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Verse Psalms 102:14. _THY SERVANTS TAKE PLEASURE IN HER STONES_]
Though Jerusalem was at this time in a heap of ruins, yet even her
rubbish was sacred in the eyes of the pious; for this had been _the_...
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FOR THY SERVANTS TAKE PLEASURE IN HER STONES - Those who profess to be
thy servants; thy friends. This was the “evidence” to the mind of
the psalmist that God was about to visit his people, and to reb...
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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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STONES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for the
restored buildings....
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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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FOR THY SERVANTS TAKE PLEASURE, &C.— _Thy servants also bear an
affection to her ruins, and commiserate her dust:_ Green; in
conformity to the version of the Liturgy of the church of England, as
well...
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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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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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STONES... DUST. — This touching description of the devotion of the
Jews to their ruined city is best illustrated by the actual history in
Nehemiah 3:4, and by the scenes so often described by travelle...
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_[Psalms 102:15]_ כִּֽי ־רָצ֣וּ עֲ֭בָדֶיךָ
אֶת ־אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ...
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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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For thy servants take pleasure in her (l) stones, and favour the dust
thereof.
(l) The more the Church is in misery and desolation, the more the
faithful should love and pity it....
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_He remembereth. Roman Septuagint and psalter, &c., "Remember." Other
copies agree with us. (Calmet) --- God compassionates the frailty of
those who fear him. Origen falsely inferred from ver. 9., tha...
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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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14._For thy servants take pleasure in her stones _To restrict this to
Cyrus and Darius is altogether unsuitable. It is not at all wonderful
to find the Jewish doctors hunting, with excessive eagerness...
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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 THY SERVANTS TAKE PLEASURE IN HER STONES,.... Meaning not Cyrus
and Darius, who gave leave and orders for the rebuilding of the city
and temple of Jerusalem, as some; nor Nehemiah, and Ezra, and o...
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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 a...
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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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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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For Thy servants, the believers of all times, TAKE PLEASURE IN HER
STONES, all of them being filled with fervent love for the Church, AND
FAVOR THE DUST THEREOF, their loving desire clinging to the ve...
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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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Thy people value the dust and rubbish of the holy city more than all
the palaces of the earth, and passionately desire that it may be
rebuilt....
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Psalms 102:14 servants H5650 pleasure H7521 (H8804) stones H68 favor
H2603 (H8779) dust H6083...
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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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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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_For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust
thereof._
THE SECRET OF THE STONES
Stones and dust! Stones that have fallen out of place and lie
scattered on the ground; dust that...
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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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Daniel 9:16; Ezra 1:5; Ezra 3:1; Ezra 7:27; Nehemiah 1:3;...