Psalms 102 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 101:1>The prayer of the pauper, when he was anxious, and so he poured out his petition in the sight of the Lord. <V 101:2>O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you! A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
2 <V 101:3>Do not turn your face away from me. In whatever day that I am in trouble, incline your ear to me. In whatever day that I will call upon you, heed me quickly. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call! Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
3 <V 101:4>For my days have faded away like smoke, and my bones have dried out like firewood. For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 <V 101:5>I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread. My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread. My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
5 <V 101:6>Before the voice of my groaning, my bone has adhered to my flesh. Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh. In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 <V 101:7>I have become like a pelican in solitude. I have become like a night raven in a house. I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places; I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 <V 101:8>I have kept vigil, and I have become like a solitary sparrow on a roof. I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop. I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
8 <V 101:9>All day long my enemies reproached me, and those who praised me swore oaths against me. All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
9 <V 101:10>For I chewed on ashes like bread, and I mixed weeping into my drink. For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink, For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
10 <V 101:11>By the face of your anger and indignation, you lifted me up and threw me down. because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down. because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
11 <V 101:12>My days have declined like a shadow, and I have dried out like hay. My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass. My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
12 <V 101:13>But you, O Lord, endure for eternity, and your memorial is from generation to generation. But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations. But you, LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
13 <V 101:14>You will rise up and take pity on Zion, for it is time for its mercy, for the time has come. You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come. You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
14 <V 101:15>For its stones have pleased your servants, and they will take pity on its land. For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust. For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
15 <V 101:16>And the Gentiles will fear your name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth your glory. Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory. The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
16 <V 101:17>For the Lord has built up Zion, and he will be seen in his glory. For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory; For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
17 <V 101:18>He has noticed of the prayer of the humble, and he has not despised their petition. he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer. He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
18 <V 101:19>Let these things be written in another generation, and the people who will be created will praise the Lord. Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD: Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19 <V 101:20>For he has gazed from his high sanctuary. From heaven, the Lord has beheld the earth. that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, “The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 <V 101:21>So may he hear the groans of those in shackles, in order that he may release the sons of the slain. to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”
21 <V 101:22>So may they announce the name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem: that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise, So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
22 <V 101:23>while the people convene, along with kings, in order that they may serve the Lord. when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD. when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
23 <V 101:24>He responded to him in the way of his virtue: Declare to me the brevity of my days. He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
24 <V 101:25>Do not call me back in the middle of my days: your years are from generation to generation. “O my God,” I say, “take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!” So I said: “Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
25 <V 101:26>In the beginning, O Lord, you founded the earth. And the heavens are the work of your hands. Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 <V 101:27>They will perish, but you remain. And all will grow old like a garment. And, like a blanket, you will change them, and they will be changed. They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.
27 <V 101:28>Yet you are ever yourself, and your years will not decline. but you are the same, and your years have no end. But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
28 <V 101:29>The sons of your servants will live, and their offspring will be guided aright in every age. The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you. The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”
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