Psalm 102

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is #Ps. 61:2faint and #Ps. 142:2pours out his complaint before the Lord.

1 *Ps. 39:12Hear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry *Ps. 18:6;Ex. 2:23;1 Sam. 9:16come to you!

2 *See Ps. 27:9Do not hide your face from me

in *See Ps. 18:6the day of my distress!

*See Ps. 31:2Incline your ear to me;

*See Ps. 69:17answer me speedily *Ps. 56:9in the day when I call!

3 For my days *[James 4:14]; See Ps. 37:20pass away like smoke,

and my *Job 30:30;Lam. 1:13;See Ps. 31:10bones burn like a furnace.

4 My heart is *Ps. 121:6struck down like grass and *Ps. 37:2;Isa. 40:7;[James 1:10,11] has withered;

I *[1 Sam. 1:7;2 Sam. 12:17;1 Kgs. 21:4;Job 33:20]forget to eat my bread.

5 Because of my loud groaning

my *See Job 19:20bones cling to my flesh.

6 I am like *Isa. 34:11;Zeph. 2:14;[Job 30:29]a desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl*102:6 The precise identity of these birds is uncertain of the waste places;

7 I *Ps. 77:4lie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8 All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who *[Acts 26:11] deride me *Isa. 65:15;Jer. 29:22use my name for a curse.

9 For I eat ashes like bread

and *See Ps. 42:3mingle tears with my drink,

10 because of your indignation and anger;

for you have *Ezek. 3:12,14taken me up and *Ps. 51:11thrown me down.

11 My days are like *Ps. 109:23;144:4;Job 8:9an evening shadow;

I *[See ver. 4above]wither away like grass.

12 But you, O Lord, are *ver. 26;See Ps. 9:7enthroned forever;

you *Ps. 135:13;Ex. 3:15are remembered throughout all generations.

13 You will *Ps. 68:1arise and have *Isa. 60:10;Zech. 1:12pity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

*Ps. 75:2;Jer. 29:10;Dan. 9:2;[Isa. 40:2]the appointed time has come.

14 For your servants hold her *Neh. 4:2;[Lam. 4:1]stones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15 Nations will *1 Kgs. 8:43;Isa. 59:19fear the name of the Lord,

and all *Ps. 138:4;Isa. 60:3the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16 For the Lord*Ps. 147:2builds up Zion;

he *Isa. 60:1,2appears in his glory;

17 he *Neh. 1:6,11regards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be *[Deut. 31:19;Rom. 15:4;1 Cor. 10:1] recorded for *Ps. 48:13;See Ps. 78:4,6a generation to come,

so that *See Ps. 22:31;[Isa. 43:21]a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:

19 that he *See Ps. 11:4looked down from his holy height;

from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

20 to hear *Ps. 79:11the groans of the prisoners,

to set free *Ps. 79:11those who were doomed to die,

21 that they may *See Ps. 22:22declare in Zion the name of the Lord,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

22 when *[Isa. 45:14]; See Ps. 22:27peoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the Lord.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he *Ps. 89:45has shortened my days.

24 "O my God," *[Isa. 38:10] I say, "take me not away

in the midst of my days—

*Ps. 90:2;Job 36:26;Hab. 1:12you whose years endure

throughout all generations!"

25 *Gen. 1:1;2:1;Cited Heb. 1:10Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and *See Ps. 96:5the heavens are the work of your hands.

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 *ver. 12you will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

27 but *Isa. 41:4;48:12;Mal. 3:6;[Heb. 13:8;James 1:17]you are the same, and your years have no end.

28 *See Ps. 69:36The children of your servants *Ps. 37:29shall dwell secure;

*Ps. 112:2their offspring shall be established before you.