102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.

102:2 Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.

102:3 For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

102:4 Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

102:5 From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.

102:6 I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

102:7 I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.

102:8 All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.

102:9 Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,

102:10 From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.

102:11 My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

102:12 And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.

102:13 Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

102:14 For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

102:15 And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,

102:16 For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

102:17 He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

102:18 This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.

102:19 For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,

102:20 To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

102:21 To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

102:22 In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah.

102:23 He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

102:24 I say, `My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,` Through all generations [are] Thine years.

102:25 Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.

102:26 They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.

102:27 And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.