Psalms 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress. Incline thine ear to me. In the day when I call answer me speedily.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to thee.
3For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
Cross References
Exodus 2:24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,
Psalms 17:1Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 27:9Hide not thy face from me. Put not thy servant away in anger. Thou have been my help. Cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalms 70:1[Hasten], O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:2-12
Complaints in Affliction. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide 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. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I… Read the whole commentary →