Ps.102.1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Ps.102.1
GOD, listen! Listen to my prayer, listen to the pain in my cries.
Ps.102.1
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you.
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Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry come to You.
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LORD, hear my prayer! Listen to my plea!
Ps.102.2
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
Ps.102.2
Don't turn your back on me just when I need you so desperately. Pay attention! This is a cry for help! And hurry--this can't wait!
Ps.102.2
Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
Ps.102.2
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline Your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily.
Ps.102.2
Don't turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down your ear and answer me quickly when I call to you,
Ps.102.3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Ps.102.3
I'm wasting away to nothing, I'm burning up with fever.
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For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
Ps.102.3
For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth.
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for my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.
Ps.102.4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Ps.102.4
I'm a ghost of my former self, half-consumed already by terminal illness.
Ps.102.4
My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
Ps.102.4
My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread.
Ps.102.4
My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.
Ps.102.5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Ps.102.5
My jaws ache from gritting my teeth; I'm nothing but skin and bones.
Ps.102.5
Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.
Ps.102.5
Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin.
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Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.
Ps.102.6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Ps.102.6
I'm like a buzzard in the desert, a crow perched on the rubble.
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I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Ps.102.6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
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I am like an owl in the desert, like a lonely owl in a far-off wilderness.
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Ps.102.7
Insomniac, I twitter away, mournful as a sparrow in the gutter.
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I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.
Ps.102.7
I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.
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I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.
Ps.102.8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Ps.102.8
All day long my enemies taunt me, while others just curse.
Ps.102.8
All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
Ps.102.8
My enemies reproach me all day long; Those who deride me swear an oath against me.
Ps.102.8
My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.
Ps.102.9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Ps.102.9
They bring in meals--casseroles of ashes! I draw drink from a barrel of my tears.
Ps.102.9
For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
Ps.102.9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Ps.102.9
I eat ashes instead of my food. My tears run down into my drink
Ps.102.10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Ps.102.10
And all because of your furious anger; you swept me up and threw me out.
Ps.102.10
because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
Ps.102.10
Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
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because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
Ps.102.11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Ps.102.11
There's nothing left of me--a withered weed, swept clean from the path.
Ps.102.11
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
Ps.102.11
My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.
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My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering like grass.
Ps.102.12
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Ps.102.12
Yet you, GOD, are sovereign still, always and ever sovereign.
Ps.102.12
But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.
Ps.102.12
But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
Ps.102.12
But you, O LORD, will rule forever. Your fame will endure to every generation.
Ps.102.13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Ps.102.13
You'll get up from your throne and help Zion--it's time for compassionate help.
Ps.102.13
You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.
Ps.102.13
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.
Ps.102.13
You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem--and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.
Ps.102.14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Ps.102.14
Oh, how your servants love this city's rubble and weep with compassion over its dust!
Ps.102.14
For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.
Ps.102.14
For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust.
Ps.102.14
For your people love every stone in her walls and show favor even to the dust in her streets.
Ps.102.15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Ps.102.15
The godless nations will sit up and take notice -see your glory, worship your name--
Ps.102.15
The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
Ps.102.15
So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
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And the nations will tremble before the LORD. The kings of the earth will tremble before his glory.
Ps.102.16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Ps.102.16
When GOD rebuilds Zion, when he shows up in all his glory,
Ps.102.16
For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.
Ps.102.16
For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.
Ps.102.16
For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem. He will appear in his glory.
Ps.102.17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Ps.102.17
When he attends to the prayer of the wretched. He won't dismiss their prayer.
Ps.102.17
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
Ps.102.17
He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer.
Ps.102.17
He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.
Ps.102.18
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Ps.102.18
Write this down for the next generation so people not yet born will praise GOD:
Ps.102.18
Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
Ps.102.18
This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.
Ps.102.18
Let this be recorded for future generations, so that a nation yet to be created will praise the LORD.
Ps.102.19
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Ps.102.19
"GOD looked out from his high holy place; from heaven he surveyed the earth.
Ps.102.19
"The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
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For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the LORD viewed the earth,
Ps.102.19
Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked to the earth from heaven
Ps.102.20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Ps.102.20
He listened to the groans of the doomed, he opened the doors of their death cells."
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to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to death,
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to hear the groans of the prisoners, to release those condemned to die.
Ps.102.21
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Ps.102.21
Write it so the story can be told in Zion, so GOD's praise will be sung in Jerusalem's streets
Ps.102.21
So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
Ps.102.21
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, And His praise in Jerusalem,
Ps.102.21
And so the LORD's fame will be celebrated in Zion, his praises in Jerusalem,
Ps.102.22
When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
Ps.102.22
And wherever people gather together along with their rulers to worship him.
Ps.102.22
when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
Ps.102.22
When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
Ps.102.22
when multitudes gather together and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
Ps.102.23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Ps.102.23
GOD sovereignly brought me to my knees, he cut me down in my prime.
Ps.102.23
In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
Ps.102.23
He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
Ps.102.23
He has cut me down in midlife, shortening my days.
Ps.102.24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Ps.102.24
"Oh, don't," I prayed, "please don't let me die. You have more years than you know what to do with!
Ps.102.24
So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
Ps.102.24
I said, "O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.
Ps.102.24
But I cried to him, "My God, who lives forever, don't take my life while I am still so young!
Ps.102.25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Ps.102.25
You laid earth's foundations a long time ago, and handcrafted the very heavens;
Ps.102.25
In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Ps.102.25
Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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In ages past you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Ps.102.26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Ps.102.26
You'll still be around when they're long gone, threadbare and discarded like an old suit of clothes. You'll throw them away like a worn-out coat,
Ps.102.26
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.
Ps.102.26
They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed.
Ps.102.26
Even they will perish, but you remain forever; they will wear out like old clothing. You will change them like a garment, and they will fade away.
Ps.102.27
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Ps.102.27
but year after year you're as good as new.
Ps.102.27
But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
Ps.102.27
But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.
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But you are always the same; your years never end.
Ps.102.28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
Ps.102.28
Your servants' children will have a good place to live and their children will be at home with you."
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The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you."
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The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You."
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The children of your people will live in security. Their children's children will thrive in your presence."
