{"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/ylt/psalms/102","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:29:26.640Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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 feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms — to serve Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands are the heavens."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"They — They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Thou art the same, and Thine years are not finished."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 102 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 102](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/102)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/102 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}