Psalms 102

¹The title of `hundred and secounde salm. `Of Dauid. Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; and alle thingis that ben with ynne me, blesse his hooli name.

²Mi soule, blesse thou the Lord; and nyle thou foryete alle the yeldyngis of him.

³Which doith merci to alle thi wickidnessis; which heelith alle thi sijknessis.

⁴Which ayenbieth thi lijf fro deth; which corowneth thee in merci and merciful doyngis.

⁵Which fillith thi desijr in goodis; thi yongthe schal be renulid as the yongthe of an egle.

⁶The Lord doynge mercies; and doom to alle men suffringe wrong.

⁷He made hise weies knowun to Moises; hise willis to the sones of Israel.

⁸The Lord is merciful doer, and merciful in wille; longe abidinge, and myche merciful.

⁹He schal not be wrooth with outen ende; and he schal not thretne with outen ende.

¹⁰He dide not to vs aftir oure synnes; nether he yeldide to vs aftir oure wickidnessis.

¹¹For bi the hiynesse of heuene fro erthe; he made strong his merci on men dredynge hym.

¹²As myche as the eest is fer fro the west; he made fer oure wickidnessis fro vs.

¹³As a fadir hath merci on sones, the Lord hadde merci on men dredynge him;

¹⁴for he knewe oure makyng.

¹⁵He bithouyte that we ben dust, a man is as hey; his dai schal flowre out so as a flour of the feeld.

¹⁶For the spirit schal passe in hym, and schal not abide; and schal no more knowe his place.

¹⁷But the merci of the Lord is fro with out bigynnyng, and til in to with outen ende; on men dredinge hym. And his riytfulnesse is in to the sones of sones;

¹⁸to hem that kepen his testament. And ben myndeful of hise comaundementis; to do tho.

¹⁹The Lord hath maad redi his seete in heuene; and his rewme schal be lord of alle.

²⁰Aungels of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord; ye myyti in vertu, doynge his word, to here the vois of hise wordis.

²¹Alle vertues of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord; ye mynystris of hym that doen his wille.

²²Alle werkis of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord, in ech place of his lordschipe; my soule, blesse 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.