Psalm 102:1-28 NASBS

[1] Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You. [2] Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly. [3] For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth. [4] My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread. [5] Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh. [6] I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places. [7] I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. [8] My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse. [9] For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping [10] Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away. [11] My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass. [12] But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations. [13] You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come. [14] Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust. [15] So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory. [16] For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. [17] He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. [18] This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. [19] For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth, [20] To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, [21] That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, [22] When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. [23] He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days. [24] I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations. [25] "Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. [26] "Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will 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 not come to an end. [28] "The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."