PSALMS 102-103

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the LORD.

[1] Hear my prayer, O LORD;

let my cry come to you!

[2] Do not hide your face from me

in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me;

answer me speedily in the day when I call!

[3] For my days pass away like smoke,

and my bones burn like a furnace.

[4] My heart is struck down like grass and has withered;

I forget to eat my bread.

[5] Because of my loud groaning

my bones cling to my flesh.

[6] I am like a desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl of the waste places;

[7] I lie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

[8] All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who deride me use my name for a curse.

[9] For I eat ashes like bread

and mingle tears with my drink,

[10] because of your indignation and anger;

for you have taken me up and thrown me down.

[11] My days are like an evening shadow;

I wither away like grass.

[12] But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever;

you are remembered throughout all generations.

[13] You will arise and have pity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

the appointed time has come.

[14] For your servants hold her stones dear

and have pity on her dust.

[15] Nations will fear the name of the LORD,

and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

[16] For the LORD builds up Zion;

he appears in his glory;

[17] he regards the prayer of the destitute

and does not despise their prayer.

[18] Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

[19] that he looked down from his holy height;

from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,

[20] to hear the groans of the prisoners,

to set free those who were doomed to die,

[21] that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD,

and in Jerusalem his praise,

[22] when peoples gather together,

and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.

[23] He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he has shortened my days.

[24] “O my God,” I say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

you whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

[25] Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

[26] They will perish, but you will remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

[27] but you are the same, and your years have no end.

[28] The children of your servants shall dwell secure;

their offspring shall be established before you.

Bless the LORD, O My Soul

Of David.

[1] Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and all that is within me,

bless his holy name!

[2] Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits,

[3] who forgives all your iniquity,

who heals all your diseases,

[4] who redeems your life from the pit,

who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

[5] who satisfies you with good

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

[6] The LORD works righteousness

and justice for all who are oppressed.

[7] He made known his ways to Moses,

his acts to the people of Israel.

[8] The LORD is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

[9] He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

[10] He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

[11] For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

[12] as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

[13] As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

[14] For he knows our frame;

he remembers that we are dust.

[15] As for man, his days are like grass;

he flourishes like a flower of the field;

[16] for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

and its place knows it no more.

[17] But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,

and his righteousness to children’s children,

[18] to those who keep his covenant

and remember to do his commandments.

[19] The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,

and his kingdom rules over all.

[20] Bless the LORD, O you his angels,

you mighty ones who do his word,

obeying the voice of his word!

[21] Bless the LORD, all his hosts,

his ministers, who do his will!

[22] Bless the LORD, all his works,

in all places of his dominion.

Bless the LORD, O my soul! (ESV)

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Daily Bible Reading | Psalms 102-103