{"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/erv/psalms/102","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:59:31.250Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget 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 like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse 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 taken me up, and cast me away."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is come."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For the LORD hath built up Zion, he hath appeared in his glory;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 102 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 102](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/102)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/102 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}