{"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/drb/psalms/102","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:24:23.672Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":102,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":101,"nextChapter":103,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord. Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain: "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem; "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: end the heavens are the works of thy hands. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 102 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 102](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/102)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/102 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}