Psalm 102:1-28 MEV

[1] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto You. [2] Do not hide Your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call answer me quickly. [3] For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a furnace. [4] My heart is struck down and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread. [5] Because of the sound of my groaning my bones cling to my skin. [6] I am like an owl of the wilderness, like a screech owl of the desert. [7] I stay awake and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop. [8] My enemies reproach me all the day, and those who taunt me curse my name. [9] For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with weeping, [10] because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have lifted me up, and cast me down. [11] My days are like an evening shadow that vanishes, and I wither away like grass. [12] But You, O LORD, shall endure forever enthroned and Your reputation to all generations. [13] You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for the time to favor her, indeed, the appointed time has come. [14] For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. [15] So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. [16] For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory. [17] He will regard the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. [18] Let this be written for the generation to come, that a people who shall be created shall praise the LORD. [19] For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven the LORD looked down on the earth, [20] to hear the groaning of the prisoners and to set free those who are appointed to death, [21] that they may declare 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 my midlife; He has shortened my days. [24] I said, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days- Your years endure throughout all generations." [25] From before You have laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. [26] They shall perish, but You shall endure; indeed, all of them shall wear out like a garment; like a robe You shall change them, and they shall pass away, [27] but You are the same, and Your years shall have no end. [28] The children of Your servants shall be secure, and their offspring shall be established before You.