Prayer of the Afflicted and Complaint before the LORD - Psalm 102

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Psalm 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.  

Psalm 102:2 Hide 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. 

Psalm 102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as  an hearth.  

Psalm 102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget  to eat my bread.  

Psalm 102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my  skin.  

Psalm 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the  desert.  

Psalm 102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.  

Psalm 102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad  against me are sworn against me.  

Psalm 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with  weeping,  

Psalm 102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast  lifted me up, and cast me down.  

Psalm 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered  like grass.  

Psalm 102:12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance  unto all generations.  

Psalm 102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to  favour her, yea, the set time, is come.  

Psalm 102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the  dust thereof.  

Psalm 102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the  kings of the earth thy glory.  

Psalm 102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his  glory.  

Psalm 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise  their prayer.  

Psalm 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the  people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.  

Psalm 102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from  heaven did the LORD behold the earth;  

Psalm 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are  appointed to death;  

Psalm 102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in  Jerusalem;  

Psalm 102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to  serve the LORD.  

Psalm 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.  

Psalm 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:  thy years are throughout all generations.  

Psalm 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the  heavens are the work of thy hands.  

Psalm 102:26 They 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:  

Psalm 102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.  

Psalm 102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed  shall be established before thee. KJV

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