Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:4
4. (Compare :-). so that I forget—or, "have forgotten," that is, in my distress ( :-), and hence strength fails. read more
시편 102:4-7 Krv
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:5
5. voice . . . groaning—effect put for cause, my agony emaciates me. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 102:6
6, 7. The figures express extreme loneliness. 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 102:3-7
Several statements illustrate how the psalmist felt. He had lost many good days to suffering. His sorrow had made his bones ache; his emotional state was affecting his physical condition. He felt withered under the heat of his affliction. He had become so preoccupied that he would forget to eat. Consequently his stomach was growling and he was losing weight. He evidently felt very much alone, like a lonely pelican in the wilderness. He felt as isolated as an owl, and he could not sleep. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:3-11
2. Description of the affliction 102:3-11 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 102:4
(4) Smitten.—As by the sun. Exactly as in Hosea 9:16.So that I forget.—Better, for I have forgotten, &c. For this mark of deep sorrow comp. 1 Samuel 1:7; 1 Samuel 20:34, &c. (Comp. Homer, Iliad, xxiv. 129.) read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:5
(5) Skin.—See margin. In Lamentations 4:8, more correctly, “my skin cleaveth to my bones;” a picture of emaciation, the result of fasting. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 102:6
Psalms 102:6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness— There are two species of pelicans, one of which lives in the water, upon fish; the other in the wilderness, upon serpents and reptiles. By the owl of the desert, many understand the bittern; and by the bird which sits solitary on the house-top, the owl. Houbigant, instead of sparrow alone, reads, the solitary bird; and for pelican, onocrotalus. See Dr. Shaw's Travels, p. 427. Bochart's works, vol. 3: p. 272 and Watson's Animal World... read more