Psalm 102:1-150:6 ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:1-3

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 calculated for an afflicted state, and intended for the use of others that maybe in similar distress. It is the fifth of those Psalms styled Penitential. Psalms 102:3. My days are consumed like smoke Which passeth away in obscurity, and swiftly, and irrecoverably. Hebrew, בעשׁן , into, or, in smoke. As wood, or any combustible matter... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

Psalms 102:0 The changeless GodJerusalem is in ruins, God’s people are in captivity, and a weary sufferer pours out his complaint to God (see heading to the psalm; also v. 13-17). The opening part of the prayer describes the psalmist’s afflictions in a style similar to that of many psalms in the early part of the book. The writer is ill and dying, partly because he is unable to eat (1-5). He is lonely and cannot sleep (6-7). He is persecuted by his enemies and feels he has been deserted by God... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 102:1

Title. A Prayer, &c. This refers to Messiah ' s humiliation. before. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2 ). LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . face. See note on "presence" (Psalms 95:2 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 102:1

PSALM 102AN AFFLICTED ONE PRAYS FOR HIMSELF AND FOR ZIONThe Superscription here has this very interesting little paragraph:A PRAYER OF AN AFFLICTED ONE; WHEN HE IS OVERWHELMED; AND POURETH OUT HIS COMPLAINT BEFORE JEHOVAH.As Kidner noted, "This psalm has been miscalled a Penitential Psalm"[1] for ages, but there is no confession of sin anywhere in it. Kidner was also willing to label the whole psalm Messianic; and, without any doubt whatever, Psalms 102:23-28 certainly fall into that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 102:1

Psalms 102:0. The Prophet in his prayer maketh a grievous complaint: he taketh comfort in the eternity and mercy of God. The mercies of God are to be recorded: he sustaineth his weakness by the unchangeableness of God. A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Title. לעני תפלה tehillah leaani.] This prayer of the afflicted was probably written by Nehemiah in the time of the captivity (see Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 1:11.) for the use of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:1

1-3. The terms used occur in Psalms 4:1; Psalms 17:1; Psalms 17:6; Psalms 18:6; Psalms 31:2; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 37:20. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:1-2

1. Request for a quick answer 102:1-2The writer felt a desperate need for the Lord’s immediate intervention in his painful situation. His words reveal the intensity of his pain. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:1-28

Psalms 102Another anonymous writer poured out his personal lament to Yahweh (cf. Psalms 22, 69, 79). He felt overwhelmed due to an enemy’s reproach. He called out for help from the God he knew would not forsake him. This is another penitential psalm as well as a personal lament (cf. Psalms 6; Psalms 32; Psalms 38; Psalms 51; Psalms 103; Psalms 143). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1-28

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 by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it is more probable that he describes his personal distress, though this was caused by the captivity and humiliation of his people. In Psalms 102:14 he speaks of his fellow-countrymen in the plural, and his shrinking from premature death (Psalms 102:11, Psalms 102:23-24) breathes a distinctly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:1

(1) Prayer.—Like love and all emotion, prayer has its own language, and this assumes here the forms of expression that meet us in other psalms. (See, e.g., in addition to the reference in margin, Psalms 31:2; Psalms 39:12; Psalms 56:9; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 143:7.) read more