Psalms 101

¹The prayer of the pauper, when he was anxious, and so he poured out his petition in the sight of the Lord.

²O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.

³Do not turn your face away from me. In whatever day that I am in trouble, incline your ear to me. In whatever day that I will call upon you, heed me quickly.

⁴For my days have faded away like smoke, and my bones have dried out like firewood.

⁵I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.

⁶Before the voice of my groaning, my bone has adhered to my flesh.

⁷I have become like a pelican in solitude. I have become like a night raven in a house.

⁸I have kept vigil, and I have become like a solitary sparrow on a roof.

⁹All day long my enemies reproached me, and those who praised me swore oaths against me.

¹⁰For I chewed on ashes like bread, and I mixed weeping into my drink.

¹¹By the face of your anger and indignation, you lifted me up and threw me down.

¹²My days have declined like a shadow, and I have dried out like hay.

¹³But you, O Lord, endure for eternity, and your memorial is from generation to generation.

¹⁴You will rise up and take pity on Zion, for it is time for its mercy, for the time has come.

¹⁵For its stones have pleased your servants, and they will take pity on its land.

¹⁶And the Gentiles will fear your name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁷For the Lord has built up Zion, and he will be seen in his glory.

¹⁸He has noticed the prayer of the humble, and he has not despised their petition.

¹⁹Let these things be written in another generation, and the people who will be created will praise the Lord.

²⁰For he has gazed from his high sanctuary. From heaven, the Lord has beheld the earth.

²¹So may he hear the groans of those in shackles, in order that he may release the sons of the slain.

²²So may they announce the name of the Lord in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem:

²³while the people convene, along with kings, in order that they may serve the Lord.

²⁴He responded to him in the way of his virtue: Declare to me the brevity of my days.

²⁵Do not call me back in the middle of my days: your years are from generation to generation.

²⁶In the beginning, O Lord, you founded the earth. And the heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁷They will perish, but you remain. And all will grow old like a garment. And, like a blanket, you will change them, and they will be changed.

²⁸Yet you are ever yourself, and your years will not decline.

²⁹The sons of your servants will live, and their offspring will be guided aright in every age.

Psalms 101

¹The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.

²Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

³Turn 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.

⁴For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

⁵I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

⁶Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

⁷I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

⁸I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

⁹All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.

¹⁰For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

¹¹Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

¹²My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

¹³But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.

¹⁴Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.

¹⁵For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

¹⁶All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁷For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.

¹⁸He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

¹⁹Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:

²⁰Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

²¹That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

²²That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;

²³When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.

²⁴He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

²⁵Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

²⁶In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

²⁷They 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.

²⁸But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.

²⁹The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be directed for ever.