A Plea for Personal and National Help

• and pours out his lament before Yahweh.[fn]
• 102 and let my cry for help come to you.
• 2  in the day of my trouble.
• Incline your ear to me.
• In the day I call, answer me quickly,
• 3  and my bones are charred like a hearth.
• 4  Indeed, I forget to eat[fn] my bread.
• 5  my bones[fn] cling to my skin.[fn]
• 6 [fn] of the wilderness; I am like a little owl of the ruins.
• 7  like a lone bird on a roof.
• 8  those who mock me swear oaths against me.
• 9  and mix my drink with tears[fn]
• 10  for you have picked me up and thrown me away.
• 11 are like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.
• 12 [fn] forever, and your remembrance[fn] [fn]
• 13  because it is time to favor it,
• for the appointed time has come.
• 14  and show favor to its dust.
• 15 the nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
• 16  he will appear in his glory.
• 17  and will not despise their prayer.
• 18 the next generation, so that a people yet to be created may praise Yah,[fn]
• 19 Yahweh looked from heaven over the earth
• 20 the groaning of the prisoner, to liberate[fn]
• 21 they make known in Zion the name of Yahweh, and his praise in Jerusalem,
• 22  together with[fn] kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
• 23  he has cut short my days.
• 24  from my life in the middle of my days.”
• Your years continue throughout all generations.
• 25  and the heavens are the work of your hands.
• 26  And like a garment they will all wear out,
• you will replace them like clothing, and they will be set aside.
• 27 are the same, and your years do not end.
• 28  and their[fn] will be established before you.