Psalm 102:19-21 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 102:19

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:20

To hear the groaning - By sin, all the inhabitants of the earth are miserable. They have broken the Divine laws, are under the arrest of judgment, and all cast into prison, They have been tried, found guilty, and appointed to die; they groan under their chains, are alarmed at the prospect of death, and implore mercy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:21

To declare the name of the Lord - To publish that Messenger of the Covenant in whom the name of the Lord is, that Messiah in whom the fullness of the Godhead dwelt; and to commence at Jerusalem, that the first offers of mercy might be made to the Jews, from whom the word of reconciliation was to go out to all the ends of the earth. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:19

Verse 19 19.For he hath looked down from the high place of his holiness Now the prophet contemplates the deliverance after which he breathes with anxious desire, as if it had been already accomplished. That the malignity of men might not attempt to obscure such a signal blessing of Heaven, he openly and in express terms claims for God his rightful praise; and the people were constrained in many ways to acknowledge therein the divine hand. Long before they were dragged into captivity, this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:20

Verse 20 20.To hear the groaning of the prisoner Here the prophet repeats once more what he had previously touched upon concerning prayer, in order again to stir up the hearts of the godly to engage in that exercise, and that after their deliverance they might know it to have been granted to their faith, because, depending on the divine promises, they had sent up their groanings to heaven. He calls them prisoners; for although they were not bound in fetters, their captivity resembled a most... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:21

Verse 21 21That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion Here is celebrated a still more ample and richer fruit of this deliverance than has been previously mentioned, which is, that the Jews would not only be united into one body to give thanks to God, but that, when brought back to their own country, they would also gather kings and nations into the same unity of faith, and into the same divine worship with themselves. At that time it was a thing altogether incredible, not only that the... read more

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:21

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