102:1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.

102:2 O the Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto Thee.

102:3 Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress; incline Thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.

102:4 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

102:5 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.

102:6 By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh.

102:7 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

102:8 I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

102:9 Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.

102:10 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

102:11 Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

102:12 My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.

102:13 But Thou, O the Lord, sittest enthroned for ever; and Thy name is unto all generations.

102:14 Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come.

102:15 For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust.

102:16 So the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory;

102:17 When the Lord hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory;

102:18 When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.

102:19 This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

102:20 For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

102:21 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

102:22 That men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem;

102:23 When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

102:24 He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

102:25 I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, Thou whose years endure throughout all generations.

102:26 Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.

102:27 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 pass away;

102:28 But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end.

102:29 The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall be established before Thee.'



Hebrew Transliteration

102:1 tephillâh le`âniy khiy-ya`athoph veliphnêy Adonay yishpokhsiycho

102:2 Adonay shim`âh thephillâthiy veshav`âthiy 'êleykha thâbho'

102:3 'al-tastêr pâneykha mimmenniy beyom tsar liy hathêh-'êlay 'âzenekhabeyom 'eqrâ' mahêr `anêniy

102:4 kiy-khâlu bhe`âshân yâmây ve`atsmothaykemo-qêdh nichâru

102:5 hukkâh-khâ`êsebh vayyibhash libbiy kiy-shâkhachtiymê'akhol lachmiy

102:6 miqqol 'anchâthiy dâbheqâh `atsmiy libhsâriy

102:7 dâmiythiy liq'ath midhbâr hâyiythiy kekhos chorâbhoth

102:8 shâqadhtiy vâ'ehyehketsippor bodhêdh `al-gâgh

102:9 kol-hayyom chêrephuniy 'oyebhây meholâlaybiy nishbâ`u

102:10 kiy-'êpher kallechem 'âkhâltiy veshiqquvay bibhkhiymâsâkhtiy

102:11 mippenêy-za`amkha veqitspekha kiy nesâ'thaniy.vattashliykhêniy

102:12 yâmay ketsêl nâthuy va'aniy kâ`êsebh 'iybhâsh

102:13 ve'attâh Adonay le`olâm têshêbh vezikhrekha ledhor vâdhor

102:14 'attâhthâqum terachêm tsiyyon kiy-`êth lechenenâh kiy-bhâ' mo`êdh

102:15 kiy-râtsu`abhâdheykha 'eth-'abhâneyhâ ve'eth-`aphârâh yechonênu

102:16 veyiyr'ughoyim 'eth-shêm Adonay vekhol-malkhêy hâ'ârets 'eth-kebhodhekha

102:17 kiy-bhânâh Adonay tsiyyon nir'âh bikhbhodho

102:18 pânâh 'el-tephillathhâ`ar`âr velo'-bhâzâh 'eth-tephillâthâm

102:19 tikkâthebh zo'th ledhor 'acharonve`am nibhrâ' yehallel-yâh

102:20 kiy-hishqiyph mimmerom qodhshoAdonay mishâmayim 'el-'erets hibbiyth

102:21 lishmoa` 'enqath 'âsiyrlephattêach benêy themuthâh

102:22 lesappêr betsiyyon shêm Adonayuthehillâtho biyrushâlâim

102:23 behiqqâbhêts `ammiym yachdâv umamlâkhothla`abhodh 'eth-Adonay

102:24 `innâh bhadderekh kocho [kochiy] qitsaryâmây

102:25 'omar 'êliy 'al-ta`alêniy bachatsiy yâmây bedhor doriymshenotheykha

102:26 lephâniym hâ'ârets yâsadhtâ uma`asêh yâdheykha shâmâyim

102:27 hêmmâh yo'bhêdhu ve'attâh tha`amodh vekhullâm kabbeghedh yibhlukallebhush tachaliyphêm veyachalophu

102:28 ve'attâh-hu' ushenotheykha lo'yittâmmu

102:29 benêy-`abhâdheykha yishkonu vezar`âm lephâneykha yikkon


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