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Psalms 102:1-28 — A Prayer of One Afflicted
Ps.102.1-28
1A prayer of the afflicted, when he faints and pours out his lament before the LORD. 2O LORD, please hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you. 3Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me; in the day I call, answer me quickly. 4For my days vanish in smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. 5My heart is struck down like grass and withers, for I forget to eat my bread. 6Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones cling to my flesh. 7I am like a desert owl; I have become like an owl among the ruins. 8I lie awake, and I am like a lonely bird on a roof. 9All day long my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name as a curse. 10For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with weeping, 11because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have lifted me up and thrown me away. 12My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. 13But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever, and your renown endures to all generations. 14You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor; indeed, the appointed time has come. 15For your servants take delight in her stones, and they show favor to her dust. 16So the people of the nations will revere the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory. 17For the LORD has built Zion; he has appeared in his glory. 18He has turned to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. 19Let this be written for a future generation, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. 20For he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth, 21to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those condemned to death, 22so that the name of the LORD may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, 23when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 24He has broken my strength in the way; he has cut short my days. 25I say, 'O my God, do not take me away in the middle of my days—you whose years endure throughout all generations!' 26Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 27They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them, and they will pass away. 28But you are the same, and your years will not come to an end.
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4/11/2026
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