Psalms 102:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. ”

Psalms 102:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My heart is smitten - Broken; crushed with grief. We now speak of “a broken heart.” Even death is often caused by such excessive sorrow as to crush and break the heart. And withered like grass...
Psalms 102:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget (d) to eat my bread. (d) My sorrows were so great that I did not eat.
Psalms 102:4 - 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 102:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for food in general.
Psalms 102:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 My heart is smitten, and dried up like grass Here he employs a third similitude, declaring that his heart is withered, and wholly dried up like mown grass. But he intends to express someth...
Psalms 102:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass - The metaphor here is taken from grass cut down in the meadow. It is firs...
Psalms 102:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So that I forget— Because I forget. Green. Mudge joins the end of this to the next verse, I forget to eat my bread for the voice of my groaning.
Psalms 102:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. My heart - the seat of vital power. Is smitten, and withered like grass - when smitten by the sun ( Psalms...
Psalms 102:4 - 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 102:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Smitten. — As by the sun. Exactly as in Hosea 9:16 . So that I forget. — Better, for I have forgotten, &c. For this mark of deep sorrow comp. 1 Samuel 1:7 ; 1 Samuel 20:34 , &c. (Co...
Psalms 102:4 - 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 102:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of the Afflicted Psalms 102:1-11 This is the fifth of the Penitential Psalms. Some hold that it is one of the later psalms, asking for deliverance from captivity; others, emphasizing ce...
Psalms 102:4 - 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 102:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I make no chasm in the reading of these verses, because they form together a complete detail of the state of the sufferer, and serve the better, in an united point of view, to interest our hearts in...
Psalms 102:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ,.... Like grass in the summer solstice d, which being smitten with the heat of the sun, or by some blast of thunder and lightning, is dried up, and with...
Psalms 102:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. Ver. 4. My heart is smitten ] Blasted with thine indignation, that ventus urens et exsiccans. So that I forget t...
Psalms 102:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My heart is withered like grass Which is smitten and withered by the heat of the sun, either while it stands, or after it is cut down. So that I forget to eat my bread Because my mind is wholly s...
Psalms 102:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints in Affliction. A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord....
Psalms 102:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Like grass; which is smitten and withered by the heat of the sun, either whilst it stands, or after it is cut down. I forget to eat my bread, because my mind is wholly swallowed up with the conte...
Psalms 102:4 - 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 102:4 - 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 102:4 - 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 102:4 - 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 102:4 - 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 102:4 - 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 102:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:7 ; 1 Samuel 1:8 ; Acts 9:9 ; Ezra 10:6 ; Isaiah 40:7 ; Job 10:1 ; Job 6:4 ; Lamentations 3:13 ; Lamentations 3:20 ; Matthew 26:37 ; Matthew 26:38 ; Psalms 143:3 ; Psalms 143:...

Psalms 102:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 102:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 102:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 102:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 102:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 102:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 102:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 102:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 102:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 102:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 102:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 102:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 102:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 102:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 102:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge