Psalms 102
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A sorrowful complaint of great troubles | ||
| «A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.» Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you. | 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. | |
Verse 1 WEB 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. KJV A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. TSK overwhelmed: ps 12:5, ps 61:2, ps 69:1,2, ps 142:2,3, ps 143:4, la 3:18-20, mr 14:33,34, lu 22:44, heb 5:7; poureth: ps 42:4, ps 62:8, ps 77:3, ps 142:2, 1sa 1:15,16; Hear: ps 5:2, ps 55:1-5, ps 57:1-3, ps 130:1,2, ps 41:1,2, ps 143:7, ps 145:19; let my: ps 18:6, ex 2:23, jud 10:16, 1sa 9:16, 2ch 30:27, la 3:8,44 |
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| Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly. | 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. | |
Verse 2 WEB 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. 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. TSK Hide: ps 13:1, ps 27:9, ps 69:17, ps 88:14, ps 104:29, ps 143:7, job 34:29, isa 8:17, isa 43:2, 1co 10:13; incline: ps 71:2, ps 88:2-18; in the day: ps 22:19, ps 40:13, ps 70:1, job 7:21, isa 65:24, ac 12:5-25 |
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| My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire. | For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. | |
Verse 3 WEB For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. KJV For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. TSK my days: ps 37:20, ps 119:83, jas 4:14; my bones: ps 22:14,15, ps 31:10, ps 38:3, job 30:30, la 1:13, la 3:4 |
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| My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food. | My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. | |
Verse 4 WEB My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. KJV My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. TSK heart: ps 6:2,3, ps 42:6, ps 55:4,5, ps 69:20, ps 77:3, ps 143:3,4, job 6:4, job 10:1, la 3:13,20, mt 26:37,38; withered: ps 102:11, ps 37:2, isa 40:7; so that: ps 102:9, 1sa 1:7,8, ezr 10:6, ac 9:9 |
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| Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone. | By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. | |
Verse 5 WEB By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. KJV By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. TSK the voice: ps 6:6,8, ps 32:3,4, ps 38:8-10, job 19:20, pr 17:22, la 4:8 |
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| I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places; like the night-bird in a waste of sand. | I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. | |
Verse 6 WEB I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. KJV I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. TSK like: job 30:29,30, isa 38:14, mic 1:8; a pelican: isa 34:11-15, zep 2:14, re 18:2 |
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| I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top. | I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. | |
Verse 7 WEB I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. KJV I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. TSK watch: ps 22:2, ps 77:4, ps 130:6, de 28:66,67, job 7:13-16, mr 14:33-37; alone: ps 38:11, la 3:28-30 |
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| My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse. | My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. | |
Verse 8 WEB My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. KJV Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. TSK Mine: ps 31:11-13, ps 55:3, ps 69:9,10,20, ps 89:51, ro 15:3; mad: ps 2:1, lu 6:11, ac 7:54, ac 26:11; sworn: ac 23:12-35 |
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| I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping: | For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, | |
Verse 9 WEB For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, KJV For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, TSK I Have: ps 69:21, isa 44:20, la 3:15,16, mic 1:10, mic 7:17; mingled: ps 42:3, ps 80:5, job 3:24, la 3:48,49 |
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| Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you. | Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away. | |
Verse 10 WEB Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away. KJV Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. TSK Because: ps 38:3,18, ps 39:11, ps 90:7-9, la 1:18, la 3:39-42, la 5:16, da 9:8-14, ro 3:19; thou hast: ps 30:6,7, ps 73:18-20, ps 147:6, 1sa 2:7,8, 2ch 25:8, 2co 4:9 |
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| My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass. | My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. | |
Verse 11 WEB My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. KJV My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. TSK My days: ps 102:3, ps 39:5,6, ps 109:23, ps 144:4, job 14:2, ec 6:12, jas 4:14; I am withered: ps 102:4, isa 40:6-8, jas 1:10, 1pe 1:24 |
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Encouragement by expecting the performances of God's promises to his church | ||
| But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end. | But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations. | |
Verse 12 WEB But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations. KJV But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. TSK thou: ps 102:24-27, ps 9:7, ps 90:1,2, de 33:27, isa 44:6, isa 60:15, la 5:19, heb 13:8, re 1:17,18; thy remembrance: ps 135:13, ex 3:15 |
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| You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted. | You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. | |
Verse 13 WEB You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. KJV Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. TSK Thou: ps 7:6, ps 44:26, ps 51:18, ps 69:35,36, isa 14:32, isa 60:1,10-14, jer 31:10-12,23, zec 1:12,13, zec 2:10-12; the set: ezr 1:1-11, isa 40:2, da 9:2-27, da 12:9,12,13, ac 1:7, ga 4:4, 2pe 3:8,12, re 11:15-18 |
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| For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust. | For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. | |
Verse 14 WEB For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. KJV For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. TSK For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.: ps 79:1,7-10, ps 137:5,6, ezr 1:5, ezr 3:1-3, ezr 7:27, ne 1:3, ne 2:3,17, ne 4:2,6,10, da 9:16 |
