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The Book of Psalms 102

Psalm

A prayer by someone who was feeling depressed, when is discouraged help him.

102 Yahweh, please listen to me when I pray to you;

yes, please be attentive as I cry out to you!

2 When distressing things happen to me, please do not ignore me!

Listen to me,

and answer me quickly as soon as I call out to you!

3 Please hurry because my life is ending as quickly as smoke that disappears;

my body feels like a fire is burning it.

4 I feel as though I am withering away like grass that the sun has scorched.

You see, I do not even remember to eat any food.

5 I groan aloud so much

that my bones protrude under my skin.

6 I am lonely and despised like an owl in the desert;

I have become like a screech owl in the ruins of a town.

7 I lie awake at night;

I am like a lonely bird sitting on a housetop.

8 During the whole of each day my enemies insult me.

Those who make fun of me use my name when they curse people,

saying, “May you be like him.”

9-10 9-10It feels as though you have picked me up and thrown me away!

Because you are so very angry with me,

my food tastes like ashes

and my tears fall into my drink.

11 My time to remain alive is coming to an end

like an evening shadow that will soon be gone.

I have withered as grass withers in the hot sun.

12 But Yahweh, you will rule forever on your royal throne;

people of all times will talk about you.

13 You yourself will now act and be merciful to the people of Jerusalem;

you will do this because it is now the time that you have set

for you to be kind to them.

14 It is true that we who serve you love everything about Jerusalem.

15 Yahweh, someday the people of all nations will revere you,

and all the kings on the earth will recognize how very glorious you are.

16 You see, it is Yahweh who builds Jerusalem;

he will appear there gloriously.

17 Yahweh listens to the prayers of his people who are homeless.

He does not ignore them

when they pray for him to help them.

18 I will write these things down

so that people in future years will know what he has done,

in order that people who are not born yet will praise Yahweh.

19 They will describe how Yahweh looked down from his holy place in heaven

and saw what was happening on the earth.

20 Yahweh looked down in order to help the groaning prisoners.

He looked down in order to set free the people whom their enemies were about to kill.

21 As a result, people in Jerusalem will tell what Yahweh has done and praise him for it.

22 This will happen when many peoples, including those from other kingdoms, gather to worship Yahweh together.

23 But now he has caused me to become weak while I am still young;

I think that I will not remain alive very long.

24 I say to you, “My God, do not let me die when I am only half-way through my lifetime!

In contrast, you live forever!

25 You created the world long ago,

and you are the one who made the heavens.

26 As for the earth and the heavens, they will disappear, but as for you, you will remain.

All of it will wear out as clothes wear out.

You will get rid of them as people get rid of old clothes,

and they will no longer exist.

27 But you are Yahweh;

you will always be.

28 The children of those who worship you will live safely in Jerusalem,

and you will protect their descendants as they live in your presence.”