Psalms 102:4

Related Commentaries of 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 cru...
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.
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

bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for food in general.
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...
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 t...
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....
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 wither...
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

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 c...
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

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 bla...
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...
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 f...
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 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, bec...
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

My heart is smitten, dried up, the supply of blood being insufficient, and withered like grass, on account of the heat of the inner affliction, so...

⁴ My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:4

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

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

Psalms 102:4