Hear My Prayer, LORD

28 versesPenitential and PrayerThe heading does not name an author

Psalm 102 summary: what it means

Psalm 102 is headed as the prayer of someone afflicted and overwhelmed. It begins with urgent requests to be heard. The speaker's days vanish like smoke, his body is wasting, and he forgets to eat. He compares himself to a pelican in the wilderness, an owl in the waste places and a sparrow alone on a housetop. Enemies curse him, and he says God has taken him up and thrown him away.

At verse 12 the psalm turns from the speaker's short life to God, who remains for ever. It looks ahead to God building up Zion and hearing the destitute, and says this will be written down for a generation to come. It ends by contrasting the heavens, which wear out like clothing, with God, whose years have no end.

Psalm 102: Hear My Prayer, LORD

World English Bible, public domain. allpsalms.com/psalm-102

Psalm 102 commentary: explained verse by verse

Hear my prayer, LORD!Let my cry come to you.

The psalm opens with a plain request: hear my prayer, LORD, let my cry come to you. It matches the heading, which calls this the prayer of someone overwhelmed.

Also read 2 Chronicles 30:27, Hebrews 5:7, Psalm 145:19, Psalm 62:8

Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress.Turn your ear to me.Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

The requests pile up. Do not hide your face, turn your ear, answer quickly. The speaker is in distress and cannot wait.

Also read Psalm 22:19, Psalm 40:13, Psalm 88:2-18, Psalm 27:9

For my days consume away like smoke.My bones are burned as a torch.

The speaker describes his life slipping away. His days consume away like smoke and his bones burn like a torch. Both images are of something being used up.

Also read James 4:14, Lamentations 3:4, Psalm 22:14-15, Lamentations 1:13

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered,for I forget to eat my bread.

Also read Matthew 26:37-38, Psalm 143:3-4, Job 10:1, Job 33:20

By reason of the voice of my groaning,my bones stick to my skin.

Also read Psalm 38:8-10, Lamentations 4:8, Psalm 6:6, Job 19:20

I am like a pelican of the wilderness.I have become as an owl of the waste places.

He compares himself to birds of empty places. He is like a pelican of the wilderness and an owl of the waste places. Both are pictures of living far from others.

Also read Zephaniah 2:14, Revelation 18:2, Isaiah 34:11-15, Job 30:29-30

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

The loneliness is stated directly. He keeps watch and has become like a sparrow alone on the housetop. A single small bird on a roof is one of the psalm's clearest pictures of isolation.

Also read Psalm 38:11, Psalm 77:4, Deuteronomy 28:66-67, Psalm 130:6

My enemies reproach me all day.Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

Also read Acts 23:12-35, Psalm 69:20, Acts 26:11, Jeremiah 29:22

For I have eaten ashes like bread,and mixed my drink with tears,

Also read Isaiah 44:20, Lamentations 3:15-16, Micah 1:10, Psalm 69:21

because of your indignation and your wrath;for you have taken me up and thrown me away.

Also read 1 Samuel 2:7-8, Lamentations 5:16, Psalm 90:7-9, 2 Corinthians 4:9

My days are like a long shadow.I have withered like grass.

Also read 1 Peter 1:24, Psalm 39:5-6, Ecclesiastes 6:12, James 1:10

But you, LORD, will remain forever;your renown endures to all generations.

This is where the psalm turns. After describing his withering days, the speaker says: but you, LORD, will remain for ever. His short life is set against God, whose renown endures to all generations.

Also read Lamentations 5:19, Isaiah 44:6, Exodus 3:15, Psalm 102:24-27

You will arise and have mercy on Zion,for it is time to have pity on her.Yes, the set time has come.

The speaker looks to Zion. God will arise and have mercy on her, because the set time to pity her has come. The personal lament widens into hope for the city.

Also read Zechariah 1:12-13, Psalm 51:18, Psalm 7:6, Revelation 11:15-18

For your servants take pleasure in her stones,and have pity on her dust.

Also read Nehemiah 4:2, Ezra 1:5, Ezra 7:27, Daniel 9:16

So the nations will fear the LORD’s name,all the kings of the earth your glory.

