Psalms 102:16-18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 manifested to all the world. He will regard the prayer of the destitute That is, of his poor, forsaken, despised people in Babylon. And not despise their prayer That is, he will accept and answer it. This shall be written for the generation to come This wonderful deliverance shall not be lost nor forgotten, but carefully recorded for the instruction and encouragement of all succeeding generations. And the people which shall be created Who shall hereafter be born; or, who shall be created anew in Christ Jesus; shall praise the Lord For his answers to their prayers, when they were most destitute. This may be understood, either, 1st, Of the Jews, who should be restored to, their own land, for they had been, in a manner, dead and buried in the grave and mere dry bones, as they are represented Isaiah 26:19, and Ezekiel 37: or, 2d, Of the Gentiles who should be converted, whose conversion is frequently, and might very justly be called, a second creation.