诗篇 102:8-11 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:1-11

The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a prayer of the afflicted. It was composed by one that was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church and for it; and on those that are of a public spirit afflictions of that kind lie heavier than any other. It is calculated for an afflicted state, and is intended for the use of others that may be in the like distress; for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written designedly for our use. The whole word of God is of use to direct... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:8

Mine enemies reproach me all the day ,.... For his principles and practices, being different from theirs; for his religion, and preciseness in it; for his faith and profession of it, and for his holy walk and conversation. Good men have their enemies, and always had; but then they are such who are also enemies to God and Christ, and true religion; and these, not content to reproach now and then, continually throw out their scoffs and jeers; which is not grateful, and is here mentioned as an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:9

For I have eaten ashes like bread ,.... He sitting in ashes, as Job did, and rolling himself in them in the manner of mourners; and, having no other table than the ground to eat his food upon, he might eat ashes along with it; and by an hypallage of the words, the sense may be, that he ate bread like ashes, no more savoured and relished it, or was nourished by it, than if he had eaten ashes; the meaning is, that he was fed with the bread of adversity, and water of affliction: and mingled... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:10

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath ,.... This was the burden of his complaint, what gave him the greatest uneasiness; not so much the reproach of his enemies, and his other outward afflictions, as the sense he had of God's wrath and indignation. The people of God are as deserving of his wrath as others; and when they are awakened to a sense of sin and danger, or the law enters into their consciences, it works wrath there, and leaves nothing but a fearful looking for of judgment and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:11

My days are like a shadow that declineth ,.... Or, "that is stretched out" F19 נטוי "inclinata", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Musculus, Cocceius; "extensa", Michaelis. , which, though it may appear long, is soon at an end; as it does appear longer when the sun sets F20 "Et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras", Virgil. Bacol. Eclog. 2. , and departs from the earth: he reckons his life not by months and years, but by days; and these he compares to a "shadow", which has no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:8

They that are mad against me are sworn against me - The Chaldeans are determined to destroy us; and they have bound themselves by oath to do it. See a similar case related Acts 23:12-14 , where a number of Jews had bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had slain Paul. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:9

I have eaten ashes like bread - Fearful of what they might do, we all humbled ourselves before thee, and sought thy protection; well knowing that, unless we were supernaturally assisted, we must all have perished; our enemies having sworn our destruction. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:10

For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down - Thou hast lifted me on high, that thou mightest dash me down with the greater force. We were exalted in thy favor beyond any people, and now thou hast made us the lowest and most abject of the children of men. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:11

My days are like a shadow that declineth - Or rather, My days decline like the shadow. I have passed my meridian, and the sun of my prosperity is about to set for ever. There may be here an allusion to the declination of the sun towards the south, which, by shortening their days, would greatly lengthen their nights. Similar to the exclamation of a contemporary prophet, Jeremiah 8:20 ; : "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." There is now scarcely any human hope... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:8

Verse 8 8.My enemies have reviled me daily The faithful, to excite the compassion of God towards them, tell him that they are not only objects of mockery to their enemies, but also that they swore by them. The indignity complained of is, that the ungodly so shamefully triumphed over God’s chosen people, as even to borrow from their calamities a form of swearing and imprecation. This was to regard the fate of the Jews as a signal pattern in uttering the language of imprecation. When, therefore,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:8

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