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| So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory: | So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory. | |
Verse 15 WEB So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory. KJV So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. TSK So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.: ps 67:2-4, ps 68:31,32, ps 72:11, ps 86:9, ps 138:4, 1ki 8:43, isa 55:5, isa 60:3-22, zec 8:20-23, re 11:15, re 21:24 |
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| When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory; | For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. | |
Verse 16 WEB For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. KJV When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. TSK When: ps 51:18, ps 69:35, ps 147:2, isa 2:2,3, isa 14:26, isa 66:18, jer 31:4, jer 33:7; he shall: ps 97:6, isa 60:1,2,7, isa 61:3, mic 2:9, zec 2:6-13 |
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| When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side. | He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. | |
Verse 17 WEB He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. KJV He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. TSK He will: ps 9:18, ps 72:12, de 4:29, de 32:36, ne 1:6,11, ne 2:1-8, jer 29:11-14, da 9:3-21; not despise: ps 22:24, ps 69:23 |
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| This will be put in writing for the coming generation, and the people of the future will give praise to the Lord. | This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah. | |
Verse 18 WEB This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah. KJV This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. TSK This: ps 71:18, ps 78:4-6, ex 17:14, de 31:19-32, job 19:23,24, da 9:2, joh 20:31, ro 15:4, 1co 10:11, 2ti 3:16,17, 2pe 1:15; the people: ps 22:30,31, ps 45:16,17, isa 43:7,21, isa 65:17-19, 2co 5:17,18, eph 2:10, 1pe 2:9,10 |
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| For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven; | For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth; | |
Verse 19 WEB For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth; KJV For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; TSK For he: ps 14:2, ps 33:13,14, de 26:15, 1ki 8:39,43, 2ch 16:9; the height: job 22:12, heb 8:1,2, heb 9:23,24 |
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| Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those for whom death is ordered; | to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death; | |
Verse 20 WEB to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death; KJV To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; TSK To hear: ps 79:11, ps 146:7, ex 2:23-25, ex 3:7, 2ki 13:4,22,23, job 24:12, isa 14:17, isa 61:1-3, jer 51:34,35, zec 9:9-12; to loose: 2ch 33:11-13, jer 51:32-34, ac 12:6-11; those that are appointed to: eph 2:2,3 |
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| So that they may give out the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; | that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; | |
Verse 21 WEB that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; KJV To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; TSK To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;: ps 9:13,14, ps 22:22, ps 51:14,15, ps 79:13, isa 51:11, eph 2:4-7, eph 3:21, 1pe 2:9 |
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| When the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms, to give worship to the Lord. | when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. | |
Verse 22 WEB when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. KJV When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. TSK When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.: ps 72:8-11, ge 49:10, isa 49:22,23, isa 60:3-22, ho 1:9-11, zec 8:20-23, mt 24:14, ro 15:19 |
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The unchangeableness of God | ||
| He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days. | He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. | |
Verse 23 WEB He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. KJV He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. TSK He weakened: ps 89:38-47, 2th 2:3-12, 1ti 4:1-3, 2ti 3:1-17, re 11:2-19, re 12:13-17; shortened: job 21:21 |
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| I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations: | I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. | |
Verse 24 WEB I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. KJV I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. TSK I said: ps 39:13, isa 38:10-22; thy years: ps 102:12, ps 9:7, ps 90:1,2, hab 1:12, re 1:4,8 |
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| In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands. | Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. | |
Verse 25 WEB Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands. KJV Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. TSK Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.: ge 1:1, ge 2:1, ex 20:11, job 38:4-7, pr 8:23-36, jer 32:17, heb 1:10-12, heb 3:3,4 |
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| They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed: | 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. | |
Verse 26 WEB 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. 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: TSK They shall: isa 34:4, isa 51:6, isa 65:17, isa 66:22, lu 21:33, ro 8:20, 2pe 3:7-12, re 20:11, re 21:1; endure: ps 102:12, ex 3:14 |
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| But you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end. | But you are the same. Your years will have no end. | |
Verse 27 WEB But you are the same. Your years will have no end. KJV But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. TSK thou art: mal 3:6, joh 8:58, heb 13:8, jas 1:17, re 1:8,17,18; years: ps 90:4, job 36:26 |
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| The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you. | The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.” | |
Verse 28 WEB The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.” KJV The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. TSK The children: ps 22:30,31, ps 45:16,17, ps 69:35,36, isa 53:10, isa 59:20,21, isa 65:22, isa 66:22; their seed: ps 90:16,17 |
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