Psalms 102:14

Psa 102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

Ver. 14. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones ] They pity her, and wish her welfare; much more then dost thou. He argueth from that sweet, tender, melting frame of spirit that was found in the faithful, which is but a reflex of that far sweeter that is in God.

And favour the dust thereof ] The ruins and the rubbish, heartily desiring and expecting a re-edification and restoration, whereof they had a sweet promise, Amos 9:9 , and for the spiritual temple to be built of Jews and Gentiles, they had many more. See all that followeth.