Old Testament

Psalms 102:14-23 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

14. For in her rubbish and her stonesthy servants pleasure take;Yea, they the very dust thereofdo favour for her sake.

15. So shall the heathen people fearthe Lord's most holy name;And all the kings on earth shall dreadthy glory and thy fame.

16. When Sion by the mighty Lordbuilt up again shall be,In glory then and majestyto men appear shall he.

17. The prayer of the destitutehe surely will regard;Their prayer will he not despise,by him it shall be heard.

18. For generations yet to comethis shall be on record:So shall the people that shall becreated praise the Lord.

19. He from his sanctuary's heighthath downward cast his eye;And from his glorious throne in heav'nthe Lord the earth did spy;

20. That of the mournful prisonerthe groanings he might hear,To set them free that unto deathby men appointed are:

21. That they in Sion may declarethe Lord's most holy name,And publish in Jerusalemthe praises of the same;

22. When as the people gather shallin troops with one accord,When kingdoms shall assembled beto serve the highest Lord.

23. My wonted strength and force he hathabated in the way,And he my days hath shortened:

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