Also read Psalm 138:4, Psalm 86:9, 1 Kings 8:43, Revelation 11:15

For the LORD has built up Zion.He has appeared in his glory.

Also read Micah 2:9, Isaiah 60:1-2, Psalm 97:6, Isaiah 66:18

He has responded to the prayer of the destitute,and has not despised their prayer.

God responds to the prayer of the destitute and does not despise it. A prayer like the one this psalm began with is the kind the verse says God hears.

Also read Deuteronomy 4:29, Psalm 9:18, Nehemiah 1:11-8, Deuteronomy 32:36

This will be written for the generation to come.A people which will be created will praise the LORD,

The speaker wants this written down for the generation to come. A people not yet created will praise the LORD. The psalm looks beyond its own time.

Also read Psalm 78:4-6, 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, Isaiah 43:21, Daniel 9:2

for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary.From heaven, the LORD saw the earth,

Also read 1 Kings 8:39, Psalm 14:2, Psalm 33:13-14, Hebrews 8:1-2

to hear the groans of the prisoner,to free those who are condemned to death,

God looks down from heaven to hear the groans of the prisoner and to free those condemned to death. His concern is for people who have no power to free themselves.

Also read 2 Kings 13:22-23, Ephesians 2:2-3, Job 24:12, Acts 12:6-11

that men may declare the LORD’s name in Zion,and his praise in Jerusalem,

Also read Isaiah 51:11, Ephesians 2:4-7, Psalm 51:14-15, 1 Peter 2:9

when the peoples are gathered together,the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

Also read Hosea 1:9-11, Isaiah 49:22-23, Zechariah 8:20-23, Matthew 24:14

He weakened my strength along the course.He shortened my days.

Also read 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12, Revelation 12:13-17, 2 Timothy 3:1-17, Revelation 11:2-19

I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days.Your years are throughout all generations.

Also read Psalm 9:7, Habakkuk 1:12, Job 36:26, Isaiah 38:10-22

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth.The heavens are the work of your hands.

The speaker recalls creation. Long ago God laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of his hands. Hebrews 1:10 to 12 in the New Testament quotes verses 25 to 27.

Also read Exodus 20:11, Hebrews 3:3-4, Jeremiah 32:17, Hebrews 1:10-12

They will perish, but you will endure.Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

Even the heavens will not last. They will wear out like a garment, and God will change them like a cloak. God alone endures.

Also read Isaiah 66:22, Psalm 102:12, Isaiah 65:17, 2 Peter 3:7-12

But you are the same.Your years will have no end.

The contrast is completed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end. The speaker, whose days were shortened in verse 23, rests his hope on a God who does not change.

Also read Job 36:26, Malachi 3:6, James 1:17, John 8:58

The children of your servants will continue.Their offspring will be established before you.”

Also read Psalm 45:16-17, Isaiah 53:10, Isaiah 59:20-21, Isaiah 66:22

A prayer from Psalm 102

LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you. Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. My days are vanishing like smoke, and I have withered like grass. I feel like a sparrow alone on the housetop, and I have mixed my drink with tears. But you, LORD, remain forever. You laid the foundation of the earth, and your years will have no end. You look down from heaven and hear the groans of the prisoner. You do not despise the prayer of the destitute. Turn your ear to me now, and answer me when I call. Amen.

Psalm 102 Bible study questions

In verses 6 and 7, the speaker compares himself to a pelican, an owl and a lonely sparrow. What do these pictures say about how he feels?
In verse 12, the psalm turns with the words But you, LORD. What changes in the psalm after that point?
The heading calls this the prayer of someone who is overwhelmed. What might it mean to bring a complaint to God as openly as this?
Verses 25 to 27 set the speaker's short days beside God's years that have no end. How does that contrast affect you?
Psalm 90:2 also speaks of God before the mountains were born. How do Psalm 90 and Psalm 102 set human frailty beside God's lasting nature?

Questions about Psalm 102

Who wrote Psalm 102?

The heading does not name an author. It describes the psalm as a prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.

What is Psalm 102 about?

It is the prayer of someone worn down in body, lonely and afraid his life is being cut short. It turns to the unchanging God, to hope that God will have mercy on Zion, and to the promise that his servants' children will continue.

What does Psalm 102:25 mean?

