Greek Psalm 101

You Laid the Foundations of the Earth, and They Will Perish

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101:1A prayer of a poor person when he becomes despondent and pours out his petition before the Lord.

101:2Hear my prayer, Lord,

and let my cry come to You.

101:3Do not turn Your face away from me.

On whatever day I am afflicted, incline Your ear to me;

on whatever day I call upon You, hear me quickly.

101:4For my days vanished like smoke,

and my bones were scorched like kindling.

101:5My heart was struck like grass and dried up,

for I forgot to eat my bread.

101:6From the sound of my groaning,

my bone clung to my flesh.

101:7I became like a wilderness pelican;

I became like a night raven on a house site.

101:8I stayed awake and became

like a little bird alone on a roof.

101:9All day my enemies reproached me,

and those praising me swore against me.

101:10For I ate ashes like bread

and mixed my drink with weeping,

101:11because of Your anger and wrath,

for after lifting me up You dashed me down.

101:12My days bent like a shadow,

and I dried up like grass.

101:13But You, Lord, remain forever,

and Your memorial is from generation to generation.

101:14You will arise and have compassion on Zion,

for it is time to have compassion on her; the time has come.

101:15For Your servants took pleasure in her stones

and will have compassion on her dust.

101:16Nations will fear the Lord’s name,

and all the kings of the earth Your glory,

101:17for the Lord will build Zion

and will appear in His glory.

101:18He looked upon the prayer of the lowly

and did not treat their petition as nothing.

101:19Let this be written for another generation,

and the people being created will praise the Lord,

101:20for He leaned out from His holy height;

the Lord looked from heaven upon the earth,

101:21to hear the groaning of those in bonds,

to release the sons of those put to death,

101:22to announce the Lord’s name in Zion

and His praise in Jerusalem,

101:23when peoples are gathered together,

and kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

101:24He answered him in the way of his strength:

Tell me the fewness of my days.

101:25Do not take me up at the halfway point of my days;

Your years extend through a generation of generations.

101:26At the beginning You, Lord, founded the earth,

and the heavens are works of Your hands.

101:27They will perish, but You will remain;

all will grow old like a garment.

Like a cloak You will change them, and they will be changed.

101:28But You are the same,

and Your years will not fail.

101:29The children of Your servants will make their dwelling,

and their offspring will be established forever.

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