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Psalms 102:1 open_in_new
Title.. Prayer, &c. This refers to Messiah '. humiliation.
before. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2).
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
face. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2).
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Psalms 102:3 open_in_new
like smoke. So some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate; other codices read "in smoke".
an hearth. charred wood.
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Psalms 102:4 open_in_new
bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for food in general.
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Psalms 102:5 open_in_new
skin. flesh.
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Psalms 102:6 open_in_new
a pelican... owl: both unclean birds.
alone. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "flitting to and fro".
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Psalms 102:8 open_in_new
are sworn against me. are sworn [together] against me; as in Acts 23:12-21.
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Psalms 102:10 open_in_new
Because of. from the face of. See note on Psalms 95:2.
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Psalms 102:12 open_in_new
But Thou. Emphasizing the great consolation.
shalt endure. Sittest, or wilt sit [enthroned].
Thy remembrance. Some codices read "Thy throne".
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Psalms 102:13 open_in_new
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 counsels. All this is prophecy. No need to think it was written after Jerusalem's desolation. David was. prophet (Acts 2:30; Acts 2:31). Compare Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 61:2.
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Psalms 102:14 open_in_new
stones. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for the restored buildings.
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Psalms 102:15 open_in_new
heathen. nations.
name. See note on Psalms 20:1.
glory. Always mentioned in connection with Messiah's sufferings. Compare verses: Psalms 102:1-12. See App-71.
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Psalms 102:16 open_in_new
appear in His glory. This shows that all is prophetic. Compare Isaiah 60:1-3.
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Psalms 102:18 open_in_new
the generation to come. a generation to come. Showing that all here is future.
the. a.
created: i.e. the new Israel (Psalms 22:31.Isaiah 43:1-7; Isaiah 43:18-21; Isaiah 66:8). This is the new nation referred to in Matthew 21:43.
THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4.
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Psalms 102:19 open_in_new
the height of His sanctuary. His holy height.
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Psalms 102:20 open_in_new
those... appointed to death. the sons of death. Genitive of Relation. The Hebrew word for "death" occurs only here and Psalms 79:11. It is feminine, as though the mother. Compare Romans 8:36, and see App-17 (5).
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Psalms 102:22 open_in_new
When, &c. Compare Psalms 22:27; Psalms 68:32.Isaiah 45:14. Fulfilling Genesis 49:10.
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Psalms 102:23 open_in_new
He weakened.. return to the subject corresponding with (verses: Psalms 102:3-11), above.
in the way: i.e. of His humiliation.
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Psalms 102:24 open_in_new
my GOD. Hebrew. Eli. my El. App-4.
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Psalms 102:25 open_in_new
Of old, &c. Quoted in Hebrews 1:10-12, which shows this Psalm is all prophetic of Messiah.
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Psalms 102:27 open_in_new
the same: or He. Compare Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10.
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Psalms 102:28 open_in_new
children. sons.
shall continue. shall dwell [in the Land].