It looks back to creation: God laid the foundation of the earth and made the heavens. The next verses say the heavens will wear out but God will remain the same.

What does Psalm 102:17 mean?

It says God responds to the prayer of the destitute and does not despise it. It is the psalm's answer to its own opening plea to be heard.

What does Psalm 102:7 mean?

The speaker compares himself to a sparrow alone on a housetop. It is a picture of loneliness and of keeping watch.

Is Psalm 102 quoted in the New Testament?

Yes. Hebrews 1:10 to 12 quotes verses 25 to 27, about God laying the foundation of the earth and remaining the same while the heavens wear out.

Psalm 102 KJV: the King James Version

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.1

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.2

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.3

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.4

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.5

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.6

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.7

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.8

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,9

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.10

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.11

But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.12

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.13

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.14

So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.15

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.16

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.17

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.18

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;19

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;20

To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;21

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.22

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.23

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.24

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.25

They 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:26

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.27

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.28

Psalm 102 in Hebrew

The Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. Verse numbers follow the Hebrew Bible, which counts a psalm's heading as verse 1, so they can run one ahead of English Bibles.

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1 תְּ֭פִלָּה לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־יַעֲטֹ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃

2 יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ תָבֽוֹא׃

3 אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ בְּי֪וֹם צַ֫ר לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אָזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

4 כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹ־קֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃

5 הוּכָּֽה־כָ֭עֵשֶׂב וַיִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּי מֵאֲכֹ֥ל לַחְמִֽי׃

6 מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃

7 דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃

8 שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃

9 כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם חֵרְפ֣וּנִי אוֹיְבָ֑י מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗י בִּ֣י נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃

10 כִּי־אֵ֭פֶר כַּלֶּ֣חֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י בִּבְכִ֥י מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

11 מִפְּנֵֽי־זַֽעַמְךָ֥ וְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נְ֝שָׂאתַ֗נִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃

12 יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃

13 וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וְ֝זִכְרְךָ֗ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃

14 אַתָּ֣ה תָ֭קוּם תְּרַחֵ֣ם צִיּ֑וֹן כִּי־עֵ֥ת לְ֝חֶֽנְנָ֗הּ כִּי־בָ֥א מוֹעֵֽד׃

15 כִּֽי־רָצ֣וּ עֲ֭בָדֶיךָ אֶת־אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְֽאֶת־עֲפָרָ֥הּ יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃

16 וְיִֽירְא֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְֽכָל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אֶת־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

17 כִּֽי־בָנָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה צִיּ֑וֹן נִ֝רְאָ֗ה בִּכְבוֹדֽוֹ׃

18 פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃

19 תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃

20 כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁקִיף מִמְּר֣וֹם קָדְשׁ֑וֹ יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם ׀ אֶל־אֶ֬רֶץ הִבִּֽיט׃

21 לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃

22 לְסַפֵּ֣ר בְּ֭צִיּוֹן שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝תְהִלָּת֗וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

23 בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ עַמִּ֣ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת לַעֲבֹ֥ד אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

24 עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ כחו קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי׃

25 אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗י אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑י בְּד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

26 לְ֭פָנִים הָאָ֣רֶץ יָסַ֑דְתָּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ שָׁמָֽיִם׃

27 הֵ֤מָּה ׀ יֹאבֵדוּ֮ וְאַתָּ֪ה תַ֫עֲמֹ֥ד וְ֭כֻלָּם כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֑וּ כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃

28 וְאַתָּה־ה֑וּא וּ֝שְׁנוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִתָּֽמּוּ׃

29 בְּנֵֽי־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּ וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם לְפָנֶ֥יךָ יִכּֽוֹן׃

Psalm 102 in the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible

The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 edition, public domain. It follows the Greek and Latin numbering, so this psalm is Psalm 101 there.

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1 The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.

2 Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.

3 Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.

4 For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.

5 I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.

6 Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

7 I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

8 I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.

9 All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.

10 For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

11 Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

12 My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

13 But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.

14 Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.

15 For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.

16 And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

17 For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.

18 He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

19 Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:

20 Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

21 That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

22 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;

23 When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.

24 He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.

25 Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.

