Psalms 102:2
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Cross References
Exodus 2:24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
Psalms 27:9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
Psalms 70:1Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
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 →