## Psalms Chapter 102

###### Psalms 102:1
[Psalms 102:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:1)

תְּ֭פִלָּה לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־יַעֲטֹ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A prayer for the poor one [(Israel in exile)], enwrapped [in woe], and before the L rd pouring out his plaint.


###### Psalms 102:2
[Psalms 102:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:2)

יְ֭הֹוָה שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ תָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry reach Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, hear my prayer, and let my outcry come to You.


###### Psalms 102:3
[Psalms 102:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:3)

אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ**׀** מִמֶּנִּי֮ בְּי֢וֹם צַ֫ר־לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אׇזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hide not Thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline Thy ear to me: in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not conceal Your face from me. On the day of my distress incline Your ear to me. Quickly, answer me.


###### Psalms 102:4
[Psalms 102:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:4)

כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹקֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my [happy] days have ended as with smoke, and my bones are dried up as the hearth.


###### Psalms 102:5
[Psalms 102:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:5)

הוּכָּה־כָעֵ֣שֶׂב וַיִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּי מֵאֲכֹ֥ל לַחְמִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; so that I forget how to eat my bread.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Smitten as the grass and dried up is my heart, for I have forgotten [in my affliction] to eat my bread.


###### Psalms 102:6
[Psalms 102:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:6)

מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With the sound of my sighing, my bones have cleaved to my flesh.


###### Psalms 102:7
[Psalms 102:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:7)

דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am like an owl of the wilderness: I am like a night flier of the desert.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(In banishment to exile)] I have become like the k'ath [(a wailing bird)] of the desert; I have become like the koss [a bird] of the wasteland.


###### Psalms 102:8
[Psalms 102:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:8)

שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I watch, and am like a lonely sparrow upon the house top.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have contemplated myself; I have become like a lone bird on a roof.


###### Psalms 102:9
[Psalms 102:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:9)

כׇּל־הַ֭יּוֹם חֵרְפ֣וּנִי אוֹיְבָ֑י מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗י בִּ֣י נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My enemies insult me all the day; and they that are mad against me swear by me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My foes have shamed me all the day; my mockers have sworn by me [(as a byword for affliction)].


###### Psalms 102:10
[Psalms 102:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:10)

כִּי־אֵ֭פֶר כַּלֶּ֣חֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י בִּבְכִ֥י מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I have eaten dust as bread, and I have mixed my drink with tears.


###### Psalms 102:11
[Psalms 102:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:11)

מִפְּנֵֽי־זַעַמְךָ֥ וְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נְ֝שָׂאתַ֗נִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because of Thy indignation and Thy wrath: for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because of Your scorn and Your wrath; for You lifted me [to the heavens] and You cast me down [to the earth].


###### Psalms 102:12
[Psalms 102:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:12)

יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My days are like an evening shadow; and I am withered like grass.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My days are like a lengthening [and disappearing] shadow, and I am withered as the grass.


###### Psalms 102:13
[Psalms 102:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:13)

וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וְ֝זִכְרְךָ֗ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou, O Lord, sittest enthroned forever; and Thy name endures to all generations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But You, O L rd, who endure forever, and Your remembrance for all generations, [(and who swore by Yourself to preserve us)] —


###### Psalms 102:14
[Psalms 102:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:14)

אַתָּ֣ה תָ֭קוּם תְּרַחֵ֣ם צִיּ֑וֹן כִּי־עֵ֥ת לְ֝חֶֽנְנָ֗הּ כִּי־בָ֥א מוֹעֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Żiyyon: for it is time to favour her; for the set time is come.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Rise! Have pity upon Zion. For it is time to grace it; for the season has arrived [viz. Deuteronomy 32:36].


###### Psalms 102:15
[Psalms 102:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:15)

כִּי־רָצ֣וּ עֲ֭בָדֶיךָ אֶת־אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְֽאֶת־עֲפָרָ֥הּ יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thy servants hold her stones dear, and cherish her very dust.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your servants have desired [(even)] her stones, and her dust has found favor with them.


