{"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/web/psalms/102","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T03:28:59.495Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":102,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":101,"nextChapter":103,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I said, |My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But you are the same. Your years will have no end."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.| By David."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 102 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 102](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/102)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/102 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}