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Psalm 102
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
O Lord, unto my pray’r give ear,
my cry let come to thee;
And in the day of my distress
hide not thy face from me.
my cry let come to thee;
And in the day of my distress
hide not thy face from me.
Vers 2
Give ear to me; what time I call,
to answer me make haste:
For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,
my days, like smoke, do waste.
to answer me make haste:
For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt,
my days, like smoke, do waste.
Vers 3
My heart within me smitten is,
and it is withered
Like very grass; so that I do
forget to eat my bread.
and it is withered
Like very grass; so that I do
forget to eat my bread.
Vers 4
By reason of my groaning voice
my bones cleave to my skin.
Like pelican in wilderness
forsaken I have been:
my bones cleave to my skin.
Like pelican in wilderness
forsaken I have been:
Vers 5
I like an owl in desert am,
that nightly there doth moan;
I watch, and like a sparrow am
on the house-top alone.
that nightly there doth moan;
I watch, and like a sparrow am
on the house-top alone.
Vers 6
My bitter en’mies all the day
reproaches cast on me;
And, being mad at me, with rage
against me sworn they be.
reproaches cast on me;
And, being mad at me, with rage
against me sworn they be.
Vers 7
For why? I ashes eaten have
like bread, in sorrows deep;
My drink I also mingled have
with tears that I did weep.
like bread, in sorrows deep;
My drink I also mingled have
with tears that I did weep.
Vers 8
Thy wrath and indignation
did cause this grief and pain;
For thou hast lift me up on high,
and cast me down again.
did cause this grief and pain;
For thou hast lift me up on high,
and cast me down again.
Vers 9
My days are like unto a shade,
which doth declining pass;
And I am dry’d and withered,
ev’n like unto the grass.
which doth declining pass;
And I am dry’d and withered,
ev’n like unto the grass.
Vers 10
But thou, Lord, everlasting art,
and thy remembrance shall
Continually endure,
and be to generations all.
and thy remembrance shall
Continually endure,
and be to generations all.
Vers 11
Thou shalt arise, and mercy have
upon thy Sion yet;
The time to favour her is come,
the time that thou hast set.
upon thy Sion yet;
The time to favour her is come,
the time that thou hast set.
Vers 12
For in her rubbish and her stones
thy servants pleasure take;
Yea, they the very dust thereof
do favour for her sake.
thy servants pleasure take;
Yea, they the very dust thereof
do favour for her sake.
Vers 13
So shall the heathen people fear
the Lord’s most holy name;
And all the kings on earth shall dread
thy glory and thy fame.
the Lord’s most holy name;
And all the kings on earth shall dread
thy glory and thy fame.
Vers 14
When Sion by the mighty Lord
built up again shall be,
In glory then and majesty
to men appear shall he.
built up again shall be,
In glory then and majesty
to men appear shall he.
Vers 15
The prayer of the destitute
he surely will regard;
Their prayer will he not despise,
by him it shall be heard.
he surely will regard;
Their prayer will he not despise,
by him it shall be heard.
Vers 16
For generations yet to come
this shall be on record:
So shall the people that shall be
created praise the Lord.
this shall be on record:
So shall the people that shall be
created praise the Lord.
Vers 17
He from his sanctuary’s height
hath downward cast his eye;
And from his glorious throne in heav’n
the Lord the earth did spy;
hath downward cast his eye;
And from his glorious throne in heav’n
the Lord the earth did spy;
Vers 18
That of the mournful prisoner
the groanings he might hear,
To set them free that unto death
by men appointed are:
the groanings he might hear,
To set them free that unto death
by men appointed are:
Vers 19
That they in Sion may declare
the Lord’s most holy name,
And publish in Jerusalem
the praises of the same;
the Lord’s most holy name,
And publish in Jerusalem
the praises of the same;
Vers 20
When as the people gather shall
in troops with one accord,
When kingdoms shall assembled be
to serve the highest Lord.
in troops with one accord,
When kingdoms shall assembled be
to serve the highest Lord.
Vers 21
My wonted strength and force he hath
abated in the way,
And he my days hath shortened:
Thus therefore did I say,
abated in the way,
And he my days hath shortened:
Thus therefore did I say,
Vers 22
My God, in mid-time of my days
take thou me not away:
From age to age eternally
thy years endure and stay.
take thou me not away:
From age to age eternally
thy years endure and stay.
Vers 23
The firm foundation of the earth
of old time thou hast laid;
The heavens also are the work
which thine own hands have made.
of old time thou hast laid;
The heavens also are the work
which thine own hands have made.
Vers 24
Thou shalt for evermore endure,
but they shall perish all;
Yea, ev’ry one of them wax old,
like to a garment, shall:
but they shall perish all;
Yea, ev’ry one of them wax old,
like to a garment, shall:
Vers 25
Thou, as a vesture, shalt them change,
and they shall changed be:
But thou the same art,
and thy years are to eternity.
and they shall changed be:
But thou the same art,
and thy years are to eternity.
Vers 26
The children of thy servants shall
continually endure;
And in thy sight, O Lord, their seed
shall be establish’d sure.
continually endure;
And in thy sight, O Lord, their seed
shall be establish’d sure.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 102 belongs to Book IV (Psalm 90–106) of the Psalter. Penitential psalm: The seven traditional penitential psalms of the church.
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