102:1 A
prayer
of
the
afflicted
when
he
is
ouerwhelmed,
and
powreth
out
his
complaint
before
the
Lord.
Heare
my
prayer,
O
Lord:
and
let
my
crie
come
vnto
thee.
102:2 Hide
not
thy
face
from
me
in
the
day
when
I
am
in
trouble,
incline
thine
eare
vnto
me:
in
the
day
when
I
call,
answere
mee
speedily.
102:3 For
my
dayes
are
consumed
like
smoke:
and
my
bones
are
burnt
as
an
hearth.
102:4 My
heart
is
smitten,
and
withered
like
grasse:
so
that
I
forget
to
eate
my
bread.
102:5 By
reason
of
the
voice
of
my
groning,
my
bones
cleaue
to
my
skinne.
102:6 I
am
like
a
Pelican
of
the
wildernes:
I
am
like
an
owle
of
the
desert.
102:7 I
watch,
and
am
as
a
sparowe
alone
vpon
the
house
top.
102:8 Mine
enemies
reproch
me
all
the
day:
and
they
that
are
mad
against
me,
are
sworne
against
me.
102:9 For
I
haue
eaten
ashes
like
bread:
and
mingled
my
drinke
with
weeping.
102:10 Because
of
thine
indignation
and
thy
wrath:
for
thou
hast
lifted
me
vp,
and
cast
me
downe.
102:11 My
dayes
are
like
a
shadow,
that
declineth:
&
I
am
withered
like
grasse.
102:12 But
thou,
O
Lord,
shalt
endure
for
euer:
and
thy
remembrance
vnto
all
generations.
102:13 Thou
shalt
arise,
and
haue
mercie
vpon
Zion:
for
the
time
to
fauour
her,
yea
the
set
time
is
come.
102:14 For
thy
seruants
take
pleasure
in
her
stones:
and
fauour
the
dust
therof.
102:15 So
the
heathen
shall
feare
the
Name
of
the
Lord:
and
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
thy
glory.
102:16 When
the
Lord
shall
build
vp
Zion:
he
shall
appeare
in
his
glory.
102:17 He
will
regard
the
prayer
of
the
destitute,
and
not
despise
their
prayer.
102:18 This
shall
be
written
for
the
generation
to
come:
and
the
people
which
shall
be
created,
shall
praise
the
Lord.
102:19 For
hee
hath
looked
downe
from
the
height
of
his
Sanctuarie:
from
heauen
did
the
Lord
beholde
the
earth:
102:20 To
heare
the
groning
of
the
prisoner:
to
loose
those
that
are
appointed
to
death:
102:21 To
declare
the
Name
of
the
Lord
in
Zion:
and
his
praise
in
Ierusalem:
102:22 When
the
people
are
gathered
together:
and
the
kingdomes
to
serue
the
Lord.
102:23 He
weakened
my
strength
in
the
way:
he
shortened
my
dayes.
102:24 I
said,
O
my
God,
take
me
not
away
in
the
midst
of
my
dayes:
thy
yeres
are
throughout
all
generations.
102:25 Of
old
hast
thou
laid
the
foundation
of
the
earth:
and
the
heauens
are
the
worke
of
thy
hands.
102:26 They
shall
perish,
but
thou
shalt
indure,
yea
all
of
them
shall
waxe
old
like
a
garment:
as
a
vesture
shalt
thou
change
them,
and
they
shalbe
changed.
102:27 But
thou
art
the
same:
and
thy
yeeres
shall
haue
no
end.
102:28 The
children
of
thy
seruants
shal
continue:
and
their
seed
shall
be
established
before
thee.
