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Verse Psalms 102:7. _AS A SPARROW ALONE_] צפור _tsippor_, seems to
be often used for any small bird, such as the _swallow, sparrow_, or
the like. _Bochart_ supposes the _screech owl_ is intended....
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I WATCH, AND AM AS A SPARROW ALONE UPON THE HOUSE-TOP - That is, I am
“sleepless;” trouble drives sleep from my eyes, and I am kept
awake at night - a common effect of grief. The following remarks,
co...
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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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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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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
I WATCH - (.) AND AM A SPARROW ALONE UPON THE HOUSE-TOP - like the
little bird sitting all alone, having lost its mate and its young, and
utt...
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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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I WATCH — _i.e., am sleepless,_
SPARROW. — See Note, Psalms 84:3. Here render, _like a lonely bird._
Some MSS. read, “a wandering bird.”...
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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 CRY OF THE AFFLICTED
Psalms 102:1
This is the fifth of the Penitential Psalms. Some hold that it is one
of the later psalms, asking for deliverance from captivity; others,
emphasizing certain Dav...
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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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I make no chasm in the reading of these verses, because they form
together a complete detail of the state of the sufferer, and serve the
better, in an united point of view, to interest our hearts in t...
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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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I WATCH,.... Night after night, and take no sleep; cannot get any by
reason of thoughtfulness, care, and trouble:
AND AM AS A SPARROW ALONE UPON THE HOUSETOP; or, "as a bird" o; for
there is no neces...
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I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Ver. 7. _I watch_] I can as little sleep as eat, Psalms 102:4. That
nurse of nature, and sweet parenthesis of men's griefs and cares,
sleep, dep...
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Psa. 40:6-8. "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears
hast thou opened (or bored): burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou
not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the...
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_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 sw...
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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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I watch, passing the night in sleeplessness, AND AM AS A SPARROW, a
small and despised bird, ALONE UPON THE HOUSETOP, the figures
expressing extreme loneliness....
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1-11 The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but
here, is often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our
mouths. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the afflicted; let them...
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_ A sparrow which hath lost its mate_, and then is very sad and
solitary, as some report; although that be uncertain and improbable.
But this Hebrew word doth not only signify a sparrow, but in genera...
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Psalms 102:7 awake H8245 (H8804) sparrow H6833 alone H909 (H8802)
housetop H1406
watch - Psalms
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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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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 102:3 The singer focuses on his sense of
discouragement: BONES BURN, HEART IS STRUCK DOWN, FORGET TO EAT MY
BREAD, loud groaning
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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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Deuteronomy 28:66; Deuteronomy 28:67; Job 7:13; Lamentations 3:28;...