Introduction
The complaint and miserable state of the poor captives, Psalm 102:1-11 ; the expectation of deliverance, Psalm 102:12-14 ; the conversion of the heathen, Psalm 102:15-18 ; the termination of the captivity, Psalm 102:19-22 ; the great frailty of man, Psalm 102:23 , Psalm 102:24 ; the unchangeableness of God, Psalm 102:25-27 ; the permanence of the Church, Psalm 102:28 .
The Hebrew, and nearly all the Versions, give the following title to this Psalm: A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his sighing before the Lord. There seems to be little doubt that this is the prayer of the captives in Babylon, when, towards the end of the captivity, they were almost worn out with oppression, cruelty, and distress. The Psalm has been attributed to Daniel, to Jeremiah, to Nehemiah, or to some of the other prophets who flourished during the time of the captivity. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews has applied the twenty-fifth, twenty sixth, and twenty seventh verses to our Lord, and the perpetuity of his kingdom.
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