Psalm 102:1-28 BSB

[1] A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. 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 skin hangs on 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.”