“ He weakenedb my strength in the way; he shortened my days. ”
He weakened my strength in the way - Margin, as in Hebrew, “afflicted.” The idea is, that God had taken his strength away; he had weakened him - humbled him - brought him low by sorrow. The word...
He (q) weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. (q) The church lament that they see not the time of Christ, which was promised, but have but few years and short days.
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...
He weakened. . return to the subject corresponding with (verses: Psalms 102:3-11 ), above. in the way: i.e. of His humiliation.
23. He hath afflicted my strength in the way Some improperly restrict this complaint to the time when the Jews were subjected to much annoyance after the liberty granted them to return to th...
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. He weakened my strength in the way - We are brought so low in our captivity by oppression, by every species of hard usage, and by death, that...
He weakened my strength— The connection is this, "Notwithstanding these glorious hopes of being speedily restored to my native country, I find that through continual afflictions God hath weakened...
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -The generation to come shall praise the Lord for having loosed the groaning pris...
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,...
In the way — i.e., in the course of life. Others render, “by reason of the way,” but the meaning is the same. The clause is exactly parallel to “shortened my days.”
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...
How truly lovely is it to observe, through every part of Scripture, the confirmation of the everlasting love, and unchangeable purposes of Jehovah, concerning redemption! It was this tender look of G...
He weakened my strength in the way ,.... The psalmist here returns to his complaint of his afflictions, weakness, and frailty, which ended Psalms 102:11 , after which some hints are given of the la...
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. Ver. 23. He weakened my strength in the way ] This is the complaint of the poor captives yet undelivered, In via, hoc est in vita, quia h...
He Namely, God, whom he considered as bringing these calamities upon them for their sins, and to whom therefore he applies for relief; weakened my strength in the way That is, soon impaired the p...
Hoping in God's Compassion. 23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me...
He, to wit, God, to whom he ascribes these calamities, Psalms 102:10 ; to whom therefore he addresseth himself for relief. In the way; either, 1. In the midst of our expectations. Whilst we...
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...
1 Timothy 4:1-3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 ; 2 Timothy 3:1-17 ; Job 21:21 ; Psalms 89:38-4 ; Revelation 11:2-19 ; Revelation 12:13-17
He — God. The way — In the midst of the course of our lives. Some think the psalmist here speaks of the whole commonwealth as of one man, and of its continuance, as of the life of one man.