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Psalms 102

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ ⓐ LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before You. ⓑ

² Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call. ⓒ

³ For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. ⓓ

⁴ My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; ⓔ I even forget to eat my food. ⓕ

⁵ Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones. ⓖ

⁶ I am like a desert owl, [1] like an owl among the ruins. ⓗ

⁷ I stay awake; ⓘ I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

⁸ My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and curse me. ⓙ

⁹ I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears ⓚ

¹⁰ because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside. ⓛ

¹¹ My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. ⓜ

¹² But You, LORD, are enthroned forever; ⓝ Your fame endures to all generations. ⓞ

¹³ You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her — the appointed time has come. ⓟ

¹⁴ For Your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust. ⓠ

¹⁵ Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth Your glory, ⓡ

¹⁶ for the LORD will rebuild Zion; He will appear in His glory. ⓢ

¹⁷ He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. ⓣ

¹⁸ This will be written for a later generation, and a newly created people will praise the LORD: ⓤ

¹⁹ He looked down from His holy heights — the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth ⓥ —

²⁰ to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to set free those condemned to die, [2] ⓦ

²¹ so that they might declare the name of Yahweh in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem, ⓧ

²² when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the LORD. ⓨ

²³ He has broken my [3] strength in midcourse; He has shortened my days. ⓩ

²⁴ I say: “My God, do not take me in the middle of my life! [4] Your years continue through all generations. ⓐ

²⁵ Long ago You established the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. ⓑ

²⁶ They will perish, but You will endure; all of them will wear out like clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will pass away. ⓒ

²⁷ But You are the same, and Your years will never end. ⓓ

²⁸ Your servants’ children will dwell securely, and their offspring will be established before You.” ⓔ

#	HCSB
1	ⓐ LORD, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come before You. ⓑ
2	Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble. Listen closely to me; answer me quickly when I call. ⓒ
3	For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. ⓓ
4	My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; ⓔ I even forget to eat my food. ⓕ
5	Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones. ⓖ
6	I am like a desert owl, [1] like an owl among the ruins. ⓗ
7	I stay awake; ⓘ I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
8	My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and curse me. ⓙ
9	I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears ⓚ
10	because of Your indignation and wrath; for You have picked me up and thrown me aside. ⓛ
11	My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. ⓜ
12	But You, LORD, are enthroned forever; ⓝ Your fame endures to all generations. ⓞ
13	You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her — the appointed time has come. ⓟ
14	For Your servants take delight in its stones and favor its dust. ⓠ
15	Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth Your glory, ⓡ
16	for the LORD will rebuild Zion; He will appear in His glory. ⓢ
17	He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. ⓣ
18	This will be written for a later generation, and a newly created people will praise the LORD: ⓤ
19	He looked down from His holy heights — the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth ⓥ —
20	to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to set free those condemned to die, [2] ⓦ
21	so that they might declare the name of Yahweh in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem, ⓧ
22	when peoples and kingdoms are assembled to serve the LORD. ⓨ
23	He has broken my [3] strength in midcourse; He has shortened my days. ⓩ
24	I say: “My God, do not take me in the middle of my life! [4] Your years continue through all generations. ⓐ
25	Long ago You established the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. ⓑ
26	They will perish, but You will endure; all of them will wear out like clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will pass away. ⓒ
27	But You are the same, and Your years will never end. ⓓ
28	Your servants’ children will dwell securely, and their offspring will be established before You.” ⓔ

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^{Psalms 102:23 [185]} Or By his power

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