###### Psalms 102:16
[Psalms 102:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:16)

וְיִֽירְא֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וְֽכׇל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אֶת־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the nations shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then, [(when You save Your people)] the nations will fear the name of the L rd, and all the kings of the earth, Your glory.


###### Psalms 102:17
[Psalms 102:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:17)

כִּי־בָנָ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה צִיּ֑וֹן נִ֝רְאָ֗ה בִּכְבוֹדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord builds up Żiyyon, he appears in his glory.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When [they see that] the L rd has built Zion [and] appeared [there] in His glory.


###### Psalms 102:18
[Psalms 102:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:18)

פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He heeds the prayer of the destitute, and does not despise their prayer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has turned to the prayer of the crier [i.e., he who has cried out], and He did not despise their prayer.


###### Psalms 102:19
[Psalms 102:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:19)

תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This shall be written for the generation to come: so that a people yet unborn shall praise the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(Thus will say the seers of the salvation:)] Let this [salvation] be inscribed for the last generation, and let the [newly] created people [(those who have emerged from darkness to light)] praise the L rd.


###### Psalms 102:20
[Psalms 102:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:20)

כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁקִיף מִמְּר֣וֹם קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם**׀** אֶל־אֶ֬רֶץ הִבִּֽיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He has looked from the heights of His holiness; the L rd has looked down from heaven to earth [(to see the affliction of His people)].


###### Psalms 102:21
[Psalms 102:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:21)

לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those who are appointed to death;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To hear the groans of the bound; to undo the bonds of [His] dying sons.


###### Psalms 102:22
[Psalms 102:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:22)

לְסַפֵּ֣ר בְּ֭צִיּוֹן שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וּ֝תְהִלָּת֗וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that men may declare the name of Lord in Żiyyon, and his praise in Yerushalayim;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that the name of the L rd be told in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem.


###### Psalms 102:23
[Psalms 102:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:23)

בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ עַמִּ֣ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת לַעֲבֹ֥ד אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When peoples gather together, and kingdoms to serve the L rd.


###### Psalms 102:24
[Psalms 102:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:24)

עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ (כחו) [כֹּחִ֗י] קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to verse 11)] He [the foe] has straitened my strength in the way [i.e., in exile]; he has shortened my days.


###### Psalms 102:25
[Psalms 102:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:25)

אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗י אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑י בְּד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I say, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thou whose years endure to all generations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I say [to the L rd: You are] my G d. Do not remove me [from the world] in the half of my days, [(our "days" being)] all the generations of Your years [(see verse 13 and verse 39)].


###### Psalms 102:26
[Psalms 102:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:26)

לְ֭פָנִים הָאָ֣רֶץ יָסַ֑דְתָּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ שָׁמָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Of old Thou hast laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You founded the earth of yore; the heavens are the work of Your hands.


###### Psalms 102:27
[Psalms 102:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:27)

הֵ֤מָּה**׀** יֹאבֵדוּ֮ וְאַתָּ֢ה תַ֫עֲמֹ֥ד וְ֭כֻלָּם כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֑וּ כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall grow old like a garment; Thou shalt change them like a cloak, and they will pass away:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They [(heaven and earth)] will go lost and You shall remain. They will all rot as a garment. You will change them as [one changes his] clothing, and they will be changed.


###### Psalms 102:28
[Psalms 102:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:28)

וְאַתָּה־ה֑וּא וּ֝שְׁנוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִתָּֽמּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But You are He [(who endures always)], and Your years will never end.


###### Psalms 102:29
[Psalms 102:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/102:29)

בְּנֵֽי־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּ וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם לְפָנֶ֥יךָ יִכּֽוֹן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The children of Thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The sons of Your servants [(the patriarchs)] will dwell [in the land]; and their seed will be [eternally] established before You.