诗篇 102:8-11 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:11

My days are like a shadow that declineth ; literally, that lengthens, as shadows do when the day declines (comp. Psalms 102:24 ). The psalmist, like his nation, is old before his time; the shades of evening have come upon him, when he should have been in his midday brightness. And I am withered like grass (comp. Psalms 102:4 ). The "I" here is emphatic ( אני )—not only is the psalmist's heart withered, but he himself is altogether scorched and dried up. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:8

Mine enemies reproach me all the day - Continually. They reproach me as one of thy people; or, I bear reproaches in common with others, and it becomes to me a personal matter, so entirely are my feelings and interests identified with those of thy people. Perhaps there were also, mingled with this, personal reproaches and calumnies.And they that are mad against me - Angry; excited even to madness.Are sworn against me - literally, “swear by me,” or against me. The meaning is, that they have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:9

For I have eaten ashes like bread - I have seated myself in ashes in my grief (compare Job 2:8; Job 42:6; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jonah 3:6; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 11:21); and ashes have become, as it were, my food. The ashes in which he sat had been mingled with his food.And mingled my drink with weeping - Tears have fallen into the cup from which I drank, and have become a part of my drink. The idea is, that he had shed copious tears; and that even when he took his food, there was no respite... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:10

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath - Hebrew, “From the face of thine indignation,” etc. That is - he regarded all his sufferings as proof of the indignation and wrath of God against him. See Psalms 90:7-9.For thou hast lifted me up - In former times. Thou hadst given me prosperity; thou hadst given me an elevated and honorable place among men.And cast me down - Thou hast brought me into a low condition, and I feel it all the more from the fact that I had enjoyed prosperity. Compare the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:11

My days are like a shadow that declineth - The shadow made by the gnomon on a sun-dial, which marks the hours as they pass. See 2 Kings 20:10. The idea is that the shadow made by the descending sun was about to disappear altogether. It had become less distinct and clear, and it would soon vanish. It would seem from this, that the dial was so made that the shadow indicating the hour ascended when the sun ascended, and declined when the sun went down. See the notes at Isaiah 38:8.And I am... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:8

Psalms 102:8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day This my misery hath exposed me to the scorn of mine enemies, who do nothing but upbraid me with my calamities. And they that are mad against me Or, my slanderers, as Dr. Waterland renders, מהוללי , moholalai, are sworn against me, Or, they swear by me. They make use of my name and misery, in their forms of swearing and imprecation; for when they would express their malicious and mischievous intentions against any one, they swear... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:9-10

Psalms 102:9-10. I have eaten ashes like bread That is, instead of eating my bread, I have laid down in dust and ashes. Or, dust and ashes are as constant and familiar to me as the eating of my bread; I cover my head with them; I sit, yea, lie down among them, as mourners often did, by which means the ashes might easily be mingled with their meat as tears were with their drink, as mentioned in the next clause. And mingled my drink, &c. He alludes to the custom of mingling their wine... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:11-12

Psalms 102:11-12. My days are like a shadow Which “never continueth in one stay, but is still gliding imperceptibly on, lengthening as it goes, and at last vanisheth into darkness. The period of its existence is limited to a day at farthest. The rising sun gives it birth, and in the moment when the sun sets it is no more.” Horne. And just so, the psalmist intimates, the hopes which they had sometimes entertained of a restitution were quickly cut off and disappointed. But thou shalt endure... 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 102:8

are sworn against me = are sworn [together] against me; as in Acts 23:12-21 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:9-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:11-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 102:8

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