Psalms 102:3

James 4:14; Job 30:30; Lamentations 1:13; Lamentations 3:4; Psalms 119:83; Psalms 22:14; Psalms 22:15; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 37:20; Psalms 38:3

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For my days are consumed like smoke - Margin, “into smoke.” Literally, “in smoke.” That is, They vanish as smoke; they pass away and become nothi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For my days are (c) consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. (c) These excessive kinds of speech show how much the affliction of t...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

like smoke. So some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate; other codices read "in smoke". an hearth . charred wood.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 For my days are consumed like smoke These expressions are hyperbolical, but still they show how deeply the desolation of the Church ought...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My days are consumed like smoke - He represents himself (for the psalmist...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For my days are consumed like smoke— Or, according to the original בעשׁן beashan, in smoke. "My afflictions have had the same effect upon me, as...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. For my days are consumed like smoke - or, as Hebrew-literally, 'in...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Like smoke] RM 'in smoke.' An hearth] RV 'a firebrand.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Like smoke. — Or, in smoke. (See margin. Comp. Psalms 37:20 .) Hearth. — Better, a brand or fuel; so LXX. and Vulgate, Aquila, and this m...
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 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...
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

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 a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For my days are consumed like smoke ,.... Which suddenly rises up, is easily dissipated, and quickly disappears; so sudden, short, and transient, ar...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. Ver. 3. For my days are consumed like smoke ] Which the higher it mount...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. A prayer of the afflicted , &c. It was composed by one who was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church of God, and for it; and it is...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints in Affliction. A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Like smoke; which passeth away in obscurity, and swiftly, and irrecoverably. Or, into smoke ; as wood or any combustible matter put into the fire...
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

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...
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 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 my days are consumed like smoke, which passes upward and disappears, and my bones are burned as an hearth, the heat of fever glowing in his mem...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An hearth — An hearth is heated or burnt by the coals which are laid upon it.

³ For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 102:3