Psalms 102:14

stones. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), for the restored buildings.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones - Those who profess to be thy servants; thy friends. This was the “evidence” to the mind of the psal...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thy servants take pleasure in her (l) stones, and favour the dust thereof. (l) The more the Church is in misery and desolation, the more the fai...
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 ext...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones To restrict this to Cyrus and Darius is altogether unsuitable. It is not at all wonderful t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 670 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Psalms 102:13-15 . Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the s...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. Thy servants take pleasure in her stones - Though Jerusalem was at this ti...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For thy servants take pleasure, &c.— Thy servants also bear an affection to her ruins, and commiserate her dust: Green; in conformity to the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. -In contrast to his own frailty, the Psalmist finds that consolation i...
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 b...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-16) The prospect ( Isaiah 40:1-5 ) that the restoration of Jerusalem will take place simultaneously with the coming of Jehovah in glory, is here...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Stones... dust. — This touching description of the devotion of the Jews to their ruined city is best illustrated by the actual history in Nehemiah...
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 wi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 address...
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 whi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Still prosecuting the subject of this most blessed psalm, with reference to our adorable and glorious Mediator, may we not accept the several express...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones ,.... Meaning not Cyrus and Darius, who gave leave and orders for the rebuilding of the city and temple...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. Ver. 14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones ] They pity her,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt have mercy upon Zion Upon Jerusalem, or thy church and people; for the set time is come The end of those seventy years which was the t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Future Glory of Zion. 12 But thou, O L ORD , shalt endure for eve...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy people value the dust and rubbish of the holy city more than all the palaces of the earth, and passionately desire that it may be rebuilt.
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 com...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 102:1-19 . Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine e...
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 t...
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. Co...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. A revival of the Church, and symptoms which p...
The Biblical Illustrator

For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. The secret of the stones Stones and dust! Stones that have fallen ou...
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 be...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For Thy servants, the believers of all times, take pleasure in her stones, all of them being filled with fervent love for the Church, and favor th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:16 ; Ezra 1:5 ; Ezra 3:1-3 ; Ezra 7:27 ; Nehemiah 1:3 ; Nehemiah 2:17 ; Nehemiah 2:3 ; Nehemiah 4:10 ; Nehemiah 4:2 ; Nehemiah 4:6...

¹⁴ For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 102:14