# Psalm 102

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/102

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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*A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.*

1. Yahweh, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come to you.
2. Do not hide your face from me on the day of my distress; turn your ear to me; on the day I call, answer me quickly.
3. For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing coals.
4. My heart is struck down like grass and has withered, for I forget to eat my food.
5. Because of my loud groaning, my bones cling to my skin.
6. I am like an owl of the wilderness; I have become like a little owl among the ruins.
7. I lie awake; I have become like a lonely bird on a roof.
8. All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name as a curse.
9. For I eat ashes as my bread and mix my drink with tears,
10. because of your indignation and your anger, for you lifted me up and threw me away.
11. My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither like grass.
12. But you, Yahweh, are enthroned forever, and your renown endures through all generations.
13. You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor; the appointed time has come.
14. For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust.
15. The nations will fear the name of Yahweh, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
16. For Yahweh will build up Zion; he will appear in his glory.
17. He will turn to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.
18. Let this be written down for a generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise Yah.
19. For he looked down from his holy height; from heaven Yahweh gazed at the earth,
20. to hear the groans of the prisoner, to set free those condemned to death,
21. so that the name of Yahweh may be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem,
22. when peoples and kingdoms gather together to serve Yahweh.
23. He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has cut short my days.
24. I say, “My God, do not take me away in the middle of my days—you whose years go on through all generations.”
25. Long ago you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26. They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like clothing, and they will pass away.
27. But you are the same, and your years will never end.
28. The children of your servants will live secure, and their descendants will be established before you.

## Nearby chapters

[Psalm 101](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/101.md)
[Psalm 103](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/103.md)

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