1Preghiera dell’afflitto quando è abbattuto e sfoga il suo pianto davanti al Signore. Signore, ascolta la mia preghiera, e giunga fino a te il mio grido!2Non nascondermi il tuo volto nel giorno della mia sventura; porgi il tuo orecchio verso di me; quando t’invoco, affrèttati a rispondermi.3Poiché i miei giorni svaniscono in fumo e le mie ossa si consumano come un tizzone.4Il mio cuore, afflitto, inaridisce come l’erba, tanto che dimentico di mangiare il mio pane.5A forza di piangere la mia pelle si attacca alle ossa.6Sono simile al pellicano del deserto, sono come il gufo dei luoghi desolati.7Veglio e sono come il passero solitario sul tetto.8I miei nemici mi insultano ogni giorno; quelli che mi odiano usano il mio nome come bestemmia.9Mangio cenere invece di pane, mescolo con lacrime la mia bevanda,10a causa del tuo sdegno e della tua ira, perché mi hai sollevato e gettato lontano.11I miei giorni sono come ombra che si allunga e io inaridisco come l’erba.12Ma tu, Signore, regni per sempre e il tuo ricordo dura per ogni generazione.13Tu sorgerai e avrai compassione di Sion, poiché è tempo di averne pietà; il tempo fissato è giunto.14Perché i tuoi servi amano le sue pietre e hanno pietà della sua polvere.15Allora le nazioni temeranno il nome del Signore, e tutti i re della terra la tua gloria,16quando il Signore ricostruirà Sion e apparirà nella sua gloria.17Egli ascolterà la preghiera dei desolati e non disprezzerà la loro supplica.18Questo sarà scritto per la generazione futura, e il popolo che sarà creato loderà il Signore,19perché egli guarda dall’alto del suo santuario; dal cielo il Signore osserva la terra20per ascoltare i gemiti dei prigionieri, per liberare i condannati a morte,21affinché proclamino il nome del Signore in Sion, la sua lode in Gerusalemme,22quando popoli e regni si raduneranno per servire il Signore.23Egli ha stremato le mie forze durante il cammino; ha abbreviato i miei giorni.24Ho detto: «Dio mio, non portarmi via a metà dei miei giorni!» I tuoi anni durano per ogni generazione:25nel passato tu hai creato la terra, e i cieli sono opera delle tue mani;26essi periranno, ma tu rimani; tutti quanti si consumeranno come un vestito; tu li cambierai come una veste e saranno cambiati.27Ma tu sei sempre lo stesso e i tuoi anni non avranno mai fine.28I figli dei tuoi servi avranno una dimora e la loro discendenza sarà stabile in tua presenza.
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.
1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you! (Eso 2,23; 1Sam 9,16; Sal 18,6; Sal 39,12)2Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call! (Sal 18,6; Sal 27,9; Sal 31,2; Sal 56,9; Sal 69,17)3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. (Giob 30,30; Sal 31,10; Lam 1,13; Giac 4,14)4My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread. (1Sam 1,7; 2Sam 12,17; 1Re 21,4; Giob 33,20; Sal 37,2; Sal 121,6; Is 40,7; Giac 1,10; Giac 1,11)5Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh. (Giob 19,20)6I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl[1] of the waste places; (Giob 30,29; Is 34,11; So 2,14)7I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop. (Sal 77,4)8All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse. (Is 65,15; Ger 29,22; At 26,11)9For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink, (Sal 42,3)10because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down. (Sal 51,11; Ez 3,12; Ez 3,14)11My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass. (Giob 8,9; Sal 4,1; Sal 109,23; Sal 144,4)12But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever; you are remembered throughout all generations. (Eso 3,15; Sal 9,7; Sal 102,26; Sal 135,13)13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come. (Sal 68,1; Sal 75,2; Is 40,2; Is 60,10; Ger 29,10; Da 9,2; Zac 1,12)14For your servants hold her stones dear and have pity on her dust. (Ne 4,2; Lam 4,1)15Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory. (1Re 8,43; Sal 138,4; Is 59,19; Is 60,3)16For the LORD builds up Zion; he appears in his glory; (Sal 147,2; Is 60,1; Is 60,2)17he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer. (Ne 1,6; Ne 1,11)18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD: (De 31,19; Sal 22,31; Sal 48,13; Sal 78,4; Sal 78,6; Is 43,21; Ro 15,4; 1Co 10,1)19that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth, (Sal 11,4)20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die, (Sal 79,11)21that they may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem his praise, (Sal 22,22)22when peoples gather together, and kingdoms, to worship the LORD. (Is 45,14)23He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days. (Sal 89,45)24“O my God,” I say, “take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!” (Giob 36,26; Sal 90,2; Is 38,10; Abac 1,12)25Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. (Gen 1,1; Gen 2,1; Sal 96,5; Eb 1,10)26They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, (Sal 102,12; Is 34,4; Is 51,6; Mat 24,35; Eb 1,11; Eb 1,12; 2P 3,7; 2P 3,10; 2P 3,12; Ap 20,11; Ap 21,1)27but you are the same, and your years have no end. (Is 41,4; Is 48,12; Mal 3,6; Eb 13,8; Giac 1,17)28The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you. (Sal 37,29; Sal 69,36; Sal 112,2)
Salmo 102
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1A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.2Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;22When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.