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                        Verse Psalms 102:10. _FOR THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP, AND CAST ME DOWN._]
Thou hast lifted me on high, that thou Lightest dash me down with the
_greater force_. We were _exalted_ in thy _favour_ beyond an... 
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                        BECAUSE OF THINE INDIGNATION AND THY WRATH - Hebrew, “From the face
of thine indignation,” etc. That is - he regarded all his sufferings
as proof of the indignation and wrath of God against him. See P... 
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                        Psalms 102 
Christ the King in His Humiliation
_ 1. In the place of humiliation and dependence (Psalms 102:1)_
2. His enemies (Psalms 102:8)
 3. The set time for Zion ... 
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                        CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents
of Psalms 102:1 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in
extreme affliction. The same may be said of Psalms 102:23 and... 
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                        BECAUSE OF. from the face of. See note on Psalms 95:2.... 
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                        PSALMS 102
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Prayer of a Humbled One brings a Threefold Answer of Peace.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 102:1-11, A Humbled One's Complaint. Stanza II.,
Psalms 102:12-17 
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                        102:10 wrath; (b-7) See Notes, Psalms 38:1 and 3.... 
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                        This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope
of Israel's restoration (Psalms 102:13). The Psalmist has been
supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it... 
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                        LIFTED.. UP.. CAST DOWN] RV 'taken.. up.. cast away.'... 
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                        Psalms 90:106
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
A YOUNG MAN WITH TROUBLE
PSALMS 102
 Jesus said, "Do not let trouble stay in your mind. *Believe in God
and believe in me also". ... 
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                        INDIGNATION AND THY WRATH. — Comp. Psalms 90:7. The last part of the
clause is a figure taken from the action of a whirlwind. (Comp. Job
27:20; Job 30:22.)... 
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                        _[Psalms 102:11]_ מִ פְּנֵֽי ־זַֽעַמְךָ֥ וְ
קִצְפֶּ֑ךָ... 
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                        Psalms 102:1
Psalms 102:13 show that the psalm was written when Zion was in ruins
and the time of her restoration at hand. Sadness shot with hope, as a
cloud with sunlight, is the singer's mood. The p... 
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                        THE CRY OF THE AFFLICTED
Psalms 102:1
This is the fifth of the Penitential Psalms. Some hold that it is one
of the later psalms, asking for deliverance from captivity; others,
emphasizing certain Dav... 
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                        This is a song of faith triumphing over affliction. Beginning with a
prayer for deliverance, and a statement of the circumstances of
suffering in which he then was, together with a recognition of thos... 
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                        Because of thine (h) indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted
me up, and cast me down.
(h) He shows that not only the afflictions moved him, but chiefly the
feeling of God's displeasure.... 
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                        _Iniquities. Which deserved eternal reprobation._... 
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                        I make no chasm in the reading of these verses, because they form
together a complete detail of the state of the sufferer, and serve the
better, in an united point of view, to interest our hearts in t... 
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                        10._On account of thy anger and thy wrath _He now declares that the
greatness of his grief proceeded not only from outward troubles and
calamities, but from a sense that these were a punishment inflic... 
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                        Psalms 102 is one of the most, perhaps the most, remarkable of all the
psalms, and presents Christ in a way divinely admirable. Verse 10
(Psalms 102:10) gives the occasion of the cry with which the ps... 
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                        BECAUSE OF THINE INDIGNATION AND THY WRATH,.... This was the burden of
his complaint, what gave him the greatest uneasiness; not so much the
reproach of his enemies, and his other outward afflictions,... 
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                        Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me
up, and cast me down.
Ver. 10. _Because of thine indignation_] This lay heavier upon the
good man's heart than all the rest, God wa... 
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                        _I have eaten ashes like bread_ That is, instead of eating my bread, I
have laid down in dust and ashes. Or, dust and ashes are as constant
and familiar to me as the eating of my bread; I cover my hea... 
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                        COMPLAINT OF ONE IN GREAT TROUBLE.
A prayer of the afflicted, one in great misery and distress, when he
is overwhelmed, Psalms 61:2, and poureth out his complaint, as from an
inverted vessel, in a fu... 
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                        because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath, Jehovah having given him
proof of His anger over his trespasses; FOR THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP,
withdrawing the solid ground from beneath his feet, AND CAST ME... 
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                        1-11 The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but
here, is often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our
mouths. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the afflicted; let them... 
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                        BECAUSE OF THINE INDIGNATION AND THY WRATH; because I do not only
conflict with men, but with the Almighty God, and with his anger. FOR
THOU HAST LIFTED ME UP, AND CAST ME DOWN; as a man lifts up a pe... 
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                        Psalms 102:10 Because H6440 indignation H2195 wrath H7110 up H5375
(H8804) away H7993 (H8686)
Because -... 
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                        Psalms 102:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
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._... 
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                        Kindly notice the title of this Psalm: «Prayer of the afflicted, when
he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.» I
call your attention to it in order to remind you what charges... 
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                        CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaint of great afflictions and a believing
prospect of deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: The greatest ease to an afflicted spirit is to unburden
itself by a... 
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                        It appears from Psalms 102:13, that this psalm was written in Babylon,
and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic
of the greater deliverance by the Messiah, whose law should... 
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                        _Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee._
THOUGHTS OF COMFORT AND COMPLAINT
I. Thoughts of complaint (Psalms 102:1).
1. Concerning bodily sufferings.
(1) The physical anguish of lif... 
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                        PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:1. The title, “A Prayer of one
afflicted,” makes it clear that this is an individual lament. At the
same time, it is certainly not individualistic: the “I” who sings
thi... 
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                        PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:3 The singer focuses on his sense of
discouragement: BONES BURN, HEART IS STRUCK DOWN, FORGET TO EAT MY
BREAD, loud groaning 
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                        INTRODUCTION
It is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm
was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a
composition of David. But from internal evidence, espec... 
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                        EXPOSITION
THE "title" of this psalm is altogether peculiar, being "a Prayer for
the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint before
Jehovah." This is clearly a general direction for the... 
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                        In Psalms 102:1-28, David begins with a prayer asking God to hear his
prayer.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy
face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline... 
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                        1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; 2 Chronicles 25:8; 2 Corinthians 4:9;... 
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                        Lifted me — As a man lifts up a thing as high as he can, that he may
cast it to the ground with greater force....