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Verse Psalms 102:19. _FOR HE HATH LOOKED DOWN_] This, with the three
following verses, seems to me to contain a glorious prophecy of the
incarnation of Christ, and the gathering in of the Jews and the...
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FOR HE HATH LOOKED DOWN FROM THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY - From his
high and holy dwelling-place, in heaven. The word here rendered
“looked down,” means, in Kal, to lay upon or over; then, in
Niphil,...
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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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THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY. His holy height....
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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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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...
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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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HIS SANCTUARY] heaven, as the parallelism shows....
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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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_[Psalms 102:20]_ כִּֽי ־הִ֭שְׁקִיף מִ
מְּרֹ֣ום קָדְשֹׁ֑ו...
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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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_All. When Christ shall sit in judgment, (Berthier) and the wicked be
suffered no longer to disturb the order of things, and the joy of the
elect. (Haydock)_...
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How truly lovely is it to observe, through every part of Scripture,
the confirmation of the everlasting love, and unchangeable purposes of
Jehovah, concerning redemption! It was this tender look of Go...
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19._For he hath looked down from the high place of his holiness _Now
the prophet contemplates the deliverance after which he breathes with
anxious desire, as if it had been already accomplished. That...
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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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FOR HE HATH LOOKED DOWN FROM THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY,.... From
heaven, as it is explained in the next clause, which is the Lord's
sanctuary, or holy place, where he dwells, even in the height of i...
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For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven
did the LORD behold the earth;
Ver. 19. _For he hath looked down from the height, &c._] This is no
small condescension, since he...
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_For he hath looked down_ Namely, upon us, and not as an idle
spectator, but with an eye of pity and relief; _from the height of his
sanctuary_ From his higher or upper sanctuary, namely, heaven, as t...
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For He hath looked down, in an act of wonderful condescension, FROM
THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY; FROM HEAVEN DID THE LORD BEHOLD THE
EARTH, observing closely the difficulties of His people,...
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COMPLAINT OF ONE IN GREAT TROUBLE.
A prayer of the afflicted, one in great misery and distress, when he
is overwhelmed, Psalms 61:2, and poureth out his complaint, as from an
inverted vessel, in a fu...
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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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HE HATH LOOKED DOWN, to wit, upon us, not like an idle spectator, but
with an eye of pity and relief, as the next verse declares. FROM THE
HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY; from his higher or upper sanctuary,...
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Psalms 102:19 down H8259 (H8689) height H4791 sanctuary H6944 heaven
H8064 LORD H3068 viewed H5027 (H8689) earth
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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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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 102:18 The days of Zion’s glory lie in the
future, in the time of A GENERATION TO COME. They will need this
record of God’s promises and faithfulness to his people of all eras.
Th...
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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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Looked — From heaven....