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Psalms 102:15

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 of Zion (; Isaiah 59:19). All the tenses in Psalms 102:16 are preterites-faith and prophecy regarding the event as sure no if it were actually come to pass.

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See also Psalms 102:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 102:15. _SO THE HEATHEN SHALL FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD_] It is granted that after the edict of Cyrus to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, which was about _four hundred and ninety_ years be...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SO THE HEATHEN - The nations. That is, The surrounding people, who hear what thou hast done for thy people, will see the evidence that thou art God, and learn to love and worship thee. SHALL FEAR THE...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HEATHEN. nations. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. GLORY. Always mentioned in connection with Messiah's sufferings. Compare verses: Psalms 102:1. See App-71....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 670 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Psalms 102:13. _Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come: for thy servants take pleasure in her st...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SO THE HEATHEN SHALL FEAR THE NAME, &C.— _Then shall the nations fear thy name, O Lord;_—ver. 16. _When the Lord shall have built up Sion, and his glory shall again be seen in Jerusalem;_—ver. 17. _Wh...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HEATHEN] RV 'nations.' 16, 17. SHALL BUILD.. APPEAR.. REGARD.. DESPISE] RV 'hath built.. appeared.. regarded.. despised.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (13-16) The prospect (Isaiah 40:1) that the restoration of Jerusalem will take place simultaneously with the coming of Jehovah in glory, is here re-echoed from the prophet in a lyric form. “The set ti...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HEATHEN. — The same result of the restoration of the Holy City, viz., the recognition of Jehovah’s power and glory by the heathen, occupies the great prophecy, Isaiah 40-46....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 102:16]_ וְ יִֽירְא֣וּ גֹ֭ויִם אֶת ־שֵׁ֣ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE TIME TO HAVE MERCY UPON ZION Psalms 102:12 We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10. This gives new point to t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Still prosecuting the subject of this most blessed psalm, with reference to our adorable and glorious Mediator, may we not accept the several expressions here, as spoken by Christ, in his capacity of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._And the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah _The prophet here describes the fruit which would result from the deliverance of the ancient tribes; which is, that thereby God’s glory would be rend...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THE HEATHEN SHALL FEAR THE NAME OF THE LORD,.... Whose name is reverend, and to be feared; especially the glorious and fearful name "Jehovah", expressive of the divine existence, of his eternity an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. Ver. 15. _So the heathen shall fear, &c._] By the restoration of Jerusalem, where the Messiah was to be born...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _So the heathen shall fear the Lord_, &c. Shall have high thoughts of him and his people, and even the kings of the earth shall be affected with his glory. They shall think better of the church of God...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, men from all countries of the world learning to know Jehovah as He has revealed Himself, and worshiping Him in holy awe and reverence, AND ALL THE KINGS...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-22 We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadne...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Which was in some sort fulfilled when the rebuilding of the temple and city of God was carried on and finished through so many and great difficulties and oppositions, to the admiration, envy, and terr...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 102:15 nations H1471 fear H3372 (H8799) name H8034 LORD H3068 kings H4428 earth H776 glory H3519...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HEATHEN That is, nations. FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:12 The enduring reign of God (ENTHRONED FOREVER, REMEMBERED THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS) brings about the ultimate success of his saving purposes in the world (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:43; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:3; Psalms 6:1; Psalms 67:2;...

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