605Or, fainteth,
102: 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.
102: 3 For my days consume away 606in smoke, And my bones are burned 607as a firebrand.
606Or, like smoke,
607Or, as a hearth.
102: 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
102: 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
102: 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
102: 7 I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the housetop.
102: 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
102: 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
102: 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
102: 11 My days are like a shadow that 608declineth; And I am withered like grass.
608Or, is stretched out;
102: 12 But thou, O Jehovah, 609wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.
609Or, sittest as King for ever;
102: 13 Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yes, the set time is come.
102: 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.
102: 15 So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory:
102: 16 For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory;
102: 17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
102: 18 This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise 610Jehovah.
610Hb. Jah.
102: 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his Holy; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;
102: 20 To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose 611those that are appointed to death;
611Hb. the sons of death;
102: 21 That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;
102: 22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
102: 23 He 612afflicted my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
612So 4QPsb Hbmg Aram. Most Massoretic mss., Vg. read weakened me with his strength
102: 24 613I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.
6134QPsb Sept. begin vs. 24 after I said,
102: 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the 614works of thy hands.
614So 11QPsa 4QPsb Sept. Vg. Most Massoretic mss., Aram. read work (singular)
102: 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yes, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
102: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
102: 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.
