Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:8
Psalms 102:8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day This my misery hath exposed me to the scorn of mine enemies, who do nothing but upbraid me with my calamities. And they that are mad against me Or, my slanderers, as Dr. Waterland renders, מהוללי , moholalai, are sworn against me, Or, they swear by me. They make use of my name and misery, in their forms of swearing and imprecation; for when they would express their malicious and mischievous intentions against any one, they swear... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 102:4-7
Psalms 102:4-7. My heart is withered like grass Which is smitten and withered by the heat of the sun, either while it stands, or after it is cut down. So that I forget to eat my bread Because my mind is wholly swallowed up with the contemplation of my own miseries. My bones cleave to my skin My flesh being quite consumed with excessive sorrow. I am like a pelican in the wilderness “There are two species of pelicans, one of which lives in the water on fish, the other in the... read more