Psalms

Chapter 102

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¹A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.4 sermons²Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.4 sermons³For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.4 sermons⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.4 sermons⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.4 sermons⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.4 sermons⁷I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.4 sermons⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.4 sermons⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,4 sermons¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.3 sermons¹¹My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.6 sermons¹²But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.4 sermons¹³Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.4 sermons¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.4 sermons¹⁵So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.4 sermons¹⁶When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.4 sermons¹⁷He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.4 sermons¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.4 sermons¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;4 sermons²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;4 sermons²¹To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;4 sermons²²When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.4 sermons²³He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.3 sermons²⁴I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.4 sermons²⁵Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.6 sermons²⁶They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:6 sermons²⁷But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.5 sermons²⁸The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.4 sermons