Justice. In protecting the oppressed, (Calmet) and rendering to every one according to his deserts abundantly. (Haydock) --- God never punishes more than a person's crimes have merited, Exodus xx. 5., and xxxiv. 6. (Calmet)
Verse Psalms 102:17. _THE PRAYER OF THE DESTITUTE_] הערער _haarar_ of him who is laid in utter ruin, who is entirely wasted....
HE WILL REGARD THE PRAYER - literally, “He looks upon,” or “he ‘turns himself’ to their prayer.” He does not any longer seem to turn away from them and disregard them. He shows by thus building up Zio...
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 ...
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...
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...
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
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 Z...
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...
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". ...
THE DESTITUTE. — Literally, _the naked one._ Here the exiled people, _stripped_ of home and religious rites. The word is only found once more, in Jeremiah 17:6 (comp. Jeremiah 48:6 for a kindred form)...
_[Psalms 102:18]_ פָּ֭נָה אֶל ־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָ עַרְעָ֑ר...
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...
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...
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...
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...
17_He hath regarded the prayer of the solitary _It is worthy of notice, that the deliverance of the chosen tribes is ascribed to the prayers of the faithful. God’s mercy was indeed the sole cause whic...
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...
HE WILL REGARD THE PRAYER OF THE DESTITUTE,.... Of the destitute of human help and support, protection and defence; as the church in the wilderness; of the "poor", as the Syriac and Arabic versions, b...
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. Ver. 17. _He will regard the prayer of the destitute_] Heb. of the poor shrub that is in the wilderness, trod upon by beasts,...
_When the Lord shall build up Zion_ They take it for granted it would be done, for God himself had undertaken it; _he shall appear in his glory_ His glorious power, wisdom, and goodness shall be manif...
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...
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, of the homeless exiles, AND NOT DESPISE THEIR PRAYER, not reject their supplication for mercy....
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...
OF THE DESTITUTE, i.e. of his poor forsaken, despised people in Babylon. NOT DESPISE, i.e. will accept and answer....
Psalms 102:17 regard H6437 (H8804) prayer H8605 destitute H6199 despise H959 (H8804) prayer H8605 He will -...
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...
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...
_He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer._ GOOD NEWS FOR THE DESTITUTE Trumpets are sounding, banners are displayed, princes and nobles glitter in their array, and th...
_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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Daniel 9:3; Deuteronomy 32:36; Deuteronomy 4:29; Jeremiah 29:11;...