시편 102:4-7 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-11

Affliction. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous"— even of the righteous, and sometimes these are almost, if not altogether, overwhelming. We expect to find suffering and sorrow among the guilty, but experience teaches us that it is— I. THE OCCASIONAL PORTION OF THE GODLY . Seldom, indeed, is the good man reduced to such distress as that described in the text; yet it does occur; troubles do sometimes accumulate where they seem least deserved or least necessary. But... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

The psalm consists of three main portions: first, a complaint, prefaced by an appeal to God for aid (verses 1-11); secondly, a confident expression of an assured hope and trust in a speedy deliverance (verses 12-22); and thirdly, a contrast between human weakness and God's strength and unchangeableness, resulting in a conviction that, whatever becomes of the writer, the seed of Israel will be preserved and established before God forever (verses 23-28). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

Light arising in darkness. The authorship and therefore the date of this psalm cannot be certainly fixed, or whether it be a national or an individual utterance; probably it is the latter. The alternations of thought and feeling are very noteworthy. We have— I. EARNEST PRAYER . ( Psalms 102:1 , Psalms 102:2 .) There is an ascending scale, reaching to a climax. 1 . That the Lord would hear. "Hear, O Lord." 2 . For close access. "Let my cry come unto thee." Do not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:3-5

The depression attending bodily pain. The point of this pathetic complaint on which we just now dwell is given in Psalms 102:4 . "My heart is smitten, and withered like grass." There may be pain of body, and sorrow of circumstance, but these only become seriously distressing when they affect our minds, our spirits. "As the smitten flower no longer drinks in the dew, or draws up nutriment from the soil, so a heart parched with intense grief often refuses consolation for itself, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:4

My heart is smitten. As with a stroke from the sun (see Psalms 121:6 ; Hosea 9:16 ). And withered like grass. As grass upon the house tops ( Psalms 129:6 ), or, indeed, in any exposed place under an Eastern sun. So that I forget to eat my bread; literally, for I forget, etc. The fact is adduced as a proof of the heart's condition (comp. Job 33:20 ; 1 Samuel 1:7 ; 1 Samuel 20:34 , etc.). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:5

By reason of the voice of my groaning; i.e. "by reason of the affliction which causes my groaning." My bones cleave to my skin; literally, to my flesh, but the Authorized Version rightly expresses the meaning (comp. Job 19:20 ; Lamentations 4:8 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:6

I am like a pelican in the wilderness. The Hebrew word here rendered "pelican" is elsewhere in our version translated by "cormorant" (Le Psalms 11:7 ; Deuteronomy 14:17 ; Isaiah 34:11 ; Zephaniah 2:14 ); but it is now generally believed that the pelican is intended. The pelican is a bird which haunts marshy and desolate places. It abounds in the Lake Huleh in Northern Galilee. I am like an owl of the desert; or, "of the ruins." The owl haunts ruins in the East no less than in our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:6-7

The loneliness of the afflicted. Removed from the interests and activities of life, the bed ridden sufferer feels as if left alone; his very weakness and helplessness make him feel lonely; there must be long hours of the day when he is actually alone, and long, sleepless hours of the night when he seems all alone; and he must go altogether alone down into the "valley of the shadow." Here the psalmist uses as figures three birds which were regarded, in his day, as types of loneliness. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:7

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. Sparrows are very common in Palestine. Dr. Thomson says that he has often heard a sparrow which had lost its mate, uttering "by the hour" its sad lament, seated upon a housetop. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:7

As a sparrow alone. A sad, a not unseldom, and often a salutary, condition this. For the soul, when thus left alone of men, retreats into the sure sweet shelter of the love of God. We are apt to think we can do very well without that; when the smiles and favour of our fellow men rest upon us. But unquestionably it is a sad and painful condition, however it may be caused. I. SO , OFTEN , THE SOUL SEEMS TO BE . The world says it: "God hath forsaken him; persecute him and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:7

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