Psalms 102

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.	1 [Prayer of someone afflicted, who in misfortune pours out sorrows before Yahweh] Yahweh, hear myprayer, let my cry for help reach you.
2 Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.	2 Do not turn away your face from me when I am in trouble; bend down and listen to me, when I cal ,be quick to answer me!
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 For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones burning like an oven;
4 For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.	4 like grass struck by blight, my heart is withering, I forget to eat my meals.
5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.	5 From the effort of voicing my groans my bones stick out through my skin.
6 Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.	6 I am like a desert-owl in the wastes, a screech-owl among ruins,
7 I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.	7 I keep vigil and moan like a lone bird on a roof.
8 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.	8 Al day long my enemies taunt me, those who once praised me now use me as a curse.
9 All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.	9 Ashes are the food that I eat, my drink is mingled with tears,
10 For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.	10 because of your fury and anger, since you have raised me up only to cast me away;
11 Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.	11 my days are like a fading shadow, I am withering up like grass.
12 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.	12 But you, Yahweh, are enthroned for ever, each generation in turn remembers you.
13 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.	13 Rise up, take pity on Zion! the time has come to have mercy on her, the moment has come;
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 your servants love her very stones, are moved to pity by her dust.
15 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.	15 Then wil the nations revere the name of Yahweh, and al the kings of the earth your glory;
16 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.	16 when Yahweh builds Zion anew, he will be seen in his glory;
17 For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.	17 he wil turn to hear the prayer of the destitute, and wil not treat their prayer with scorn.
18 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.	18 This shall be put on record for a future generation, and a people yet to be born shal praise God:
19 Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:	19 Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his sanctuary, has looked down from heaven to earth,
20 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.	20 to listen to the sighing of the captive, and set free those condemned to death,
21 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:	21 to proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion, his praise in Jerusalem;
22 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;	22 nations wil gather together, and kingdoms to worship Yahweh.
23 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.	23 In my journeying my strength has failed on the way;
24 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.	24 let me know the short time I have left. Do not take me away before half my days are done, for youryears run on from age to age.
25 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.	25 Long ago you laid earth's foundations, the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: end the heavens are the works of thy hands.	26 They pass away but you remain; they al wear out like a garment, like outworn clothes you changethem;
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.	27 but you never alter, and your years never end.
28 But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.	28 The children of those who serve you wil dwel secure, and their descendants live on in yourpresence.
29 The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.