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Verse Psalms 102:26. _THEY SHALL PERISH_] Nothing can be eternal _a
parte_ _ante_, or _a parte post_, but thyself. Even that which thou
hast created, because not necessarily _eternal_, must be perish...
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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...
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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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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...
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AS A VESTURE SHALT THOU CHANGE THEM— This refers to changes of
raiment. God should invest himself with new heavens, as a man would
change his garment. This passage is quoted by the author of the
Epist...
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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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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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PERISH. — Compared with man, the victim of incessant change and
visible decay, the fixed earth and the uplifted mountains are often
employed as symbols of endurance and perpetuity, but compared with
G...
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_[Psalms 102:27]_ הֵ֤מָּה ׀ יֹאבֵדוּ֮ וְ
אַתָּ֪ה תַ֫עֲמֹ֥ד...
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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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(r) They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall
wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they
shall be changed:
(r) If heaven and earth perish, much more...
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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...
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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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THEY SHALL PERISH,.... Both the heavens and the earth, though so well
founded, and so firmly made; they shall be dissolved, melt, and pass
away; not as to the substance, but as to the quality of them:...
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They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax
old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they
shall be changed:
Ver. 26. _They shall perish_] _i.e._ They shal...
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_They shall perish_ Either as to the substance of them, which shall be
annihilated, or as to their present form, fashion, and use, which
shall be entirely changed: see the margin. The heavens and the...
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They shall perish, namely, in connection with the great change which
would take place on the Last Day, BUT THOU SHALT ENDURE, being
established and changeless in the midst of the overthrow of the
univ...
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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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ENDURE:
_ Heb._ stand...
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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...
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THEY SHALL PERISH; either,
1. As to the substance of them, which shall be annihilated. Or,
2. As to their present nature and use: see ISAIAH 65:17, ISAIAH 66:22
2 PETER 3:7,10,11. The heavens and t
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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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_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...
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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 102:25 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...
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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 3:7; Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 34:4; Isaiah 51:6; Isaiah 65:17;...
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Perish — As to their present nature and use....