Ps 102:8 ¶ My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.
Ps 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping
Ps 102:10 Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
Ps 102:11 My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.
Ps 102:12 ¶ But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations.
Ps 102:13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
Ps 102:14 Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust.
Ps 102:15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
Ps 102:16 For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
Ps 102:17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer.
Ps 102:18 ¶ This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
Ps 102:19 For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,
Ps 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death,
Ps 102:21 That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
Ps 102:22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
Ps 102:23 ¶ He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.
Ps 102:24 I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.
Ps 102:25 "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Ps 102:26 "Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
Ps 102:27 "But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.