Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 102 Young's Literal Translation
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 A Prayer of the afflicted when he is feeble, and before Jehovah poureth out his plaint. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh.
1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
2 Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.
2 Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
3 For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
3 For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.
4 Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
4 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
5 From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
6 I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
7 I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof.
7 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
8 All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
8 My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
9 Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
10 From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.
10 because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
11 My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.
11 My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
12 And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.
12 But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
13 Thou — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion, for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
14 For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.
14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
15 And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour,
15 So the nations will fear Yahweh’s name, all the kings of the earth your glory.
16 For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,
16 For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
17 He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
17 He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
18 This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah.
18 This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah,
19 For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,
19 for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth,
20 To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoner, to free those who are condemned to death,
21 To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,
21 that men may declare Yahweh’s name in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
22 In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms — to serve Jehovah.
22 when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
23 He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.
23 He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
24 I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations [are] Thine years.
24 I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
25 Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands [are] the heavens.
25 Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They — They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed.
26 They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
27 And Thou [art] the same, and Thine years are not finished.
27 But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
28 The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established!
28 The children of your servants will continue. Their offspring will be established before you.”
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 18:6; Psalm 130:1–2; Exodus 2:23; Psalm 61:2; Psalm 142:2–3
- 2 Psalm 69:17; Psalm 27:9; Isaiah 8:17; Psalm 70:1; Psalm 88:2–18
- 3 James 4:14; Psalm 31:10; Lamentations 1:13; Job 30:30; Psalm 37:20
- 4 Isaiah 40:7; Psalm 37:2; Ezra 10:6; Acts 9:9; Matthew 26:37–38
- 5 Job 19:20; Proverbs 17:22; Lamentations 4:8; Psalm 32:3–4; Psalm 38:8–10
- 6 Zephaniah 2:14; Isaiah 38:14; Revelation 18:2; Isaiah 34:11–15; Job 30:29–30
- 7 Psalm 77:4; Lamentations 3:28–30; Mark 14:33–37; Psalm 130:6; Job 7:13–16
- 8 Acts 26:11; Romans 15:3; Psalm 69:9–10; Acts 23:12–35; Isaiah 65:15
- 9 Psalm 42:3; Job 3:24; Isaiah 44:20; Psalm 80:5; Lamentations 3:48–49
- 10 Psalm 38:3; 2 Corinthians 4:9; Lamentations 1:18; Psalm 90:7–9; Romans 3:19
- 11 Job 14:2; Psalm 109:23; Psalm 144:4; 1 Peter 1:24; James 4:14
- 12 Psalm 135:13; Lamentations 5:19; Exodus 3:15; Hebrews 13:8; Psalm 9:7
- 13 Galatians 4:4; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:1; Psalm 44:26; Psalm 69:35–36
- 14 Nehemiah 4:2; Ezra 1:5; Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 4:10
- 15 1 Kings 8:43; Psalm 138:4; Isaiah 60:3–22; Zechariah 8:20–23; Revelation 11:15
- 16 Isaiah 60:1–2; Jeremiah 33:7; Psalm 147:2; Isaiah 2:2–3; Jeremiah 31:4
- 17 Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 72:12; Psalm 9:18; Jeremiah 29:11–14
- 18 Romans 15:4; Psalm 22:30–31; Isaiah 43:21; Psalm 78:4–6; 1 Peter 2:9–10
- 19 Deuteronomy 26:15; Psalm 14:2; Hebrews 9:23–24; 1 Kings 8:43; 2 Chronicles 16:9
- 20 Psalm 79:11; Psalm 146:7; Isaiah 61:1–3; Exodus 3:7; Zechariah 9:9–12
- 21 Psalm 22:22; Isaiah 51:11; 1 Peter 2:9; Ephesians 3:21; Psalm 79:13
- 22 Zechariah 8:20–23; Matthew 24:14; Isaiah 49:22–23; Isaiah 60:3–22; Psalm 22:27
- 23 Revelation 11:2–19; Psalm 89:38–47; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12; Job 21:21; 2 Timothy 3:1–17
- 24 Habakkuk 1:12; Psalm 39:13; Isaiah 38:10–22; Psalm 102:12; Revelation 1:8
- 25 Genesis 1:1; Exodus 20:11; Jeremiah 32:17; Hebrews 1:10–12; Hebrews 3:3–4
- 26 Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33; Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 20:11
- 27 Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; Malachi 3:6; Revelation 1:8; Psalm 90:4
- 28 Psalm 69:35–36; Psalm 45:16–17; Isaiah 66:22; Psalm 89:4; Psalm 90:16–17
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
In this Psalm, we ought to seek in the whole body of it what we find in the first verse: "Mercy and judgment will I sing unto Thee, O Lord" (ver. 1).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established for ever;" pointing out plainly what things they are that pass away, and who it is that doth endure for ever--God, together with His servants.
So, then, by a humble piety we return to Thee; and thou purgest us from our evil customs, and art merciful unto the sins of those who confess unto Thee, and dost "hear the groaning of the prisoner," and dost loosen us from those fetters which we have forged for ourselves, if we lift not up against Thee the horns …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
On this account also one hath said, "My days have failed like smoke." He indeed was referring to their shortness of duration, and to their unsubstantial nature, but I would say that we should take what is said, not in this sense alone, but also as to their turbid character.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Hear David the Prophet saying, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands; they shall perish, but Thou remainest.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)