Psalms 102

¹For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

³Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

⁵Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's.

⁶The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

⁷He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

⁹He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.

¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our iniquities from us.

¹³As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

¹⁴For he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust:

¹⁵Man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

¹⁶For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more.

¹⁷But the mercy of the Lord is from eternity and unto eternity upon them that fear him: And his justice unto children's children,

¹⁸To such as keep his covenant, And are mindful of his commandments to do them.

¹⁹The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.

²⁰Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.

²¹Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts: you ministers of his that do his will.

²²Bless the Lord, all his works: in every place of his dominion, O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

Psalms 102

¹Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

²Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

³For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

⁴My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

⁷I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

⁸Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

¹⁰Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

¹¹My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

¹²But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

¹³Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

¹⁵So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

¹⁶When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

¹⁷He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

¹⁸This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

¹⁹For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

²¹To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²²When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

²⁴I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

²⁵Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

²⁶They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

²⁷But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

²⁸The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.