# Psalms 102

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD.*

## Text

[1] Hear my prayer, O LORD;
let my cry for help come before You. [2] Do not hide Your face from me
in my day of distress.
Incline Your ear to me;
answer me quickly when I call. [3] For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like glowing embers. [4] My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass;
I even forget to eat my bread. [5] Through my loud groaning
my flesh clings to my bones. [6] I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins. [7] I lie awake;
I am like a lone bird on a housetop. [8] All day long my enemies taunt me;
they ridicule me and curse me. [9] For I have eaten ashes like bread
and mixed my drink with tears [10] because of Your indignation and wrath,
for You have picked me up and cast me aside. [11] My days are like lengthening shadows,
and I wither away like grass. [12] But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever;
Your renown endures to all generations. [13] You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show her favor—
the appointed time has come. [14] For Your servants delight in her stones
and take pity on her dust. [15] So 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 has appeared in His glory. [17] He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute;
He will not despise their prayer. [18] Let this be written for the generation to come,
so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD. [19] For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary;
the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth [20] to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to release those condemned to death, [21] that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion
and praise Him in Jerusalem, [22] when peoples and kingdoms assemble
to serve the LORD. [23] He has broken my strength on the way;
He has cut short my days. [24] I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days!
Your years go on through all generations. [25] In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands. [26] They will perish, but You remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing You will change them,
and they will be passed on. [27] But You remain the same,
and Your years will never end. [28] The children of Your servants will dwell securely,
and their descendants will be established before You.”

## Places in this chapter

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/zion

## Each verse

- Psalms 102:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/1
- Psalms 102:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/2
- Psalms 102:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/3
- Psalms 102:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/4
- Psalms 102:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/5
- Psalms 102:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/6
- Psalms 102:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/7
- Psalms 102:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/8
- Psalms 102:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/9
- Psalms 102:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/10
- Psalms 102:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/11
- Psalms 102:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/12
- Psalms 102:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/13
- Psalms 102:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/14
- Psalms 102:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/15
- Psalms 102:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/16
- Psalms 102:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/17
- Psalms 102:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/18
- Psalms 102:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/19
- Psalms 102:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/20
- Psalms 102:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/21
- Psalms 102:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/22
- Psalms 102:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/23
- Psalms 102:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/24
- Psalms 102:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/25
- Psalms 102:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/26
- Psalms 102:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/27
- Psalms 102:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/28