Psalms 102

tefillah le'ani khi-ya'atof velifne Adonai yishpokh sikho

A prayer of one who is lowly and faint, pouring forth a plea before GOD.

Adonai shimah tefillati veshavati elekha tavo

O ETERNAL One, hear my prayer; let my cry come before You.

al-taster panekha mimmenni beyom tsar-li hatteh-elay oznekha beyom eqra maher aneni

Do not hide Your face from me in my time of trouble; turn Your ear to me; when I cry, answer me speedily.

ki-khalu ve'ashan yamay ve'atsmotay kemoqed nikharu

For my days have vanished like smoke and my bones are charred like a hearth.

hukkah-kha'esev vayyivash libbi ki-shakhakhti me'akhol lakhmi

My body is stricken and withered like grass; too wasted to eat my food;

miqqol ankhati daveqah atsmi livsari

on account of my vehement groaning my bones show through my skin.

damiti liqat midbar hayiti kekhos khoravot

I am like a great owl in the wilderness, an owl among the ruins.

shaqadti va'ehyeh ketsippor boded al-gag

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird upon a roof.

kol-hayyom kherefuni oyevay meholalay bi nishba'u

All day long my enemies revile me; my deriders use my name to curse.

ki-efer kallekhem akhaleti veshiqquvay bivkhi masakheti

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears,

mippene-za'amkha veqitspekha ki nesatani vattashlikheni

because of Your wrath and Your fury; for You have cast me far away.

yamay ketsel natuy va'ani ka'esev ivash

My days are like a lengthening shadow; I wither like grass.

ve'attah Adonai le'olam teshev vezikhrekha ledor vador

But You, O ETERNAL One, are enthroned forever; Your fame endures throughout the ages.

attah taqum terakhem tsiyyon ki-et lekhennah ki-va mo'ed

You will surely arise and take pity on Zion, for it is time to be gracious to her; the appointed time has come.

ki-ratsu avadekha et-avaneha ve'et-afarah yekhonenu

Your servants take delight in its stones, and cherish its dust.

veyire'u goyim et-shem Adonai vekhol-malkhe ha'arets et-kevodekha

The nations will fear the name of GOD, all the kings of the earth, Your glory.

ki-vanah Adonai tsiyyon nirah bikhvodo

For GOD has built Zion, appearing in divine glory—

panah el-tefillat ha'arar velo-vazah et-tefillatam

turning to the prayer of the destitute and not spurning their prayer.

tikkatev zot ledor akharon ve'am nivra yehallel-yah

May this be written down for a coming generation, that people yet to be created may praise Yah.

ki-hishqif mimmerom qodsho Adonai mishamayim el-erets hibbit

Looking down from the holy heights, GOD beholds the earth from heaven

lishmoa enqat asir lefatteakh bene temutah

to hear the groans of the prisoner, to release those condemned to death;

lesapper betsiyyon shem Adonai utehillato birushalai͏m

that GOD’s fame may be recounted in Zion, with praises offered in Jerusalem,

behiqqavets ammim yakhdav umamlakhot la'avod et-Adonai

when the nations gather together, the kingdoms, to serve GOD.

innah vadderekh (khkhv) [kokhi] qitsar yamay

My strength was drained in mid-course, my days shortened.

omar eli al-ta'aleni bakhatsi yamay bedor dorim shenotekha

I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, You whose years go on for generations on end.

lefanim ha'arets yasadta uma'aseh yadekha shamayim

Of old You established the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands.

hemmah yovedu ve'attah ta'amod vekhullam kabbeged yivlu kallevush takhalifem veyakhalofu

They shall perish, but You shall endure; they shall all wear out like a garment; You change them like clothing and they pass away.

ve'attah-hu ushenotekha lo yittammu

But You are the same, and Your years never end.

bene-avadekha yishkonu vezaram lefanekha yikkon

May the children of Your servants dwell securely and their offspring endure in Your presence.”