Psalm 102

¹Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

²Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

³For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

⁴My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

⁵Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

⁶I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

⁷I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

⁸All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

¹⁰because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

¹¹My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

¹²But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

¹³You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

¹⁴For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.