Psalm 102 - ESV Bible - Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you! ...

1 ¹Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry ²come to you!

2 ³Do not hide your face from me in ⁴the day of my distress! ⁵Incline your ear to me; ⁶answer me speedily ⁷in the day when I call!

3 For my days ⁸pass away like smoke, and my ⁹bones burn like a furnace.

4 My heart is ¹⁰struck down like grass and ¹¹has withered; I ¹²forget to eat my bread.

5 Because of my loud groaning my ¹³bones cling to my flesh.

6 I am like ¹⁴a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl^a of the waste places;

7 I ¹⁵lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8 All the day my enemies taunt me; those who ¹⁶deride me ¹⁷use my name for a curse.

9 For I eat ashes like bread and ¹⁸mingle tears with my drink,

10 because of your indignation and anger; for you have ¹⁹taken me up and ²⁰thrown me down.

11 My days are like ²¹an evening shadow; I ²²wither away like grass.

12 But you, O LORD, are ²³enthroned forever; you ²⁴are remembered throughout all generations.

13 You will ²⁵arise and have ²⁶pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; ²⁷the appointed time has come.

14 For your servants hold her ²⁸stones dear and have pity on her dust.

15 Nations will ²⁹fear the name of the LORD, and all ³⁰the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16 For the LORD ³¹builds up Zion; he ³²appears in his glory;

17 he ³³regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be ³⁴recorded for ³⁵a generation to come, so that ³⁶a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

19 that he ³⁷looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,

20 to hear ³⁸the groans of the prisoners, to set free ³⁹those who were doomed to die,

21 that they may ⁴⁰declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,

22 when ⁴¹peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.

23 He has broken my strength in midcourse; he ⁴²has shortened my days.

24 "O my God,"⁴³I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days-- ⁴⁴you whose years endure throughout all generations!"

25 ⁴⁵Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and ⁴⁶the heavens are the work of your hands.

26 ⁴⁷They will perish, but ⁴⁸you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

27 but ⁴⁹you are the same, and your years have no end.

28 ⁵⁰The children of your servants ⁵¹shall dwell secure; ⁵²their offspring shall be established before you.

Psalm 102 ESV