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Verse Psalms 102:13. _THOU SHALT ARISE_, AND _HAVE MERCY UPON ZION_]
While he is humbled at the footstool of mercy, and earnestly praying
for mercy, an answer of peace is given; he is assured, not on...
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THOU SHALT ARISE - Thou wilt come forth - as if God had been
inattentive or inactive.
AND HAVE MERCY UPON ZION - That is, Upon Jerusalem - represented as in
a state of desolation. God would at length...
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Psalms 102
Christ the King in His Humiliation
_ 1. In the place of humiliation and dependence (Psalms 102:1)_
2. His enemies (Psalms 102:8)
3. The set time for Zion ...
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CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents
of Psalms 102:1 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in
extreme affliction. The same may be said of Psalms 102:23 and...
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MERCY. compassion.
ZION. See App-68.
THE SET TIME. First, the end of the seventy years (Daniel 9:2.Nehemiah
2:17; Nehemiah 3:1); and second, the still future set time in God's
counsels. All this is p...
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DISCOURSE: 670
THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS
Psalms 102:13. _Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the
time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come: for thy servants take
pleasure in her st...
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YEA, THE SET TIME IS COME— The time fixed for the continuance of the
Babylonish captivity was 70 years. The _set,_ or _fixed time,_ here
seems to mean, the time appointed for the restoration of the pe...
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PSALMS 102
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Prayer of a Humbled One brings a Threefold Answer of Peace.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 102:1-11, A Humbled One's Complaint. Stanza II.,
Psalms 102:12-17
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My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like
grass.
-In contrast to his own frailty, the Psalmist finds that consolation
in God's abiding character which assures him that God wi...
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This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope
of Israel's restoration (Psalms 102:13). The Psalmist has been
supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it...
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FAVOUR] RV 'have pity upon.' So in Psalms 102:14. THE SET TIME] see
Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 61:2....
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Psalms 90:106
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
A YOUNG MAN WITH TROUBLE
PSALMS 102
Jesus said, "Do not let trouble stay in your mind. *Believe in God
and believe in me also". ...
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(13-16) The prospect (Isaiah 40:1) that the restoration of Jerusalem
will take place simultaneously with the coming of Jehovah in glory, is
here re-echoed from the prophet in a lyric form. “The set ti...
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_[Psalms 102:14]_ אַתָּ֣ה תָ֭קוּם תְּרַחֵ֣ם
צִיֹּ֑ון כִּי...
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Psalms 102:1
Psalms 102:13 show that the psalm was written when Zion was in ruins
and the time of her restoration at hand. Sadness shot with hope, as a
cloud with sunlight, is the singer's mood. The p...
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THE TIME TO HAVE MERCY UPON ZION
Psalms 102:12
We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words
of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10. This gives
new point to t...
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This is a song of faith triumphing over affliction. Beginning with a
prayer for deliverance, and a statement of the circumstances of
suffering in which he then was, together with a recognition of thos...
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Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour
her, yea, the (k) set time, is come.
(k) That is, the seventy years which by the prophet Jeremiah you
appointed, (Jeremiah 29:12)....
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Still prosecuting the subject of this most blessed psalm, with
reference to our adorable and glorious Mediator, may we not accept the
several expressions here, as spoken by Christ, in his capacity of...
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13._Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion_. We have here the
conclusion drawn from the truth stated in the preceding verse — God
is eternal, and therefore he will have compassion upon Zion. God’s...
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Psalms 102 is one of the most, perhaps the most, remarkable of all the
psalms, and presents Christ in a way divinely admirable. Verse 10
(Psalms 102:10) gives the occasion of the cry with which the ps...
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THOU SHALT ARISE, AND HAVE MERCY ON ZION,.... Exert his power, and
display the riches of his grace and mercy; not by delivering the Jews
from the Babylonish captivity, to which some restrain it; but b...
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Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour
her, yea, the set time, is come.
Ver. 13. _Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion_] This he speaketh
with as much confidence as...
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_Thou shalt have mercy upon Zion_ Upon Jerusalem, or thy church and
people; _for the set time is come_ The end of those seventy years
which was the time fixed for the continuing of the Babylonish
capt...
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12-22 We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the
protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be
neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and
deadne...
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UPON ZION; upon Jerusalem, or thy church and people. THE SET TIME; the
end of those seventy years which thou hast fixed; of which see
JEREMIAH 25:12, JEREMIAH 29:10 DANIEL 9:2....
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Psalms 102:13 arise H6965 (H8799) mercy H7355 (H8762) Zion H6726 time
H6256 favor H2603 (H8800) time...
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Psalms 102:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline
thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily._...
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Kindly notice the title of this Psalm: «Prayer of the afflicted, when
he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.» I
call your attention to it in order to remind you what charges...
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CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaint of great afflictions and a believing
prospect of deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: The greatest ease to an afflicted spirit is to unburden
itself by a...
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It appears from Psalms 102:13, that this psalm was written in Babylon,
and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic
of the greater deliverance by the Messiah, whose law should...
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_Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee._
THOUGHTS OF COMFORT AND COMPLAINT
I. Thoughts of complaint (Psalms 102:1).
1. Concerning bodily sufferings.
(1) The physical anguish of lif...
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_Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour
her, yea, the set time, is come._
A REVIVAL OF THE CHURCH, AND SYMPTOMS WHICH PRECEDE IT
I. There is a favourable time to promote...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:1. The title, “A Prayer of one
afflicted,” makes it clear that this is an individual lament. At the
same time, it is certainly not individualistic: the “I” who sings
thi...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:12 The enduring reign of God (ENTHRONED
FOREVER, REMEMBERED THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS) brings about the
ultimate success of his saving purposes in the world (v....
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INTRODUCTION
It is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm
was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a
composition of David. But from internal evidence, espec...
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EXPOSITION
THE "title" of this psalm is altogether peculiar, being "a Prayer for
the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint before
Jehovah." This is clearly a general direction for the...
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In Psalms 102:1-28, David begins with a prayer asking God to hear his
prayer.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy
face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline...
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2 Peter 3:12; 2 Peter 3:8; Acts 1:7; Daniel 12:12; Daniel 12:13;...
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The set time — The end of those seventy years which thou hast fixed....