When the faint pour out their heart before the Lord.
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
And let my cry for
help come to You.
2 Do not hide Your face from me in the
day of my distress – incline Your ear to me;
In the day when I
call answer me quickly.
3 For my days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
4 My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
5 Because of the loudness
of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
6 I resemble a pelican of the wilderness, I have become like an owl of the waste
places.
7 I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
8 My
enemies have reproached me all day long, those
who come against me have used my name as a curse.
9 For I
have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping–
10 Because of Your indignation and Your
wrath, for You have lifted me up and cast me away.
11 My days are like a lengthened shadow, and I wither away like grass.
12 But
You, O Lord, abide forever, and Your name to all generations.
13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion
14 Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones and feel pity for her dust.
15 So the nations will fear the name of the Lord
and all the kings of the earth Your glory.
16 For the Lord has built up Zion, He has appeared in His glory.
17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer.
18 This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.
19 For
He looked down from His holy height, from
heaven the Lord gazed upon the earth—
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death.
21 That
men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion Jerusalem
22 When the peoples are gathered together, and
the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
23 He has weakened my strength in the way, He
has shortened my days.
24 I say,
“O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations.”
25 “Of old You founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 Even they will perish, but You endure. And all of them will wear out like a
garment—
Like clothing You will change them and they
will be changed.”
27 “But
You are the same, and Your years will not come
to an end.
28 “The children of Your servants will continue, and their descendants
will be established before You.”
Spending Time With
the Lord Gives Strength to Endure
This psalm is helpful now -- and for the coming of the last days. It is written in several parts. The psalmist is afflicted perhaps because he
is unable to withstand the pressures that are all around. To continue to be
strong in our spirit we must take our strength from God's Spirit every day. The enemy will overpower us and our peace
will be taken away when we do not daily spend time polishing “our armor” of
God. Read Ephesians 6:10-20.
Verses 10 and 11 are the result
of not spending valuable time with God, while verse 12 assures us that God is
always present and will care for his own. But there is also something we must do —
He also promises we remain strong when we abide in Him daily. He reminds us of His great love and mercy that
will endure through all generations to come.
“Of old You founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Even
they will perish, but You
endure. And all of them will wear out like a garment—
Like
clothing You will change them and they will be changed.”
“But You are the same, and Your years will not come to an end.
“The children of Your servants will continue, and their descendants will be
established before You.”
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