Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Psalms 102:1 -Hear my cry for my trouble needs immediate relief (Psalms 102:1); I am like a lonely bird, my being cast down after having been lifted up, aggravates my pain (Psalms 102:6); consolation found in God's abiding character: He will... [ Continue Reading ]
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. HIDE NOT THY FACE FROM ME - (; .) So the Father on Calvary hid His face from the Son of David. IN THE DAY WHEN I AM IN TROUBLE; INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO ME. So the punc... [ Continue Reading ]
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. FOR MY DAYS ARE CONSUMED LIKE SMOKE - or, as Hebrew-literally, 'in (into) smoke.' The very same expression which David in had used of "the enemies of the Lord:" "they shall consume into smoke" (cf. ). Hereby the ideal suff... [ Continue Reading ]
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. MY HEART - the seat of vital power. IS SMITTEN, AND WITHERED LIKE GRASS - when smitten by the sun (Psalms 121:6), or else when broken by any injury to the stem. SO THAT I FORGET TO EAT MY BREAD - rather, as Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. BY REASON OF THE VOICE OF MY GROANING. What is here said of the complaining sufferer is in said of Zion, whom he represents, as being her king (cf. ; ). MY BONES CLEAVE TO MY SKIN - (cf. , note.) Translate, 'my bones cleave to my... [ Continue Reading ]
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. I AM LIKE A PELICAN OF THE WILDERNESS - (, margin) Expressive of his misery. I AM LIKE AN OWL OF THE DESERT - or, as the Syriac and Arabic, 'in a ruin:' among the ruins of a house. This expresses his loneliness, surrounded by... [ Continue Reading ]
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. I WATCH - (.) AND AM A SPARROW ALONE UPON THE HOUSE-TOP - like the little bird sitting all alone, having lost its mate and its young, and uttering its plaintive note on the house-top ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. MINE ENEMIES REPROACH ME - (Psalms 42:10.) THEY THAT ARE MAD AGAINST ME - (Acts 26:11; Luke 6:11.) Thus David was a type of Messiah, and his haters a type of those who, "were filled with madness" against... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, FOR I HAVE EATEN ASHES LIKE BREAD. The "For" introduces the ground upon which his enemies reproach him () - namely, his great misery, notwithstanding his piety. The enemies sneer at religion itself in the person of its sufferin... [ Continue Reading ]
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. BECAUSE OF THINE INDIGNATION AND THY WRATH - (PSALMS 37:1 .) FOR THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP, AND CAST ME DOWN - as a storm lifts up an object only to dash it down and break it (; Isaiah 22:17). So thou hast ele... [ Continue Reading ]
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. -In contrast to his own frailty, the Psalmist finds that consolation in God's abiding character which assures him that God will arise and have mercy on Zion, whose representative he is. Verse 11. MY DAYS ARE LIKE A SHADOW TH... [ Continue Reading ]
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. SO - as the blessed result of the Lord's having mercy upon Zion. THE HEATHEN SHALL FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD - the strongest plea to urge an appeal to the Lord's own glory, as involved in the restoration... [ Continue Reading ]
When the LORD shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY. The restoration of Zion in more than her ancient glory is inseparably joined to the appearing of the Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. HE WILL REGARD THE PRAYER OF THE DESTITUTE - the confident anticipation of the answer to Psalms 102:1. The restoration of Zion shall be the result of the earnest prayers of Yahweh's people in their distress (cf. Psalms 102:... [ Continue Reading ]
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -The generation to come shall praise the Lord for having loosed the groaning prisoners: the peoples shall be gathered together to serve the Lord at Jerusalem (Psalms 102:18). Being witho... [ Continue Reading ]
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. THE CHILDREN OF THY SERVANTS SHALL CONTINUE - literally, 'shall dwell' or 'inhabit' their own land, the land of Yahweh. ; ; , are strikingly parallel. Dwell is the opposite of wandering about without ho... [ Continue Reading ]