Psalm 102:17-22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:12-22

Many exceedingly great and precious comforts are here thought of, and mustered up, to balance the foregoing complaints; for unto the upright there arises light in the darkness, so that, though they are cast down, they are not in despair. It is bad with the psalmist himself, bad with the people of God; but he has many considerations to revive himself with. I. We are dying creatures, and our interests and comforts are dying, but God is an everliving everlasting God (Ps. 102:12): ?My days are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute ,.... Of the destitute of human help and support, protection and defence; as the church in the wilderness; of the "poor", as the Syriac and Arabic versions, both in spirit and in purse; of the "humble", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin: the word F3 הערער "eorum, qui sunt veluti myricae", Pagninus, Vatablus, Cocceius. signifies a low shrub or plant; it is rendered, the heath in the wilderness, Jeremiah 17:6 and designs the saints in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:18

This shall be written for the generation to come ,.... This prayer, as the Targum paraphrases it, is a directory to saints in distressed circumstances; or that which was just now said, that the Lord will regard, and not despise the prayer of the destitute; this shall stand on record, for the encouragement of praying souls in all generations; or this whole prophecy, concerning the glory of the church in the latter day; this shall be written for the next generation, and so on until it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:19

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary ,.... From heaven, as it is explained in the next clause, which is the Lord's sanctuary, or holy place, where he dwells, even in the height of it; it is both high and holy, as he himself is; yet he condescends to look down from thence on sinful mortals: from heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; the inhabitants of it, good and bad: it designs the general notice he takes of men and things in a providential way; he beholds the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:20

To hear the groanings of the prisoner ,.... Not of a single person only, but of many, who lie in prisons in Popish countries, especially in the Inquisition; where they lie and groan, in darkness and misery, under dreadful tortures; their cries and groans the Lord hears; his heart yearns towards them; he looks with pity on them; and, because of the sighing of these poor and needy ones, he will arise in due time, and set them in safety from him that puffs at them: it is true also of such who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:21

To declare the name of the Lord in Zion ,.... That is, that the prisoners and persons appointed to death, being loosed, might declare, in the church, what great things the Lord has done for them; and so speak well of his wisdom, power, grace, and goodness, in their deliverance; profess his name, and confess him before men, and express a value for his name, and show forth the honour of it, and seek his glory: and his praise in Jerusalem ; the Gospel church state, the same with Zion; when... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:22

When the people are gathered together ,.... When the people of the Jews shall be gathered together, and seek the Lord their God, and David their King, the Messiah, and appoint them one head, even Christ; and when the Gentiles shall gather together, in great numbers, to the church of God, Hosea 1:11 , and the kingdoms to serve the Lord ; even the kingdoms of this world, which will become his, and will serve him in righteousness and holiness, freely and cheerfully, with one shoulder and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:17

The prayer of the destitute - הערער haarar of him who is laid in utter ruin, who is entirely wasted. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:18

The people which shall be created - " The Gentiles, who shall be brought to the knowledge of salvation by Christ," as the Syriac states in its inscription to this Psalm: how often the conversion of the soul to God is represented as a new creation, no reader of the New Testament need be told. See Ephesians 2:10 ; Ephesians 4:24 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; Galatians 6:15 . Even the publication of the Gospel, and its influence among men, is represented under the notion of "creating a new... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:19

For he hath looked down - This, with the three following verses, seems to me to contain a glorious prophecy of the incarnation of Christ, and the gathering in of the Jews and the Gentiles to him. The Lord looks down from heaven, and sees the whole earth groaning and travailing in pain; his eye affects his heart, and he purposes their salvation. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:12-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:19

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