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Verse Psalms 102:20. _TO HEAR THE GROANING_] By sin, all the
inhabitants of the earth are _miserable_. They have broken the Divine
laws, are under the arrest of judgment, and all cast into _prison_.
T...
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TO HEAR THE GROANING OF THE PRISONER - Meaning here, probably, the
captives in Babylon; those who were held as prisoners there, and who
were subjected to such hardships in their long captivity. See th...
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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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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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102:20 die; (e-15) Lit. 'the sons of death.'...
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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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Comp. Isaiah 61:1, and generally the whole magnificent cycle of
prophetic songs at the close of Isaiah.
APPOINTED TO DEATH. — See margin. LXX. and Vulg., “the sons of the
slain.”...
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_[Psalms 102:21]_ לִ֭ שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת
אָסִ֑יר לְ֝...
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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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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are (o)
appointed to death;
(o) Who now in their banishment could look for nothing but death....
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_His angels. You who have executed the orders of God for our delivery,
help us to return him thanks. (Calmet) --- Hearkening. Literally, "to
hear," (Haydock) or that all may learn to obey God's mandat...
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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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20._To hear the groaning of the prisoner _Here the prophet repeats
once more what he had previously touched upon concerning prayer, in
order again to stir up the hearts of the godly to engage in 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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TO HEAR THE GROANINGS OF THE PRISONER,.... Not of a single person
only, but of many, who lie in prisons in Popish countries, especially
in the Inquisition; where they lie and groan, in darkness and mi...
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To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are
appointed to death;
Ver. 20. _To hear the groaning of the prisoner_] Those prisoners of
hope held so long captive in Babylon, the cruelty...
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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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to hear the groaning of the prisoner, the exiles of Judah serving to
typify the spiritually afflicted in the Church at all times; TO LOOSE
THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DEATH, by reason of bonds and cap...
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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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THOSE THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DEATH:
_ Heb._ the children of death...
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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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To release his poor captives out of Babylon, and, which is more, from
the chains and fetters of sin and Satan, and from eternal destruction....
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Psalms 102:20 hear H8085 (H8800) groaning H603 prisoner H615 release
H6605 (H8763) appointed H1121 death H8546...
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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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2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Kings 13:22; 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 13:4;...
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To loose — To release his poor captives out of Babylon, and from the
chains of sin and eternal destruction....