102 (J1). THE KING, IN HIS HUMILIATION. (Extended Alternation and Introversion.)

J1 E c       1,2 Prayer.
              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.
      d     3-11 Humiliation. "Days cut short".
              3. For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an 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 watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
              8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
              9. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
              10. Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
              11. My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
        F   12 Jehovah everlasting.
              12. But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
          G 13-22 Favour to His People.
              13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
              14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
              15. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
              16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
              17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
              18. This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
              19. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
              20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
              21. To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
              22. When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
  E   d     23 Humiliation. "Days cut short".
              23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
    c       24∼ Prayer.
              24∼. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:
        F   ∼24-27 Jehovah everlasting.
              ∼24. thy years are throughout all generations.
              25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
              26. 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:
              27. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
          G 28 Favour to His People.
              28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

13-22 (G, above). FAVOUR TO HIS PEOPLE. (Introversion and Alternation.)

G H e           13,14 Favour to Zion.
                  13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
                  14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
      f         15 Favour to the nations.
                  15. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
        J g     16 Jehovah's glory to Zion.
                  16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
            h   17 Jehovah's grace to the needy.
                  17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
              K 18∼ For a future People.
                  18∼. This shall be written for the generation to come:
              K ∼18 For a future People.
                  ∼18. and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
        J g     19 Jehovah's glory in Zion.
                  19. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
            h   20 Jehovah's grace to the needy.
                  20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
  H e           21 Favour to Zion.
                  21. To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
      f         22 Favour to the peoples.
                  22. When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.