A Prayer of the Afflicted, When He is Overwhelmed & Pours Out His Complaint Before the Lord. |
Psalm 102:1-28 Book# 4 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
O Lord, hear my prayer & let my [out] cry come to You. [Don't] hide Your face from me [on] the day when I'm in trouble. [Lean] Your ear to me: [on] the day when I call, answer me speedily. |
For my days [have disappeared] like smoke & my bones are burned [like in a fireplace.] [James 4:14 [Since] you [don't] know what shall be [tomorrow,] what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time & then vanishes away.] |
My heart is [struck down] & withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my [food, because] of the [sound] of my groaning bones [clinging] to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness & I'm like an owl of the desert. I watch & [I'm like] a sparrow alone upon the housetop. |
[My] enemies [ridiculed] Me all day & [those who] are mad against Me, [have] sworn against Me. [Matthew 26:3-5 Then the chief priests, scribes & elders of the people assembled together, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas & consulted, [so] they might take Jesus by [trickery] & kill Him. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.] |
For I have eaten ashes like bread & mingled My drink with weeping, because of Your indignation & Your [fury.] [Luke 22:41-44 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's [throw] & kneeled down & prayed, saying, Father, if You [are] willing, remove this cup from Me. [However,] not My will, but [Your's] be done. |
And there appeared an Angel to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly & His sweat was [like] it were [large] drops of blood falling down to the ground.] |
For You have lifted Me up & [thrown] Me down. [Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely, He has borne our griefs & carried our sorrows, yet we [didn't care for] Him, [suffering, struck & afflicted by] God. But He was wounded for our [sins.] |
He was bruised for our iniquities & the [discipline] for our [peace] was upon Him. And with His stripes, we are healed. All we like sheep, have gone astray. We have [each] turned to our own way & the Lord has laid upon Him the [sin] of us all.] |
My days are like a shadow that [decreases] & I'm withered like grass. But You, O Lord, shall endure forever & [the] remembrance [of] You to all generations. [1 Corinthians 11:23-26 For I have received from the Lord [what] I also delivered to you, [so] that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread & when He had given thanks, He [broke] it & said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of Me. |
After the same manner, He also took the cup & when he had [eaten, said,] This cup is the New Testament in My blood. Do this, as [often] as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as you eat this bread & drink this cup, you do [proclaim] the Lord's death [until] He [comes.] |
You shall arise & have mercy upon Zion & for the [appointed] time [has] come to favor her. For Your servants take pleasure in her [rocks] & favor [its dirt.] [Nehemiah 4:1-2 But it [happened,] that when Sanballat heard that we [rebuilt] the wall, he was [angry] & [became indignant] & mocked the Jews. |
And he [spoke] before his brethren & the army of Samaria & said, What [are] these feeble Jews [doing?] Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they revive the [rocks] out of the rubbish heaps, which are burned?] |
So the heathen shall fear [respect] the Name of the Lord & all the kings of the earth, Your glory. When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory. He will [pay attention] to the prayer of the destitute & not despise their prayer. |
[Nehemiah 1:6-9 Let Your ear now be attentive & Your eyes open, [so] You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day & night, for the children [people] of Israel, Your servants, and confess the sins of the children [people] of Israel, which we have sinned against You. |
Both my father's house & I have sinned. We have dealt very corruptly against You & haven't kept the commandments, nor [mandates,] nor the judgments, which You commanded Your servant, Moses. |
I [beg] You, remember the Word that You commanded Your servant, Moses, saying, If you transgress, I will scatter you [around] among the nations. But if you [return] to Me & keep My commandments & do them, [even] though there were [some] of you cast out [into the furthest parts under] heaven, [still] I will gather them from [there] & will bring them into the place that I have chosen to [put] My Name there.] |
This shall be written for the [generations] to come & the people [who] shall be created shall praise the Lord. For He has looked down from the [heights] of His sanctuary. |
From heaven the Lord did [see] the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to [free] those [who] are [scheduled for] death; to declare the Name of the Lord in Zion & His praise in Jerusalem. |
[* Isaiah 49:8-10 The Lord [says this,] In an acceptable time, I have heard You. And [on the] day of Salvation, I have helped You & I will [safeguard] You & give You for a covenant [contract for] the people to establish the earth & to cause the desolate heritages [to be] inherited. * [So,] that You may say to the prisoners, Go [out] & to those in darkness, [Show] yourselves. |
They shall feed in [paths] & their pastures shall be in all high places. * They shall not hunger, nor thirst. Neither shall the heat nor the sun [scorch] them: for He, [Who] has mercy on them, shall lead them, even He shall guide them by the springs of water.] |
When the people & the kingdoms, are gathered together to serve the Lord. He weakened my strength in the [road] & shortened my days. I said, O my God, [don't] take me away in the [middle of my life.] |
Your years are throughout all generations. * Of [ancient times,] You laid the foundation of the earth & the heavens are the work of Your hands. [Genesis 1:1 In the Beginning, God created the heaven & the earth.] |
They shall perish, but You shall endure. [Yes,] all of them shall [grow] old like a garment. You shall change them [like a robe] & they shall be changed. [Revelation 21:1-2 And I saw a new heaven & a new earth. |
For the 1st heaven & the 1st earth [had] passed away & there was no more sea. And I, John, saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, coming down, out of heaven, from God, prepared [like] a bride [decorated] for her husband.] |
But You are the same & Your years have no end. The children of Your servants shall continue & their [descendants] shall be established before You. [Revelation 22:16-17 I, Jesus, have sent [My] Angel to testify to you these things in the churches. |
I Am the Root & the Offspring of David & the Bright & the Morning Star. And the Spirit & the bride say, Come & let him, [who] hears say, Come. And let him [who] is [thirsty,] come. And [whoever is willing,] let him take the Water of Life freely. ] |