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Psalms 102
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Psalms102

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is 102:0 Ps. 61:2faint and 102:0 Ps. 142:2pours out his complaint before the Lord.

1102:1 Ps. 39:12Hear my prayer, O Lord;
let my cry 102:1 Ps. 18:6; Ex. 2:23; 1 Sam. 9:16come to you!
2102:2 See Ps. 27:9Do not hide your face from me
in 102:2 See Ps. 18:6the day of my distress!
102:2 See Ps. 31:2Incline your ear to me;
102:2 See Ps. 69:17answer me speedily 102:2 Ps. 56:9in the day when I call!

3For my days 102:3 [James 4:14]; See Ps. 37:20pass away like smoke,
and my 102:3 Job 30:30; Lam. 1:13; See Ps. 31:10bones burn like a furnace.
4My heart is 102:4 Ps. 121:6struck down like grass and 102:4 Ps. 37:2; Isa. 40:7; [James 1:10, 11] has withered;
I 102:4 [1 Sam. 1:7; 2 Sam. 12:17; 1 Kgs. 21:4; Job 33:20]forget to eat my bread.
5Because of my loud groaning
my 102:5 See Job 19:20bones cling to my flesh.
6I am like 102:6 Isa. 34:11; Zeph. 2:14; [Job 30:29]a desert owl of the wilderness,
like an owl102:6 The precise identity of these birds is uncertain of the waste places;
7I 102:7 Ps. 77:4lie awake;
I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
8All the day my enemies taunt me;
those who 102:8 [Acts 26:11] deride me 102:8 Isa. 65:15; Jer. 29:22use my name for a curse.
9For I eat ashes like bread
and 102:9 See Ps. 42:3mingle tears with my drink,
10because of your indignation and anger;
for you have 102:10 Ezek. 3:12, 14taken me up and 102:10 Ps. 51:11thrown me down.
11My days are like 102:11 Ps. 109:23; 144:4; Job 8:9an evening shadow;
I 102:11 [See ver. 4above]wither away like grass.

12But you, O Lord, are 102:12 ver. 26; See Ps. 9:7enthroned forever;
you 102:12 Ps. 135:13; Ex. 3:15are remembered throughout all generations.
13You will 102:13 Ps. 68:1arise and have 102:13 Isa. 60:10; Zech. 1:12pity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
102:13 Ps. 75:2; Jer. 29:10; Dan. 9:2; [Isa. 40:2]the appointed time has come.
14For your servants hold her 102:14 Neh. 4:2; [Lam. 4:1]stones dear
and have pity on her dust.
15Nations will 102:15 1 Kgs. 8:43; Isa. 59:19fear the name of the Lord,
and all 102:15 Ps. 138:4; Isa. 60:3the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16For the Lord102:16 Ps. 147:2builds up Zion;
he 102:16 Isa. 60:1, 2appears in his glory;
17he 102:17 Neh. 1:6, 11regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.

18Let this be 102:18 [Deut. 31:19; Rom. 15:4; 1 Cor. 10:1] recorded for 102:18 Ps. 48:13; See Ps. 78:4, 6a generation to come,
so that 102:18 See Ps. 22:31; [Isa. 43:21]a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
19that he 102:19 See Ps. 11:4looked down from his holy height;
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
20to hear 102:20 Ps. 79:11the groans of the prisoners,
to set free 102:20 Ps. 79:11those who were doomed to die,
21that they may 102:21 See Ps. 22:22declare in Zion the name of the Lord,
and in Jerusalem his praise,
22when 102:22 [Isa. 45:14]; See Ps. 22:27peoples gather together,
and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he 102:23 Ps. 89:45has shortened my days.
24“O my God,” 102:24 [Isa. 38:10] I say, “take me not away
in the midst of my days—
102:24 Ps. 90:2; Job 36:26; Hab. 1:12you whose years endure
throughout all generations!”

25102:25 Gen. 1:1; 2:1; Cited Heb. 1:10Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
and 102:25 See Ps. 96:5the heavens are the work of your hands.
26102:26 Isa. 34:4; 51:6; Matt. 24:35; 2 Pet. 3:7, 10, 12; Rev. 20:11; 21:1; Cited Heb. 1:11, 12They will perish, but 102:26 ver. 12you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
27but 102:27 Isa. 41:4; 48:12; Mal. 3:6; [Heb. 13:8; James 1:17]you are the same, and your years have no end.
28102:28 See Ps. 69:36The children of your servants 102:28 Ps. 37:29shall dwell secure;
102:28 Ps. 112:2their offspring shall be established before you.