Psalms 102

תְּ֭פִלָּה לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־יַעֲטֹ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃

יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ תָבֽוֹא׃

A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.

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

אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ בְּי֪וֹם צַ֫ר לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אָזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Hide 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.

כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹ־קֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

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

הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭עֵשֶׂב וַיִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּי מֵאֲכֹ֥ל לַחְמִֽי׃

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

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

מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃

Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

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

דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

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

שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

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

כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם חֵרְפ֣וּנִי אוֹיְבָ֑י מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗י בִּ֣י נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃

All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

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

כִּי־אֵ֭פֶר כַּלֶּ֣חֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י בִּבְכִ֥י מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

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

מִפְּנֵֽי־זַֽעַמְךָ֥ וְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נְ֝שָׂאתַ֗נִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

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

יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

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

וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וְ֝זִכְרְךָ֗ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃

But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

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

אַתָּ֣ה תָ֭קוּם תְּרַחֵ֣ם צִיּ֑וֹן כִּי־עֵ֥ת לְ֝חֶֽנְנָ֗הּ כִּי־בָ֥א מוֹעֵֽד׃

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

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

כִּֽי־רָצ֣וּ עֲ֭בָדֶיךָ אֶת־אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְֽאֶת־עֲפָרָ֥הּ יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

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

וְיִֽירְא֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְֽכָל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אֶת־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

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

כִּֽי־בָנָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה צִיּ֑וֹן נִ֝רְאָ֗ה בִּכְבוֹדֽוֹ׃

For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

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

פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

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

תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃

Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

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

כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁקִיף מִמְּר֣וֹם קָדְשׁ֑וֹ יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם ׀ אֶל־אֶ֬רֶץ הִבִּֽיט׃

For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

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

לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

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

לְסַפֵּ֣ר בְּ֭צִיּוֹן שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝תְהִלָּת֗וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

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

בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ עַמִּ֣ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת לַעֲבֹ֥ד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

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

עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ (כחו) [כֹּחִ֗י] קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי׃

He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

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

אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗י אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑י בְּד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

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

לְ֭פָנִים הָאָ֣רֶץ יָסַ֑דְתָּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ שָׁמָֽיִם׃

In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

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

הֵ֤מָּה ׀ יֹאבֵדוּ֮ וְאַתָּ֪ה תַ֫עֲמֹ֥ד וְ֭כֻלָּם כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֑וּ כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

They 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:

וְאַתָּה־ה֑וּא וּ֝שְׁנוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִתָּֽמּוּ׃

But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

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

בְּנֵֽי־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּ וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם לְפָנֶ֥יךָ יִכּֽוֹן׃

The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

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