# Psalm 102 A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD. 
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1. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you! 
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2. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call! 
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3. For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. 
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4. My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread. 
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5. Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh. 
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6. I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places; 
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7. I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop. 
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8. All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. 
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9. For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink, 
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10. because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down. 
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11. My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass. 
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12. But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations. 
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13. You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come. 
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14. For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust. 
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15. Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory. 
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16. For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory; 
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17. he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer. 
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18. Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD: 
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19. that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, 
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20. to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die, 
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21. that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise, 
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22. when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD. 
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23. He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. 
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24. “O my God,” I say, “take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!” 
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25. Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 
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26. They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, 
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27. but you are the same, and your years have no end. 
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28. The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you. 

(ESV)