Psalm 102 Bishops' Bible 1568

From Textus Receptus

Psa 102:1 <A prayer of the afflicted when he was ouerwhelmed, and when he did powre out his petition before the face of God.> Heare my prayer O God: and let my crying come in vnto thee. Psa 102:2 Hyde not thy face from me in the day of my distresse: encline thine eare vnto me, heare me spedyly in the day that I call. Psa 102:3 For my dayes are consumed away like smoke: and my bones are burnt vp as though they were a firebrande. Psa 102:4 My heart is smitten downe and wythered lyke grasse: because I did forget to eate my bread. Psa 102:5 Through the noyse of my gronyng: my bones wyll scase cleaue to my fleshe. Psa 102:6 (102:6a) I am become lyke a Pellicane of the wildernesse, and like an Owle that is in the desert: Psa 102:7 (102:6b) I watch, and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe. Psa 102:8 (102:7) Myne enemies reuile me all the day long: and they that are in a rage against me, make their oth by me. Psa 102:9 (102:8a) For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread, and mingled my drynke with weepyng, Psa 102:10 (102:8b) because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast set me vp, and cast me downe. Psa 102:11 (102:9) My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse. Psa 102:12 (102:10) But thou O God endurest for euer: and thy remembraunce throughout all generations. Psa 102:13 (102:11) Thou wylt aryse vp, thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion: for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her, for the tyme appoynted is come. Psa 102:14 (102:12) For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones: and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. Psa 102:15 (102:13) And the heathen wyll feare thy name O God: and all the kynges of the earth thy glorious maiestie. Psa 102:16 (102:14) For God wyll buylde vp Sion: to be seene in his glorious maiestie. Psa 102:17 (102:15) He wyll regarde the prayer of the humble destitute of all helpe: and he wyll not dispise their prayer. Psa 102:18 (102:16) This shalbe written for those that come after: and the people which shalbe borne, shall prayse the Lorde. Psa 102:19 (102:17) For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie: out of heauen did God beholde the earth. Psa 102:20 (102:18) That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death. Psa 102:21 (102:19) That they may declare the name of God in Sion: and his prayse at Hierusalem. Psa 102:22 (102:20a) When people were gathered together, & kyngdomes to serue God: Psa 102:23 (102:20b) he afflicted my strength in the way, he shortened my dayes. Psa 102:24 (102:21) But I say, O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age: as for thy yeres, they endure throughout all generations. Psa 102:25 (102:22) Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth: and the heauens are the worke of thy handes. Psa 102:26 (102:23) They shall perishe, but thou wylt remayne styll: they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment, and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them, and they shalbe chaunged. Psa 102:27 (102:24a) But thou art, and thy yeres can not fayle: Psa 102:28 (102:24b) the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell, and their seede shalbe maynteyned in thy syght.