Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 102:16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear (m) in his glory.
(m) That is, when he will have drawn his church out of the darkness of death.
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear (m) in his glory.
(m) That is, when he will have drawn his church out of the darkness of death.
Verse Psalms 102:16. _WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION_] It is such a difficult thing, so wholly improbable, so far out of the reach of human power, that when God does it, he must manifest his power...
WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION - The Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, and Luther, vender this, “Because the Lord hath built up Zion.” This also is the most natural and correct translation of the Hebr...
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...
APPEAR IN HIS GLORY. This shows that all is prophetic. Compare Isaiah 60:1....
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
When the LORD shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY. The...
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". ...
(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...
_[Psalms 102:17]_ כִּֽי ־בָנָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה צִיֹּ֑ון נִ֝רְאָ֗ה...
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...
_In him. Or "over it;" the flower. Or the spirit of God's indignation will overwhelm him. The soul of man departs, and cannot naturally be reunited with the body, though it greatly desire that union....
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...
_GOD’S HOME IN ZION_ ‘When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory.’ Psalms 102:16 Zion is the symbol of the Universal Church. In this text it is selected as the home of the glor...
The concluding part of the 16th verse, _He hath appeared in his glory, _refers to the manifestation which God made of himself when he brought forth his Church from the darkness of death; even as it is...
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...
WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION,.... The church of God, fallen down, and in a ruinous condition, as it may be said to be when the doctrines of the Gospel are departed from; the ordinances of it are...
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. Ver. 16. _When the Lord shall build up Zion_] Isaiah had foretold that the second temple should be more glorious than the first, Isaia...
_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...
When the Lord shall build up Zion, establishing His Church, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY, in the glory of the Gospel as proclaimed throughout the world....
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...
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...
His glorious power, and wisdom, and goodness shall be manifested to all the world....
Psalms 102:16 LORD H3068 up H1129 (H8804) Zion H6726 appear H7200 (H8738) glory H3519 When -...
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...
_When the Lord shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory._ THE BUILDING UP OF ZION I. When may Zion, or the Christian Church, be said to be built up? 1. When sinners are converted to God....
_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...
Isaiah 14:26; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 60:2;...