Psalm 102:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:16-18

Psalms 102:16-18. When the Lord shall build up Zion They take it for granted it would be done, for God himself had undertaken it; he shall appear in his glory His glorious power, wisdom, and goodness shall be manifested to all the world. He will regard the prayer of the destitute That is, of his poor, forsaken, despised people in Babylon. And not despise their prayer That is, he will accept and answer it. This shall be written for the generation to come This wonderful deliverance... 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 102:18

the generation to come = a generation to come. Showing that all here is future. the = a. created: i.e. the new Israel (Psalms 22:31 .Isaiah 43:1-7 , Isaiah 43:18-21 ; Isaiah 66:8 ). This is the new nation referred to in Matthew 21:43 . THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 102:18

Psalms 102:18. And the people which shall be created, &c.— And the people to be born shall praise the Lord. Mudge; who reads the two next verses in a parenthesis.—Ver. 19. (When the Lord looketh out from the height of his holiness; from the heaven he beholdeth the earth.—Ver. 20. To hear, &c.)—Ver. 21. In order to record in Zion the name, &c. The words, this shall be written, seem to intend the particular case of this prayer of the prisoner; that it should be written for times to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:18

18. people . . . created—(compare Psalms 22:31), an organized body, as a Church. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:12-22

3. Confidence in Yahweh’s restoration 102:12-22 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:18-20

Confident of eventual restoration, the psalmist spoke of future generations praising God for His faithfulness. He pictured God attentively looking down from heaven and observing His enslaved people. The writer may have been describing conditions as they existed during the Babylonian exile. 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 102:18

(18) Written.—This is interesting as being the only place in the Psalms where the memory of great events is said to be preserved in writing. Oral tradition is mentioned in Psalms 22:30; Psalms 44:1; Psalms 78:2.Shall be created.—See Psalms 22:31, “a people that shall be born”—the coming generation (as the parallelism shows) for whom the world will be regenerated. read more

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