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
13
You will rise and have compassion on Zion, because it is time to grant a favor to it. Indeed, the appointed time has come.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
14
Your servants value Zion's stones, and they pity its rubble.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
15
The nations will fear the LORD's name. All the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
16
When the LORD builds Zion, he will appear in his glory.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
17
He will turn his attention to the prayers of those who have been abandoned. He will not despise their prayers.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
18
This will be written down for a future generation so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
19
"The LORD looked down from his holy place high above. From heaven he looked at the earth.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
20
He heard the groans of the prisoners and set free those who were condemned to death.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
21
The LORD's name is announced in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
22
when nations and kingdoms gather to worship the LORD."
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
23
He has weakened my strength along the way. He has reduced [the number of] my days.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
24
I said, "My God, don't take me now in the middle of my life. Your years [continue on] throughout every generation.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
25
Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth. Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
26
They will come to an end, but you will still go on. They will all wear out like clothing. You will change them like clothes, and they will be thrown away.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
27
But you remain the same, and your life will never end.
(GWT)
Psalms
102
:
28
The children of your servants will go on living [here]. Their descendants will be secure in your presence."