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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 102:27

But Thou art the same, the eternal and changeless "I am," and Thy years shall have no end. Because Jehovah is the eternal Lord, therefore the psalmist concludes with a confident statement,

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See also Psalms 102:27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 102:27. _BUT THOU_ ART _THE SAME_] ואתה הוא _veattah HU, but_ _thou art HE_, that is, _The ETERNAL_; and, consequently, he who only has _immortality_. _THY YEARS SHALL HAVE NO END._] לא...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    OF OLD - See this passage fully explained in the notes at Hebrews 1:10. In the beginning; at the first. The phrase used here means literally “to the face;” then, “before” in the order of time. It mean...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE SAME: or He. Compare Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 671 THE ETERNITY AND IMMUTABILITY OF CHRIST Psalms 102:25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands: they shall perish, but thou shalt en...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -The generation to come shall praise the Lord for having loosed the groaning prisoners...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    102:27 Same, (g-5) Lit. 'Thou He,' a name of God, 'The existing One, who does not change.' see Deuteronomy 32:39 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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". ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 102:28]_ וְ אַתָּה ־ה֑וּא וּ֝ שְׁנֹותֶ֗יךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    From the apostle Paul's quotation of this glorious passage, Hebrews 1:10, etc. and his illustration of it, as there explained, it should seem very evident that these verses contain God the Father's an...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THOU ART THE SAME,.... That hast created them, as the Targum adds; or "thou art he" h, the everlasting I AM, the unchangeable Jehovah; immutable in his nature and perfections; in his love and affe...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ver. 27. _But thou art the same_] _Tu es tu_ (Arabic). Therefore immutable, because eternal, _ut nihil tibi possit accedere vel decidere,_...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But thou art the same._ &c. “Amidst the changes and chances of this mortal life,” says Dr. Horne, “one topic of consolation will ever remain, namely, the eternity and immutability of God our Saviour,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-28 Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but provide accordingly? We must own God's hand in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 102:27 years H8141 end H8552 (H8735) thou art - Malachi 3:6; John 8:58;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end._ THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD God is unchangeable in His essence, nature, and perfections. This unchangeableness of God was anciently represented b...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure._ A PERISHING WORLD AND AN IMMUTABLE GOD The great practical lesson which we are being daily taught is this, to withdraw our hearts from a changing and deca...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:25 The psalm finishes with words addressed to God, focusing on his everlasting being and purpose. Though the earth and heavens WILL PERISH and WILL ALL WEAR OUT LIKE A GARMENT...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17; Job 36:26; John 8:58; Malachi 3:6;...

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