26 In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

27 They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.

28 But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.

29 The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.

Psalm 102 in Latin

The Clementine Vulgate, public domain, where this psalm is Psalm 101.

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1 Oratio pauperis, cum anxius fuerit, et in conspectu Domini effuderit precem suam.

2 Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te veniat.

3 Non avertas faciem tuam a me: in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam; in quacumque die invocavero te, velociter exaudi me.

4 Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, et ossa mea sicut cremium aruerunt.

5 Percussus sum ut fœnum, et aruit cor meum, quia oblitus sum comedere panem meum.

6 A voce gemitus mei adhæsit os meum carni meæ.

7 Similis factus sum pellicano solitudinis; factus sum sicut nycticorax in domicilio.

8 Vigilavi, et factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto.

9 Tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei, et qui laudabant me adversum me jurabant:

10 quia cinerem tamquam panem manducabam, et potum meum cum fletu miscebam,

11 a facie iræ et indignationis tuæ: quia elevans allisisti me.

12 Dies mei sicut umbra declinaverunt, et ego sicut fœnum arui.

13 Tu autem, Domine, in æternum permanes, et memoriale tuum in generationem et generationem.

14 Tu exsurgens misereberis Sion, quia tempus miserendi ejus, quia venit tempus:

15 quoniam placuerunt servis tuis lapides ejus, et terræ ejus miserebuntur.

16 Et timebunt gentes nomen tuum, Domine, et omnes reges terræ gloriam tuam:

17 quia ædificavit Dominus Sion, et videbitur in gloria sua.

18 Respexit in orationem humilium et non sprevit precem eorum.

19 Scribantur hæc in generatione altera, et populus qui creabitur laudabit Dominum.

20 Quia prospexit de excelso sancto suo; Dominus de cælo in terram aspexit:

21 ut audiret gemitus compeditorum; ut solveret filios interemptorum:

22 ut annuntient in Sion nomen Domini, et laudem ejus in Jerusalem:

23 in conveniendo populos in unum, et reges, ut serviant Domino.

24 Respondit ei in via virtutis suæ: Paucitatem dierum meorum nuntia mihi:

25 ne revoces me in dimidio dierum meorum, in generationem et generationem anni tui.

26 Initio tu, Domine, terram fundasti, et opera manuum tuarum sunt cæli.

27 Ipsi peribunt, tu autem permanes; et omnes sicut vestimentum veterascent. Et sicut opertorium mutabis eos, et mutabuntur;

28 tu autem idem ipse es, et anni tui non deficient.

29 Filii servorum tuorum habitabunt, et semen eorum in sæculum dirigetur.

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Psalm 102 at a glance

Verses	28
Heading in the text	A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.
Attributed to	The heading does not name an author. It describes the psalm as a prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.
Type	Penitential and Prayer
Number in Greek and Latin Bibles	Psalm 101

Read Psalm 102 when you are facing

loneliness sickness hope

Psalm 102 in other translations

This page prints the World English Bible and the King James Version because both are public domain. The NIV, ESV, NKJV, NLT and NASB are under copyright, so they cannot be printed in full here. You can read Psalm 102 in those translations at Bible Gateway.

Where Psalm 102 belongs

The seven penitential psalms Book 4 of the Psalms

How this page was made

The psalm text comes from public domain translations and is not edited. The summary, the verse notes and the answers are written for this page from the text of the psalm itself. Where a claim goes beyond the text, it is sourced below.

Sources

Text: World English Bible and King James Version, both public domain, from ebible.org source
Penitential psalms: Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143 are grouped as the seven penitential psalms source
New Testament quotations: Hebrews 1:10 to 12 checked against the King James Version text from ebible.org source
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain, from ebible.org source
Douay-Rheims: Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 edition, public domain, from ebible.org source
Latin text: Clementine Vulgate, public domain, from ebible.org source
Numbering: Greek and Latin psalm numbering, Wikipedia, Psalms source

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Lucas Pradella

Last checked 25 September 2026 · How pages are checked

I built AllPsalms because I could not find one site that covered all 150 psalms properly. I am a Christian and a reader of the psalms, not a scholar or a minister. What I can do is the work: put every psalm in one place, in plain English, with the text unedited and every claim sourced.

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