{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":102,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/101","next":"psalms/103","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Hear my prayer, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let my cry for help come before You."}],"h":"The Prayer of the Afflicted","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not hide Your face from me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in my day of distress."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Incline Your ear to me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"answer me quickly when I call."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For my days vanish like smoke,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my bones burn like glowing embers."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I even forget to eat my bread."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Through my loud groaning"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my skin hangs on my bones."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am like a desert owl,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like an owl among the ruins."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I lie awake;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am like a lone bird on a housetop."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All day long my enemies taunt me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they ridicule me and curse me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I have eaten ashes like bread"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and mixed my drink with tears"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"because of Your indignation and wrath,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for You have picked me up and cast me aside."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My days are like lengthening shadows,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I wither away like grass."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your renown endures to all generations."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor — the appointed time has come.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for it is time to show her favor —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the appointed time has come."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For Your servants delight in her stones"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and take pity on her dust."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth [will fear] Your glory.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So the nations will fear the name of the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and all the kings of the earth [will fear] Your glory."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the LORD will rebuild Zion;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has appeared in His glory."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will not despise their prayer."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let this be written for the generation to come,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to hear a prisoner’s groaning,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to release those condemned to death,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and praise Him in Jerusalem,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when peoples and kingdoms assemble"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to serve the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has broken my strength on the way;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has cut short my days."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"I say:“ O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years [go on] through all generations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I say:“ O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your years [go on] through all generations."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the heavens are the work of Your hands."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They will perish, but You remain;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will all wear out like a garment."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Like clothing You will change them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they will be passed on."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.","f":["Cited in Hebrews 1:10–12"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But You remain the same,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Your years will never end."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The children of Your servants will dwell securely,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their descendants will be established before You.”"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD."}