Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.Psalms 102:1

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.Psalms 102:2

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.Psalms 102:3

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.Psalms 102:4

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.Psalms 102:5

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.Psalms 102:6

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.Psalms 102:7

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.Psalms 102:8

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,Psalms 102:9

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.Psalms 102:10

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.Psalms 102:11

But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.Psalms 102:12

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.Psalms 102:13

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.Psalms 102:14

So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.Psalms 102:15

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.Psalms 102:16

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.Psalms 102:17

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.Psalms 102:18

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;Psalms 102:19

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;Psalms 102:20

To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;Psalms 102:21

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.Psalms 102:22

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.Psalms 102:23

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.Psalms 102:24

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.Psalms 102:25

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:Psalms 102:26

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.Psalms 102:27

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.Psalms 102:28