Salmos 102:1-3 NVIPT

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 102:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord ,.... The prayer of a poor, destitute, and afflicted one; his own, and not another's; not what was composed for him, but composed by him; which came out of his own heart, and out of unfeigned lips, and expressed under a feeling sense of his own wants and troubles; and though dictated and inwrought in his heart by the Spirit of God, yet, being put up by him in faith and fervency, it is called his own, and which he desires might be heard: and let my cry come unto thee... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:2

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble ,.... Thy Shechinah, as the Targum: when God hides his face at any time from his people, it is a trouble to them, and very grievous; but especially when they are in any other trouble besides; it is very afflicting, indeed, when to their outward trouble this is added, which was Job's case, Job 23:1 , incline thine ear unto me; condescend, in great grace and goodness, to stoop and bow thine ear, and listen to the voice of my... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:3

For my days are consumed like smoke ,.... Which suddenly rises up, is easily dissipated, and quickly disappears; so sudden, short, and transient, are the days of man's life; see James 4:14 or "in smoke" F3 בעשן "in fumo", Montanus. , as the Syriac version; his days were spent in great obscurity, in the darkness of affliction, temptation, and desertion; and in so much vexation, trouble, and uneasiness, as if he had lived in smoke all his time: and my bones are burnt as an hearth ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1

Hear my prayer - The chief parts of the Psalm answer well to the title: it is the language of the deepest distress, and well directed to Him from whom alone help can come. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:3

My days are consumed like smoke - He represents himself (for the psalmist speaks in the name of the people) under the notion of a pile of combustible matter, placed upon a fire, which soon consumes it; part flying away in smoke, and the residue lying on the hearth in the form of charred coal and ashes. The Chaldeans were the fire, and the captive Jews the fuel, thus converted into smoke and ashes. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1

Verse 1 1O Jehovah! hear my prayer This earnestness shows, again, that these words were not dictated to be pronounced by the careless and light-hearted, which could not have been done without grossly insulting God. In speaking thus, the captive Jews bear testimony to the severe and excruciating distress which they endured, and to the ardent desire to obtain some alleviation with which they were inflamed. No person could utter these words with the mouth without profaning the name of God, unless... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:2

Verse 2 2Hide not thy face from me in the day of my affliction The prayer, that God would not hide his face, is far from being superfluous. As the people had been languishing in captivity for the space of nearly seventy years, it might seem that God had for ever turned away his favor from them. But they are, notwithstanding, commanded, in their extreme affliction, to have recourse to prayer as their only remedy. They affirm that they cry in the day of their affliction, not as hypocrites are... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:3

Verse 3 3For my days are consumed like smoke These expressions are hyperbolical, but still they show how deeply the desolation of the Church ought to wound the hearts of the people of God. Let every man, therefore, carefully examine himself on this head. If we do not prefer the Church to all the other objects of our solicitude, we are unworthy of being accounted among her members. Whenever we meet with such forms of expression as these, let us remember that they reproach our slothfulness in not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee (comp. Psalms 27:7 ; Psalms 39:12 ; Psalms 54:2 ; Psalms 55:1 , etc.). "Stereotyped expressions," but the fittest to express a sufferer's urgent need. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 102:1

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