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Psalms 102 (NET)

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Psalms 102:1¹O Lord, hear my prayer. Pay attention to my cry for help.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 18:6 Ps 130:1-2 Exod 2:23 Ps 142:2-3 Ps 61:2 Ps 39:12 Heb 5:7 Luke 22:44 1 Sam 1:15-16 1 Sam 9:16

Psalms 102:2²Do not ignore me in my time of trouble. Listen to me. When I call out to you, quickly answer me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 69:17 Ps 27:9 Isa 8:17 Ps 70:1 1 Cor 10:13 Acts 12:5-25 Ps 104:29 Ps 143:7 Ps 71:2 Ps 88:2-18

Psalms 102:3³For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred as in a fireplace.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 4:14 Lam 1:13 Job 30:30 Ps 31:10 Ps 37:20 Lam 3:4 Ps 119:83 Ps 22:14-15 Ps 38:3

Psalms 102:4⁴My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:7 Ps 37:2 1 Sam 1:7-8 Acts 9:9 Ezra 10:6 Matt 26:37-38 Ps 77:3 2 Sam 12:17 Job 10:1 Job 33:20

Psalms 102:5⁵Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 19:20 Prov 17:22 Lam 4:8 Ps 32:3-4 Ps 38:8-10 Ps 6:8 Ps 6:6

Psalms 102:6⁶I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 38:14 Zeph 2:14 Rev 18:2 Isa 34:11-15 Job 30:29-30 Mic 1:8

Psalms 102:7⁷I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 77:4 Lam 3:28-30 Mark 14:33-37 Ps 38:11 Deut 28:66-67 Job 7:13-16 Ps 130:6 Ps 22:2

Psalms 102:8⁸All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 26:11 Acts 23:12-35 Isa 65:15 Ps 69:9-10 Acts 7:54 Ps 2:1 Ps 31:11-13 Ps 69:20 Ps 89:51 Rom 15:3

Psalms 102:9⁹For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 42:3 Job 3:24 Ps 80:5 Isa 44:20 Lam 3:15-16 Lam 3:48-49 Mic 1:10 Mic 7:17 Ps 69:21

Psalms 102:10¹⁰because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 38:3 2 Cor 4:9 Lam 3:39-42 Ps 147:6 Ps 90:7-9 Rom 3:19 1 Sam 2:7-8 2 Chr 25:8 Dan 9:8-14 Lam 1:18

Psalms 102:11¹¹My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 14:2 Ps 109:23 1 Pet 1:24 Ps 144:4 Isa 40:6-8 Jas 1:10 Jas 4:14 Eccl 6:12 Ps 102:3-4 Ps 39:5-6

Psalms 102:12¹²But you, O Lord, rule forever, and your reputation endures.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 135:13 Exod 3:15 Heb 13:8 Lam 5:19 Ps 9:7 Rev 1:17-18 Isa 44:6 Isa 60:15 Ps 102:24-27 Ps 90:1-2

Psalms 102:13¹³You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 4:4 Isa 40:2 Isa 60:1 Ps 44:26 Zech 2:10-12 Ps 69:35-36 2 Pet 3:8 Isa 60:10-14 Acts 1:7 Rev 11:15-18

Psalms 102:14¹⁴Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 4:2 Ezra 1:5 Ezra 3:1-3 Ezra 7:27 Neh 1:3 Neh 2:17 Neh 2:3 Neh 4:10 Neh 4:6 Ps 137:5-6

Psalms 102:15¹⁵The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:43 Ps 138:4 Isa 60:3-22 Ps 86:9 Zech 8:20-23 Ps 67:2-4 Ps 68:31-32 Ps 72:11 Rev 11:15 Isa 55:5

Psalms 102:16¹⁶when the Lord rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 60:1-2 Jer 33:7 Ps 147:2 Zech 2:6-13 Isa 14:26 Isa 2:2-3 Isa 60:7 Isa 61:3 Isa 66:18 Jer 31:4

Psalms 102:17¹⁷when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 1:6 Ps 22:24 Jer 29:11-14 Ps 72:12 Ps 9:18 Deut 32:36 Deut 4:29 Dan 9:3-21 Neh 1:11-2:8 Ps 69:23

Psalms 102:18¹⁸The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 22:30-31 Rom 15:4 Isa 43:21 Ps 78:4-6 1 Pet 2:9-10 2 Pet 1:15 Eph 2:10 1 Cor 10:11 2 Cor 5:17-18 Deut 31:19-30

Psalms 102:19¹⁹For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 26:15 Ps 14:2 1 Kgs 8:39 1 Kgs 8:43 2 Chr 16:9 Heb 8:1-2 Heb 9:23-24 Job 22:12 Ps 33:13-14

Psalms 102:20²⁰in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 79:11 Ps 146:7 Exod 3:7 Isa 61:1-3 2 Chr 33:11-13 2 Kgs 13:22-23 Eph 2:2-3 Isa 14:17 Zech 9:9-12 2 Kgs 13:4

Psalms 102:21²¹so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 22:22 1 Pet 2:9 Eph 3:21 Isa 51:11 Ps 51:14-15 Ps 79:13 Ps 9:13-14 Eph 2:4-7

Psalms 102:22²²when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:14 Zech 8:20-23 Isa 49:22-23 Isa 60:3-22 Ps 22:27 Ps 72:8-11 Rom 15:19 Gen 49:10 Hos 1:9-11

Psalms 102:23²³He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Tim 4:1-3 2 Thess 2:3-12 2 Tim 3:1-17 Job 21:21 Ps 89:38-47 Rev 11:2-19

Psalms 102:24²⁴I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life. You endure through all generations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hab 1:12 Ps 39:13 Isa 38:10-22 Ps 102:12 Rev 1:8 Job 36:26 Ps 9:7 Ps 90:1-2 Rev 1:4

Psalms 102:25²⁵In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 1:1 Exod 20:11 Heb 1:10-12 Jer 32:17 Heb 3:3-4 Gen 2:1 Job 38:4-7 Prov 8:23-36 Ps 96:5

Psalms 102:26²⁶They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 51:6 Matt 24:35 Luke 21:33 Isa 34:4 Rev 20:11 Isa 66:22 Ps 102:12 Rev 21:1 Rom 8:20 2 Pet 3:7-12

Psalms 102:27²⁷But you remain; your years do not come to an end.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 13:8 Jas 1:17 Mal 3:6 Rev 1:8 Job 36:26 Ps 90:4 Rev 1:17-18 John 8:58

Psalms 102:28²⁸The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 69:35-36 Ps 45:16-17 Isa 53:10 Isa 59:20-21 Isa 65:22 Isa 66:22 Ps 22:30-31 Ps 89:4 Ps 90:16-17

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