Psalms 102:1
TITLE.. PRAYER, &C. This refers to Messiah _'_. humiliation. BEFORE. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2). LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. FACE. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
TITLE.. PRAYER, &C. This refers to Messiah _'_. humiliation. BEFORE. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2). LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. FACE. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE SMOKE. So some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate; other codices read "in smoke". AN HEARTH. charred wood.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for food in general.... [ Continue Reading ]
SKIN. flesh.... [ Continue Reading ]
A PELICAN... OWL: both unclean birds. ALONE. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "flitting to and fro".... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE SWORN AGAINST ME. are sworn [together] against me; as in Acts 23:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF. from the face of. See note on Psalms 95:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THOU. Emphasizing the great consolation. SHALT ENDURE. Sittest, or wilt sit [enthroned]. THY REMEMBRANCE. Some codices read "Thy throne".... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. compassion. ZION. See App-68. THE SET TIME. First, the end of the seventy years (Daniel 9:2.Nehemiah 2:17; Nehemiah 3:1); and second, the still future set time in God's counsels. All this is prophecy. No need to think it was written after Jerusalem's desolation. David was. prophet (Acts 2:3... [ Continue Reading ]
STONES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for the restored buildings.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
APPEAR IN HIS GLORY. This shows that all is prophetic. Compare Isaiah 60:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GENERATION TO COME. a generation to come. Showing that all here is future. THE. a. CREATED: i.e. the new Israel (Psalms 22:31.Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 66:8). This is the new nation referred to in Matthew 21:43. THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY. His holy height.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE... APPOINTED TO DEATH. the sons of death. Genitive of Relation. The Hebrew word for "death" occurs only here and Psalms 79:11. It is _feminine,_ as though the mother. Compare Romans 8:36, and see App-17 (5).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &C. Compare Psalms 22:27; Psalms 68:32.Isaiah 45:14. Fulfilling Genesis 49:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WEAKENED.. return to the subject corresponding with (verses: Psalms 102:3), above. IN THE WAY: i.e. of His humiliation.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY GOD. Hebrew. _Eli. my_ El. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF OLD, &C. Quoted in Hebrews 1:10, which shows this Psalm is all prophetic of Messiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME: or He. Compare Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. SHALL CONTINUE. shall dwell [in the Land].... [ Continue Reading ]