Psalm 102:4-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 For my days vanish like smoke;(A)
my bones burn away as in a furnace.
5 My heart is withered, dried up like grass,
too wasted to eat my food.
6 From my loud groaning
I become just skin and bones.
7 I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
8 I lie awake and moan,
like a lone sparrow on the roof.
9 All day long my enemies taunt me;
in their rage, they make my name a curse.[a]
10 I eat ashes like bread,
mingle my drink with tears.(B)
11 Because of your furious wrath,
you lifted me up just to cast me down.
12 (C)My days are like a lengthening shadow;(D)
I wither like the grass.
Footnotes
- 102:9 They make my name a curse: enemies use the psalmist’s name in phrases such as, “May you be as wretched as this person!”
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