Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 102
The Prayer of the Afflicted
A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.
Hear my prayer, O LORD;
let my cry for help come before You.Psa 143:1
Do not hide Your face from me
in my day of distress.
Incline Your ear to me;
answer me quickly when I call.Psa 13:1; Psa 44:24
For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like glowing embers.Pro 17:22
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass;
I even forget to eat my bread.Psa 109:22
Through my loud groaning
my skin hangs on my bones.
I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.Deu 14:17
I lie awake;
I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
All day long my enemies taunt me;
they ridicule me and curse me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread
and mixed my drink with tearsJob 3:24
because of Your indignation and wrath,
for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
My days are like lengthening shadows,
and I wither away like grass.Job 8:9; Job 14:1
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;
Your renown endures to all generations.
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show her favor —
the appointed time has come.Psa 51:18; Jer 29:10
For Your servants delight in her stones
and take pity on her dust.
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD,
and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
For the LORD will rebuild Zion;
He has appeared in His glory.Isa 14:32
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute;
He will not despise their prayer.
Let this be written for the generation to come,
so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary;
the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to release those condemned to death,Psa 79:11
that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion
and praise Him in Jerusalem,Isa 62:6
when peoples and kingdoms assemble
to serve the LORD.Zec 8:21
He has broken my strength on the way;
He has cut short my days.Psa 89:45
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days!
Your years go on through all generations.Job 21:21
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.Heb 1:10
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.Isa 51:6; Mat 24:35
But You remain the same,
and Your years will never end.102:27 Cited in Hebrews 1:10–12Job 36:26; Psa 81:2; Mal 3:6
The children of Your servants will dwell securely,
and their descendants will be established before You.”