<TITLE>Psalms 102</TITLE><BR>Psalms 102 <BR>1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.<BR>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.<BR>3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.<BR>4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.<BR>5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.<BR>6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.<BR>7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.<BR>8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.<BR>9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.<BR>10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.<BR>11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.<BR>12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.<BR>13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.<BR>14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.<BR>15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.<BR>16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.<BR>17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.<BR>18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.<BR>19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;<BR>20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;<BR>21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;<BR>22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.<BR>23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.<BR>24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.<BR>25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.<BR>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:<BR>27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.<BR>28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.<BR><BR><BR>