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                        Verse Psalms 102:11. _MY DAYS_ ARE _LIKE A SHADOW THAT DECLINETH_] Or
rather, _My days decline like the shadow_. I have passed my
_meridian_, and the sun of my prosperity is about to set for ever.
Th... 
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                        MY DAYS ARE LIKE A SHADOW THAT DECLINETH - The shadow made by the
gnomon on a sun-dial, which marks the hours as they pass. See 2 Kings
20:10. The idea is that the shadow made by the descending sun wa... 
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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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                        MY DAYS ARE LIKE A SHADOW THAT DECLINETH— _My days are as a shadow
which is gone down._ The shadow which is gone down, seems not so much
to describe a common shadow, as the shadow of a dial; which in... 
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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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                        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 wi... 
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                        THAT DECLINETH] that vanishes when the sun sets.... 
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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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                        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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                        A SHADOW THAT DECLINETH. — Rather, _a lengthening shadow,_ growing
longer as the day declines, and therefore soon to vanish altogether.
(Comp. Psalms 109:23.)
“And now the sun had stretched out all t... 
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                        _[Psalms 102:12]_ יָ֭מַי כְּ צֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝... 
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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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                        _Earth. There is no proportion between God's mercy and our crimes.
(Calmet) --- Sins are perfectly washed away, (Worthington) and not
barely covered, as the east cannot be the west. (Berthier) --- Sin... 
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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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                        11._My days are like the shadow which declineth _(146) When the sun is
directly over our heads, that is to say, at mid-day, we do not observe
such sudden changes of the shadows which his light produce... 
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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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                        MY DAYS ARE LIKE A SHADOW THAT DECLINETH,.... Or, "that is stretched
out" s, which, though it may appear long, is soon at an end; as it
does appear longer when the sun sets t, and departs from the ear... 
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                        My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like
grass.
Ver. 11. _My days are like a shadow that declineth_] As at sunset the
shadows are at longest, but not longlasting.
_ And I a... 
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                        _My days are like a shadow_ Which “never continueth in one stay, but
is still gliding imperceptibly on, lengthening as it goes, and at last
vanisheth into darkness. The period of its existence is limi... 
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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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                        My days are like a shadow that declineth, lengthening as the sun draws
near the western horizon, showing that the night of death is imminent;
AND I AM WITHERED LIKE GRASS, like an uprooted plant which... 
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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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                        MY DAYS; my hopes, and comforts, and happiness; _days_ being oft put
for happy days, or a happy state, as PSALMS 37:18 LAMENTATIONS 5:21,
as elsewhere they are put more generally for the events which... 
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                        Psalms 102:11 days H3117 shadow H6738 lengthens H5186 (H8803) away
H3001 (H8799) grass H6212
My days -... 
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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...