rsv Psalms:102:13-8
rsv@Psalms:102:13 @ But thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever; thy name endures to all generations.
rsv@Psalms:102:14 @ Thou wilt arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
rsv@Psalms:102:15 @ For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust.
rsv@Psalms:102:16 @ The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
rsv@Psalms:102:17 @ For the LORD will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory;
rsv@Psalms:102:18 @ he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.
rsv@Psalms:102:19 @ Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:
rsv@Psalms:102:20 @ that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
rsv@Psalms:102:21 @ to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;
rsv@Psalms:102:22 @ that men may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise,
rsv@Psalms:102:23 @ when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD.
rsv@Psalms:102:24 @ He has broken my strength in mid-course; he has shortened my days.
rsv@Psalms:102:25 @ "O my God," I say, "take me not hence in the midst of my days, thou whose years endure throughout all generations!"
rsv@Psalms:102:26 @ Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
rsv@Psalms:102:27 @ They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away;
rsv@Psalms:102:28 @ but thou art the same, and thy years have no end. [ (Psalms strkjv@102:29) The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before thee. ]