# Psalm 102 ## Psalm 102:1 - [KJV] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. - [ASV] Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee. - [YLT] O Jehovah, hear my prayer, yea, my cry to Thee cometh. ### Notes on Psalm 102:1 - ## Psalm 102:2 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Psalm 102:2 - ## Psalm 102:3 - [KJV] For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. - [ASV] For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. - [YLT] For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned. ### Notes on Psalm 102:3 - ## Psalm 102:4 - [KJV] My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. - [ASV] My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread. - [YLT] Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread. ### Notes on Psalm 102:4 - ## Psalm 102:5 - [KJV] By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. - [ASV] By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh. - [YLT] From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh. ### Notes on Psalm 102:5 - ## Psalm 102:6 - [KJV] I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. - [ASV] I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. - [YLT] I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places. ### Notes on Psalm 102:6 - ## Psalm 102:7 - [KJV] I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. - [ASV] I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top. - [YLT] I have watched, and I am As a bird alone on the roof. ### Notes on Psalm 102:7 - ## Psalm 102:8 - [KJV] Mine enemies reproach me all the day; *and* they that are mad against me are sworn against me. - [ASV] Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me. - [YLT] All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me. ### Notes on Psalm 102:8 - ## Psalm 102:9 - [KJV] For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, - [ASV] For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, - [YLT] Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled, ### Notes on Psalm 102:9 - ## Psalm 102:10 - [KJV] Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. - [ASV] Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. - [YLT] From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down. ### Notes on Psalm 102:10 - ## Psalm 102:11 - [KJV] My days *are* like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. - [ASV] My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass. - [YLT] My days as a shadow *are* stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered. ### Notes on Psalm 102:11 - ## Psalm 102:12 - [KJV] But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. - [ASV] But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial *name* unto all generations. - [YLT] And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations. ### Notes on Psalm 102:12 - ## Psalm 102:13 - [KJV] Thou shalt arise, *and* have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. - [ASV] Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come. - [YLT] Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come. ### Notes on Psalm 102:13 - ## Psalm 102:14 - [KJV] For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. - [ASV] For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust. - [YLT] For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour. ### Notes on Psalm 102:14 - ## Psalm 102:15 - [KJV] So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. - [ASV] So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory. - [YLT] And nations fear the name of Jehovah, And all kings of the earth Thine honour, ### Notes on Psalm 102:15 - ## Psalm 102:16 - [KJV] When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. - [ASV] For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory. - [YLT] For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour, ### Notes on Psalm 102:16 - ## Psalm 102:17 - [KJV] He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. - [ASV] He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer. - [YLT] He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer. ### Notes on Psalm 102:17 - ## Psalm 102:18 - [KJV] This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. - [ASV] This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah. - [YLT] This is written for a later generation, And the people created do praise Jah. ### Notes on Psalm 102:18 - ## Psalm 102:19 - [KJV] For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; - [ASV] For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth; - [YLT] For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively, ### Notes on Psalm 102:19 - ## Psalm 102:20 - [KJV] To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; - [ASV] To hear the sighing of the prisoner; To loose those that are appointed to death; - [YLT] To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death, ### Notes on Psalm 102:20 - ## Psalm 102:21 - [KJV] To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; - [ASV] That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem; - [YLT] To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem, ### Notes on Psalm 102:21 - ## Psalm 102:22 - [KJV] When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. - [ASV] When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah. - [YLT] In the peoples being gathered together, And the kingdoms -- to serve Jehovah. ### Notes on Psalm 102:22 - ## Psalm 102:23 - [KJV] He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. - [ASV] He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. - [YLT] He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days. ### Notes on Psalm 102:23 - ## Psalm 102:24 - [KJV] I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years *are* throughout all generations. - [ASV] I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. - [YLT] I say, 'My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations *are* Thine years. ### Notes on Psalm 102:24 - ## Psalm 102:25 - [KJV] Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens *are* the work of thy hands. - [ASV] Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. - [YLT] Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands *are* the heavens. ### Notes on Psalm 102:25 - ## Psalm 102:26 - [KJV] 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: - [ASV] 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: - [YLT] They -- They perish, and Thou remainest, And all of them as a garment become old, As clothing Thou changest them, And they are changed. ### Notes on Psalm 102:26 - ## Psalm 102:27 - [KJV] But thou *art* the same, and thy years shall have no end. - [ASV] But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. - [YLT] And Thou *art* the same, and Thine years are not finished. ### Notes on Psalm 102:27 - ## Psalm 102:28 - [KJV] The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. - [ASV] The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee. - [YLT] The sons of Thy servants do continue, And their seed before Thee is established! ### Notes on Psalm 102:28 -