Psalm 102:19-26 NIV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:21-22

The psalmist looked forward to a gathering again in Zion. This took place to a limited extent after the exile, but it will occur on a worldwide scale in the Millennium. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:23-28

4. Hope in God’s ceaseless existence 102:23-28It seemed as though God was killing the psalmist prematurely. He prayed for a continuation of his life. This request led him to reflect further on the duration of God’s existence. To picture God’s ceaseless continuance, he referred to the creation (Genesis 1) and then the consummation of the present heavens and earth (Revelation 21:1; cf. 2 Peter 3:10). His point was that God will outlast His creation. Really God is eternal, having no beginning or... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1-28

This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope of Israel’s restoration (Psalms 102:13-22). The Psalmist has been supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it is more probable that he describes his personal distress, though this was caused by the captivity and humiliation of his people. In Psalms 102:14 he speaks of his fellow-countrymen in the plural, and his shrinking from premature death (Psalms 102:11, Psalms 102:23-24) breathes a distinctly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:20-21

(20, 21) Comp. Isaiah 61:1-2, 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.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:23

(23) In the way—i.e., in the course of life. Others render, “by reason of the way,” but the meaning is the same. The clause is exactly parallel to “shortened my days.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:24

(24) Take me not away.—The fear of not living to see the restoration of his race prompts the psalmist to this prayer to the God whose years are not, like man’s, for one generation, but endure from age to age. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:25

(25) Comp. Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 48:13. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:26

(26) 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 God’s eternal existence, they are but like a vesture that wears out. The source of the image is Isaiah 51:6. (Comp. Isaiah 34:4.) For the use made of the passage in Hebrews 1:10; Hebrews 1:12, see New Testament Commentary. The terms employed for “garment” and “vesture” (beged, lebûsh) are... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 102:1-28

An Unfinished Life Psalms 102:24 I. The inscription of this Psalm is unique. It describes the inner subject of the Psalm and makes a very beautiful heading. A prayer of the afflicted when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. The afflictions are those of the nation and of the Psalmist himself, who added to his own sorrows the sorrow of his people. The elegy moves with mournful strain as he describes the bitterness of his pain. He has eaten ashes like bread, and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

Psalms 102:1-28Psalms 102:13-14 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 pressure of present sorrows points to the time of the Exile; the lightening of these, by the expectation that the hour for their cessation has all but struck, points to the close of that period. There is a general consensus of opinion on this, though Baethgen is hesitatingly inclined to adopt... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:21-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 102:23-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:1-28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:20-21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 102:26

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 102:1-28

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 102:1-28

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