Psalms 102

A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD.

1 [a]Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
2 Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
5 In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
8 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9 For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
10 because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
12 But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
15 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19 “The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
21 So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
23 In the course of my life[b] he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
24 So I said: “Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
28 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”

Cross References 50

  • 1. Psalms 4:1
  • 2. S Exodus 2:23
  • 3. S Psalms 22:24; Psalms 69:17
  • 4. S 2 Kings 19:16; Psalms 31:2; Psalms 88:2
  • 5. S Psalms 37:20; S James 4:14
  • 6. Lamentations 1:13
  • 7. S Psalms 37:2; Psalms 90:5-6
  • 8. S 1 Samuel 1:7; S Ezra 10:6; S Job 33:20
  • 9. S Psalms 6:6
  • 10. S Deuteronomy 14:15-17; Job 30:29; Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14
  • 11. Psalms 77:4
  • 12. Psalms 38:11
  • 13. S Psalms 31:11
  • 14. S Psalms 42:10; Luke 22:63-65; Luke 23:35-37
  • 15. S Exodus 22:28; Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 25:18; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:12; Ezekiel 14:8; Zechariah 8:13
  • 16. Isaiah 44:20
  • 17. Psalms 6:6; Psalms 42:3; Psalms 80:5
  • 18. Psalms 7:11; Psalms 38:3
  • 19. S 1 Chronicles 29:15; S Job 14:2; S Psalms 39:6
  • 20. S Job 8:12; James 1:10
  • 21. S Exodus 15:18; Psalms 9:7
  • 22. Psalms 135:13; Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 63:12
  • 23. S Exodus 3:15
  • 24. S Psalms 44:26
  • 25. S Deuteronomy 32:36; S 1 Kings 3:26; Isaiah 54:8; Isaiah 60:10; Zechariah 10:6
  • 26. Psalms 119:126
  • 27. S Psalms 77:7
  • 28. S Exodus 13:10; Daniel 8:19; Acts 1:7
  • 29. 1 Kings 8:43; Psalms 67:7; Isaiah 2:2
  • 30. Psalms 76:12; Psalms 138:4; Psalms 148:11
  • 31. S Psalms 51:18
  • 32. Psalms 8:1; Isaiah 60:1-2
  • 33. S 1 Kings 8:29; Psalms 4:1; Psalms 6:9; Nehemiah 1:6
  • 34. S Romans 4:24; Romans 15:4
  • 35. S Psalms 22:31
  • 36. Psalms 53:2; Deuteronomy 26:15
  • 37. S Psalms 68:6; S Luke 4:19; Psalms 79:11
  • 38. Psalms 22:22
  • 39. Psalms 9:14
  • 40. S Psalms 22:27; Isaiah 49:22-23; Zechariah 8:20-23
  • 41. S Psalms 39:5
  • 42. S Genesis 21:33; Job 36:26; Psalms 90:2; Isaiah 38:10
  • 43. S Genesis 1:1; Hebrews 1:10-12*
  • 44. S 2 Chronicles 2:12
  • 45. S Psalms 8:3
  • 46. Isaiah 13:10,13; Isaiah 34:4; Isaiah 51:6; Ezekiel 32:8; Joel 2:10; Matthew 24:35; 2 Peter 3:7-10; Revelation 20:11
  • 47. S Numbers 23:19; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17
  • 48. Psalms 9:7
  • 49. Psalms 69:36
  • 50. Psalms 25:13; Psalms 89:4

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.
  • [b]. Or "By his power"

Psalms 102 Commentaries

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