“ He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. ”
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 u...
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...
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 c...
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. The prayer of the destitute - הערער haarar of him who is laid in utter ruin, who is entirely wasted.
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....
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 restorat...
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,...
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 kindre...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 beast...
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 mani...
The Future Glory of Zion. 12 But thou, O L ORD , shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13...
Of the destitute, i.e. of his poor forsaken, despised people in Babylon. Not despise, i.e. will accept and answer.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Daniel 9:3-21 ; Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Deuteronomy 4:29 ; Jeremiah 29:11-14 ; Nehemiah 1:11 ; Nehemiah 1:6 ; Nehemiah 2:1-8 ; Psalms 22:24 ; Psalms 69:23 ; Psalms 72:12 ; Psalms 9:18