Psalm 102:23-24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:23-28

We may here observe, I. The imminent danger that the Jewish church was in of being quite extirpated and cut off by the captivity in Babylon (Ps. 102:23): He weakened my strength in the way. They were for many ages in the way to the performance of the great promise made to their fathers concerning the Messiah, longing as much for it as ever a traveller did to be at his journey's end. The legal institutions l 241c ed them in the way; but when the ten tribes were lost in Assyria, and the two... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:23

He weakened my strength in the way ,.... The psalmist here returns to his complaint of his afflictions, weakness, and frailty, which ended Psalm 102:11 , after which some hints are given of the latter day glory, which though he despaired of seeing, by reason of his frailty and mortality, yet comforts himself with the eternity and immutability of Christ, and that there would be a succession of the church, a seed of true believers, who would see and enjoy it: as for himself, he says that God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:24

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days ;.... Which was always reckoned as a judgment, as a token of God's sore displeasure, and as what only befell wicked men, Psalm 55:23 , in the Hebrew it is, "cause me not to ascend" F6 אל תעלני "ne ascendere facias me", Montanus, Gejerus. ; either as smoke, which ascends, and vanishes away; or rather it designs the separation of the soul from the body at death, when it ascends upwards to God that gave it; so Aben Ezra... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:23

He weakened my strength in the way - We are brought so low in our captivity by oppression, by every species of hard usage, and by death, that there is now no hope of our restoration by any efforts of our own. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:24

I said, O my God - This and the following verses seem to be the form of prayer which the captives used previously to their deliverance. Thy years are throughout all generations - This was a frequent argument used to induce God to hear prayer. We are frail and perishing; thou art everlasting: deliver us, and we will glorify thee. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:23

Verse 23 23.He hath afflicted my strength in the way Some improperly restrict this complaint to the time when the Jews were subjected to much annoyance after the liberty granted them to return to their own land. We are rather to understand the word journey or way in a metaphorical sense. As the manifestation of Christ was the goal of the race which God’s ancient people were running, they justly complain that they are afflicted and weakened in the midst of their course. (158) Thus they set... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:24

Verse 24 What then does the prophet mean when he prays, Let us not perish in the midst of our course? (160) The reason stated in the clause immediately following, Thy years are from generation to generation, seems to be quite inapplicable in the present case. Because God is everlasting, does it therefore follow that men will be everlasting too? But on Psalms 90:2, we have shown how we may with propriety bring forward his eternity, as a ground of confidence in reference to our salvation; for he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

The psalm consists of three main portions: first, a complaint, prefaced by an appeal to God for aid (verses 1-11); secondly, a confident expression of an assured hope and trust in a speedy deliverance (verses 12-22); and thirdly, a contrast between human weakness and God's strength and unchangeableness, resulting in a conviction that, whatever becomes of the writer, the seed of Israel will be preserved and established before God forever (verses 23-28). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

Light arising in darkness. The authorship and therefore the date of this psalm cannot be certainly fixed, or whether it be a national or an individual utterance; probably it is the latter. The alternations of thought and feeling are very noteworthy. We have— I. EARNEST PRAYER . ( Psalms 102:1 , Psalms 102:2 .) There is an ascending scale, reaching to a climax. 1 . That the Lord would hear. "Hear, O Lord." 2 . For close access. "Let my cry come unto thee." Do not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:12-27

Changing self; changing world; unchanging God. A very favourite contrast with psalmists and poets. I. A CONTRAST BASED ON A FACT . The fact is that man's life is changeable and brief. This is true of a man's bodily life, intellectual life, and life of relations. It is impressed on a man in his times of sickness, especially when sickness comes breaking into and breaking up his plans, as in the case of king Hezekiah. Here the psalmist puts the fact into two figures—the passing... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 102:23-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:12-27

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