Psalm 102:6-18
New American Standard Bible
6 I resemble a (A)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the ruins.
7 I (B)lie awake,
I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.
8 My enemies (C)have taunted me all day long;
Those who [a](D)deride me [b]have used my name as a (E)curse.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And (F)mixed my drink with weeping
10 (G)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have (H)lifted me up and thrown me away.
11 My days are like a [c](I)lengthened shadow,
And [d]I (J)wither away like [e]grass.
12 But You, Lord, [f](K)remain forever,
And Your [g](L)name remains to all generations.
13 You will (M)arise and have (N)compassion on Zion;
For (O)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the (P)appointed time has come.
14 Surely Your servants [h]take pleasure in her stones,
And feel pity for her dust.
15 [i]So the [j](Q)nations will fear the name of the Lord,
And (R)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
16 For the Lord has (S)built up Zion;
He has (T)appeared in His glory.
17 He has (U)turned His attention to the prayer of the [k]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.
18 [l]This will be (V)written for the (W)generation to come,
[m]That (X)a people yet to be created [n]may praise [o]the Lord:
Footnotes
- Psalm 102:8 Or made a fool of
- Psalm 102:8 Lit have sworn by me
- Psalm 102:11 Lit stretched out
- Psalm 102:11 Or as for me, I
- Psalm 102:11 Lit herbage
- Psalm 102:12 Or sit enthroned
- Psalm 102:12 Lit memorial
- Psalm 102:14 Or have found
- Psalm 102:15 Or And
- Psalm 102:15 Or Gentiles, heathen
- Psalm 102:17 Or naked
- Psalm 102:18 Or Let this be written
- Psalm 102:18 Or And
- Psalm 102:18 Or will
- Psalm 102:18 Heb Yah
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