Psalm 102

¹Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.

²Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily.

³For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.

⁴My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh.

⁶I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

⁷I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

¹¹My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

¹²But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.

¹³Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust.

¹⁵And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.