Psalms 102:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. ”

Psalms 102:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt arise - Thou wilt come forth - as if God had been inattentive or inactive. And have mercy upon Zion - That is, Upon Jerusalem - represented as in a state of desolation. God would a...
Psalms 102:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the (k) set time, is come. (k) That is, the seventy years which by the prophet Jeremiah you appointed, ( Jeremiah 29:12...
Psalms 102:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents of Psalms 102:1-11 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in extreme affliction. The same may be said of Psalms 1...
Psalms 102:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mercy . compassion. Zion. See App-68. the set time. First, the end of the seventy years ( Daniel 9:2 . Nehemiah 2:17-20 ; Nehemiah 3:1-32 ); and second, the still future set time in God's cou...
Psalms 102:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion. We have here the conclusion drawn from the truth stated in the preceding verse — God is eternal, and therefore he will have compassion upon Zio...
Psalms 102:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 670 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Psalms 102:13-15 . 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 i...
Psalms 102:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion - While he is humbled at the footstool of mercy, and e...
Psalms 102:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yea, the set time is come— The time fixed for the continuance of the Babylonish captivity was 70 years. The set, or fixed time, here seems to mean, the time appointed for the restoration of the...
Psalms 102:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 G...
Psalms 102:13 - 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 102:13-22 ). The Psalmist has been supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation,...
Psalms 102:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-16) The prospect ( Isaiah 40:1-5 ) 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 s...
Psalms 102:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 102:1-28 Psalms 102:13-14 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...
Psalms 102:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Time to Have Mercy upon Zion Psalms 102:12-28 We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10-12 . This gives...
Psalms 102:13 - 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 tho...
Psalms 102:13 - 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...
Psalms 102:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy on Zion ,.... Exert his power, and display the riches of his grace and mercy; not by delivering the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, to which some restrain it; bu...
Psalms 102:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. Ver. 13. Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion ] This he speaketh with as much confidence...
Psalms 102:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt have mercy upon Zion Upon Jerusalem, or thy church and people; for the set time is come The end of those seventy years which was the time fixed for the continuing of the Babylonish cap...
Psalms 102:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Future Glory of Zion. 12 But thou, O L ORD , shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13...
Psalms 102:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Upon Zion; upon Jerusalem, or thy church and people. The set time; the end of those seventy years which thou hast fixed; of which see Jeremiah 25:12 , Jeremiah 29:10 Daniel 9:2 .
Psalms 102:13 - 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, esp...
Psalms 102:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 charge...
Psalms 102:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It appears from Psalms 102:13-16 , 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 s...
Psalms 102:13 - 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 102:1-11 ). 1. Concerning bodily sufferings. (1) The physical an...
Psalms 102:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 102:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 102:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:12 ; 2 Peter 3:8 ; Acts 1:7 ; Daniel 12:12 ; Daniel 12:13 ; Daniel 12:9 ; Daniel 9:2-27 ; Ezra 1:1-11 ; Galatians 4:4 ; Isaiah 14:32 ; Isaiah 40:2 ; Isaiah 60:1 ; Isaiah 60:10-...
Psalms 102:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The set time — The end of those seventy years which thou hast fixed.

Psalms 102:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 102:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 102:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 102:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 102:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 102:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 102:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 102:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 102:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 102:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 102:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 102:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 102:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 102:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 102:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 102:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 102:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes