{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/102","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:21:17.941Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":102,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":101,"nextChapter":103,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.} Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour her dust."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth thy glory."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people that shall be created shall praise Jah:"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens hath Jehovah beheld the earth,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When the peoples shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I said, My God, take me not away in the midst of my days! ... Thy years are from generation to generation."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The children of thy servants shall abide, and their seed shall be established before thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 102 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 102](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/102)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/102 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}