Psalms 102:7

Deuteronomy 28:66; Deuteronomy 28:67; Job 7:13-16; Lamentations 3:28-30; Mark 14:33-37; Psalms 130:6; Psalms 22:2; Psalms 38:11; Psalms 77:4

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top - That is, I am “sleepless;” trouble drives sleep from my eyes, and I am kept awake at nigh...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. As a sparrow alone - צפור tsippor, seems to be often used for any small bird, such as the swal...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. I watch - ( Psalms 77:4 .) and am a sparrow alone upon the house-top - like the lit...
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

I watch — i.e., am sleepless, Sparrow. — See Note, Psalms 84:3 . Here render, like a lonely bird. Some MSS. read, “a wandering bird.”
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

I watch ,.... Night after night, and take no sleep; cannot get any by reason of thoughtfulness, care, and trouble: and am as a sparrow alone upon...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. Ver. 7. I watch ] I can as little sleep as eat, Psalms 102:4 . That nurse of nature, and s...
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

A sparrow which hath lost its mate , and then is very sad and solitary, as some report; although that be uncertain and improbable. But this Hebrew...
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

I watch, passing the night in sleeplessness, and am as a sparrow, a small and despised bird, alone upon the housetop, the figures expressing extr...

⁷ I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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