Psalms 102

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.	1 To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me.
2 Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.	2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.
3 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.	3 He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.
4 For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.	4 He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion.
5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.	5 He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle.
6 Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.	6 The Lord accomplishes mercies, and his judgment is for all who patiently endure injuries.
7 I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.	7 He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.
8 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.	8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.
9 All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.	9 He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.
10 For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.	10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, and he has not repaid us according to our iniquities.
11 Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.	11 For according to the height of the heavens above the earth, so has he reinforced his mercy toward those who fear him.
12 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.	12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us.
13 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.	13 As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.
14 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.	14 For he knows our form. He has called to mind that we are dust.
15 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.	15 Man: his days are like hay. Like the flower of the field, so will he flourish.
16 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.	16 For the spirit in him will pass away, and it will not remain, and he will know his place no longer.
17 For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.	17 But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity, and even unto eternity, upon those who fear him. And his justice is with the sons of the sons,
18 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.	18 with those who serve his covenant and have been mindful of his commandments by doing them.
19 Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:	19 The Lord has prepared his throne in heaven, and his kingdom will rule over all.
20 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.	20 Bless the Lord, all you his Angels: powerful in virtue, doing his word, in order to heed the voice of his discourse.
21 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:	21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts: his ministers who do his will.
22 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;	22 Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
23 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
24 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
25 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: end the heavens are the works of thy hands.
27 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.
28 But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
29 The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.