Through My Bible Yr 02 – August 11

Through My Bible – August 11

Psalm 102 (EHV)

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¹ O Lord, hear my prayer,
and let my cry for help come to you.
² Do not hide your face from me on the day when I am distressed.
Turn your ear to me on the day I call.
Hurry! Answer me!

³ For my days go up in smoke,
and my bones are burned like hot coals.
⁴ My heart is cut down and withered like grass,
so I forget to eat my food.
⁵ Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones stick out of my flesh.
⁶ I am like an owl in the wilderness,
like a screech owl ^[1] among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake.
I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies taunt me.
Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse,
⁹ because I eat ashes like bread,
and I mix tears with my drinks.
¹⁰ Because of your rage and your wrath,
    you have picked me up and thrown me away.
¹¹ My days are being stretched out like a shadow,
and I am dried up like grass.

¹² But you, Lord, sit on your throne forever,
and you will be remembered through all generations.
¹³ You will rise and have compassion on Zion.
Yes, it is time to be gracious to her,
because the appointed time has come.
¹⁴ Yes, your servants will show favor to her stones,
and they will have compassion on her dust.
¹⁵ Then the nations will fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Zion.
He will appear in his glory.
¹⁷ He will respond to the prayer of the naked.
He will not despise their prayer.
¹⁸ Let this be written till the last generation,
so that a people not yet created may praise the Lord. ^[2]
19 For the Lord looked down from his high, holy place.
From heaven he viewed the earth
²⁰     to hear the groans of the prisoner,
    to release those condemned to death.
²¹ So the name of the Lord will be recorded in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem,
²² when the peoples and the kingdoms are gathered together
    to serve the Lord.

²³ He took away my strength during my lifetime.
He cut short my days.
²⁴ I said, “My God, do not take me away in the middle of my days.”

Your years go on through all generations.
²⁵ Long ago you laid a foundation for the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
²⁶ They will perish, but you remain.
All of them wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them,
and they will be changed.
²⁷ But you are the same,
and your years will never end.
²⁸ The children of your servants will dwell with you,
and their descendants will be established before you.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 102:6 The exact identification of the birds is uncertain.
2. Psalm 102:18 The short form of the divine name, Yah, is used here instead of the full form, Yahweh.