You can skip to local navigation, content or closing (global) navigation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 102

Chapter 102

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

A. M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) A Prayer. This psalm was evidently composed towards the close of the Babylonian captivity; and probably by the prophet Daniel

of

or, for. overwhelmed.

12:5 61:2 69:1,2 142:2,3 143:4 Lamentations 3:18-20 Mark 14:33,34 Luke 22:44 Hebrews 5:7

poureth

42:4 62:8 77:3 142:2 1 Samuel 1:15,16

Hear

5:2 55:1-5 57:1-3 130:1,2 41:1,2 143:7 145:19

let my

18:6 Exodus 2:23 Judges 10:16 1 Samuel 9:16 2 Chronicles 30:27 Lamentations 3:8,44

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.

Hide

13:1 27:9 69:17 88:14 104:29 143:7 Job 34:29 Isaiah 8:17 43:2 1 Corinthians 10:13

incline

71:2 88:2-18

in the day

22:19 40:13 70:1 Job 7:21 Isaiah 65:24 Acts 12:5-25

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

my days

37:20 119:83 James 4:14

like smoke

or, (as some read) into smoke. my bones.

22:14,15 31:10 38:3 Job 30:30 Lamentations 1:13 3:4

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

heart

6:2,3 42:6 55:4,5 69:20 77:3 143:3,4 Job 6:4 10:1 Lamentations 3:13,20 Matthew 26:37,38

withered

11 37:2 Isaiah 40:7

so that

9 1 Samuel 1:7,8 Ezra 10:6 Acts 9:9

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

the voice

6:6,8 32:3,4 38:8-10 Job 19:20 Proverbs 17:22 Lamentations 4:8

skin

or, flesh.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

like

Job 30:29,30 Isaiah 38:14 Micah 1:8

a pelican

Isaiah 34:11-15 Zephaniah 2:14 *marg:; Revelation 18:2

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

watch

22:2 77:4 130:6 Deuteronomy 28:66,67 Job 7:13-16 Mark 14:33-37

alone

38:11 Lamentations 3:28-30

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

Mine

31:11-13 55:3 69:9,10,20 89:51 Romans 15:3

mad

2:1 Luke 6:11 Acts 7:54 26:11

sworn

Acts 23:12-35

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

I Have

69:21 Isaiah 44:20 Lamentations 3:15,16 Micah 1:10 7:17

mingled

42:3 80:5 Job 3:24 Lamentations 3:48,49

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Because

38:3,18 39:11 90:7-9 Lamentations 1:18 3:39-42 5:16 Daniel 9:8-14 Romans 3:19

thou hast

30:6,7 73:18-20 147:6 1 Samuel 2:7,8 2 Chronicles 25:8 2 Corinthians 4:9

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

My days

3 39:5,6 109:23 144:4 Job 14:2 Ecclesiastes 6:12 James 4:14

I am withered

4 Isaiah 40:6-8 James 1:10 1 Peter 1:24

But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

thou

24-27 9:7 90:1,2 Deuteronomy 33:27 Isaiah 44:6 60:15 Lamentations 5:19 Hebrews 13:8 Revelation 1:17,18

thy remembrance

135:13 Exodus 3:15

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

Thou

7:6 44:26 51:18 69:35,36 Isaiah 14:32 60:1,10-14 Jeremiah 31:10-12,23 Zechariah 1:12,13 2:10-12

the set

Ezra 1:1-11 Isaiah 40:2 Daniel 9:2-27 12:9,12,13 Acts 1:7 Galatians 4:4 2 Peter 3:8,12 Revelation 11:15-18

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

79:1,7-10 137:5,6 Ezra 1:5 3:1-3 7:27 Nehemiah 1:3 2:3,17 4:2,6,10 Daniel 9:16

So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

67:2-4 68:31,32 72:11 86:9 138:4 1 Kings 8:43 Isaiah 55:5 60:3-22 Zechariah 8:20-23 Revelation 11:15 21:24

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

When

51:18 69:35 147:2 Isaiah 2:2,3 14:26 66:18 Jeremiah 31:4 33:7

he shall

97:6 Isaiah 60:1,2,7 61:3 Micah 2:9 Zechariah 2:6-13

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

He will

9:18 72:12 Deuteronomy 4:29 32:36 Nehemiah 1:6,11 2:1-8 Jeremiah 29:11-14 Daniel 9:3-21

not despise

22:24 69:23

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

This

71:18 78:4-6 Exodus 17:14 Deuteronomy 31:19-32 Job 19:23,24 Daniel 9:2 John 20:31 Romans 15:4 1 Corinthians 10:11 2 Timothy 3:16,17 2 Peter 1:15

the people

22:30,31 45:16,17 Isaiah 43:7,21 65:17-19 2 Corinthians 5:17,18 Ephesians 2:10 1 Peter 2:9,10

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

For he

14:2 33:13,14 Deuteronomy 26:15 1 Kings 8:39,43 2 Chronicles 16:9

the height

Job 22:12 Hebrews 8:1,2 9:23,24

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

To hear

79:11 146:7 Exodus 2:23-25 3:7 2 Kings 13:4,22,23 Job 24:12 Isaiah 14:17 Isaiah 61:1-3 Jeremiah 51:34,35 Zechariah 9:9-12

to loose

2 Chronicles 33:11-13 Jeremiah 51:32-34 Acts 12:6-11

those that are appointed to

Heb. the children of.

Ephesians 2:2,3

To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

9:13,14 22:22 51:14,15 79:13 Isaiah 51:11 Ephesians 2:4-7 3:21 1 Peter 2:9

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

72:8-11 Genesis 49:10 Isaiah 49:22,23 60:3-22 Hosea 1:9-11 Zechariah 8:20-23 Matthew 24:14 Romans 15:19

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

He weakened

Heb. He afflicted.

89:38-47 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12 1 Timothy 4:1-3 2 Timothy 3:1-17 Revelation 11:2-19 12:13-17

shortened

Job 21:21

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

I said

39:13 Isaiah 38:10-22

thy years

12 9:7 90:1,2 Habakkuk 1:12 Revelation 1:4,8

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Genesis 1:1 2:1 Exodus 20:11 Job 38:4-7 Proverbs 8:23-36 Jeremiah 32:17 Hebrews 1:10-12 3:3,4

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:

They shall

Isaiah 34:4 51:6 65:17 66:22 Luke 21:33 Romans 8:20 2 Peter 3:7-12 Revelation 20:11 21:1

endure

Heb. stand.

12 Exodus 3:14

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

thou art

Malachi 3:6 John 8:58 Hebrews 13:8 James 1:17 Revelation 1:8,17,18

years

90:4 Job 36:26

The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

The children

22:30,31 45:16,17 69:35,36 Isaiah 53:10 59:20,21 65:22 66:22

their seed

90:16,17