Psalm 102:11 NLT,NIV,ESV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 102:11

My days; my hopes, and comforts, and happiness; days being oft put for happy days, or a happy state, as Psalms 37:18; Lamentations 5:21, as elsewhere they are put more generally for the events which happen in those days; in both which cases it is a metonymy of the adjunct. That declineth; or, that is extended or stretched out to its utmost length, as it is when the sun is setting, when it speedily and totally vanisheth. And just so the hopes of our restitution, which sometimes we have, are... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

INTRODUCTIONIt is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a composition of David. But from internal evidence, especially in Psalms 102:13-22, we should conclude that it was written during the Babylonian exile, and probably near its close, when the faithful were animated by hopes of returning shortly to their own land. It has been attributed to Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and others of the prophets of the period... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

Psalms 102:1-28 In Psalms 102:1-28 , David begins with a prayer asking God to hear his prayer.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily ( Psalms 102:1-2 ).How impatient we are with God, and yet, how important it is to us that God is patient with us. Yet it seems that whenever I pray I want speedy answers from God. I, again, I can identify with David. I want... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:1-28

It appears from Psalms 102:13-16, that this psalm was written in Babylon, and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic of the greater deliverance by the Messiah, whose law should be published out of Zion, and the gentiles be converted to the Lord. It was probably written by Daniel, or Nehemiah. The title seems to have been prefixed by the author of the psalm, for it is copied by the Versions as it stands in the Hebrew. “A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 102:1-28

Psalms 102:1-28Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee.Thoughts of comfort and complaintI. Thoughts of complaint (Psalms 102:1-11).1. Concerning bodily sufferings.(1) The physical anguish of life (verse 3).(2) The terrible brevity of life (verse 11).2. Concerning mental sufferings. “I am in trouble.” “My heart is smitten,” etc. His mental anguish destroyed his appetite for food, made his bones “cleave” to his “skin,” and to mingle his drink with tears. Such is the connection... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:11

Psa 102:11 My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. Ver. 11. My days are like a shadow that declineth ] As at sunset the shadows are at longest, but not longlasting. And I am withered like grass ] Mown down, and laid a drying. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 102:11

My days: Psalms 102:3, Psalms 39:5, Psalms 39:6, Psalms 109:23, Psalms 144:4, Job 14:2, Ecclesiastes 6:12, James 4:14 I am withered: Psalms 102:4, Isaiah 40:6-Ruth :, James 1:10, 1 Peter 1:24 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 19:26 - they were 1 Chronicles 29:15 - our days Job 7:6 - swifter Job 8:9 - we are but Job 19:10 - I am gone Psalms 39:11 - his beauty Isaiah 38:12 - is removed Lamentations 4:8 - their skin read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:11

11. Shadow that declineth Which lengthens and darkens till it loses itself in night. Withered like grass See on Psalms 102:4 read more