Psalms 102
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A sorrowful complaint of great troubles
Verse 1
WEB A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
KJV A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
TSK overwhelmed: ps 12:5, ps 61:2, ps 69:1,2, ps 142:2,3, ps 143:4, la 3:18-20, mr 14:33,34, lu 22:44, heb 5:7; poureth: ps 42:4, ps 62:8, ps 77:3, ps 142:2, 1sa 1:15,16; Hear: ps 5:2, ps 55:1-5, ps 57:1-3, ps 130:1,2, ps 41:1,2, ps 143:7, ps 145:19; let my: ps 18:6, ex 2:23, jud 10:16, 1sa 9:16, 2ch 30:27, la 3:8,44
Verse 2
WEB Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
KJV 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.
TSK Hide: ps 13:1, ps 27:9, ps 69:17, ps 88:14, ps 104:29, ps 143:7, job 34:29, isa 8:17, isa 43:2, 1co 10:13; incline: ps 71:2, ps 88:2-18; in the day: ps 22:19, ps 40:13, ps 70:1, job 7:21, isa 65:24, ac 12:5-25
Verse 4
WEB My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
KJV My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
TSK heart: ps 6:2,3, ps 42:6, ps 55:4,5, ps 69:20, ps 77:3, ps 143:3,4, job 6:4, job 10:1, la 3:13,20, mt 26:37,38; withered: ps 102:11, ps 37:2, isa 40:7; so that: ps 102:9, 1sa 1:7,8, ezr 10:6, ac 9:9
Verse 6
WEB I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
KJV I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
TSK like: job 30:29,30, isa 38:14, mic 1:8; a pelican: isa 34:11-15, zep 2:14, re 18:2
Verse 7
WEB I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
KJV I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
TSK watch: ps 22:2, ps 77:4, ps 130:6, de 28:66,67, job 7:13-16, mr 14:33-37; alone: ps 38:11, la 3:28-30
Verse 8
WEB My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
KJV Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
TSK Mine: ps 31:11-13, ps 55:3, ps 69:9,10,20, ps 89:51, ro 15:3; mad: ps 2:1, lu 6:11, ac 7:54, ac 26:11; sworn: ac 23:12-35
Verse 9
WEB For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
KJV For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
TSK I Have: ps 69:21, isa 44:20, la 3:15,16, mic 1:10, mic 7:17; mingled: ps 42:3, ps 80:5, job 3:24, la 3:48,49
Verse 10
WEB Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
KJV Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
TSK Because: ps 38:3,18, ps 39:11, ps 90:7-9, la 1:18, la 3:39-42, la 5:16, da 9:8-14, ro 3:19; thou hast: ps 30:6,7, ps 73:18-20, ps 147:6, 1sa 2:7,8, 2ch 25:8, 2co 4:9
Encouragement by expecting the performances of God's promises to his church
Verse 12
WEB But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
KJV But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
TSK thou: ps 102:24-27, ps 9:7, ps 90:1,2, de 33:27, isa 44:6, isa 60:15, la 5:19, heb 13:8, re 1:17,18; thy remembrance: ps 135:13, ex 3:15
Verse 13
WEB You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
KJV Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
TSK Thou: ps 7:6, ps 44:26, ps 51:18, ps 69:35,36, isa 14:32, isa 60:1,10-14, jer 31:10-12,23, zec 1:12,13, zec 2:10-12; the set: ezr 1:1-11, isa 40:2, da 9:2-27, da 12:9,12,13, ac 1:7, ga 4:4, 2pe 3:8,12, re 11:15-18
Verse 14
WEB For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
KJV For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
TSK For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.: ps 79:1,7-10, ps 137:5,6, ezr 1:5, ezr 3:1-3, ezr 7:27, ne 1:3, ne 2:3,17, ne 4:2,6,10, da 9:16
Verse 15
WEB So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.
KJV So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
TSK So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.: ps 67:2-4, ps 68:31,32, ps 72:11, ps 86:9, ps 138:4, 1ki 8:43, isa 55:5, isa 60:3-22, zec 8:20-23, re 11:15, re 21:24
Verse 17
WEB He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
KJV He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
TSK He will: ps 9:18, ps 72:12, de 4:29, de 32:36, ne 1:6,11, ne 2:1-8, jer 29:11-14, da 9:3-21; not despise: ps 22:24, ps 69:23
Verse 18
WEB This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
KJV This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
TSK This: ps 71:18, ps 78:4-6, ex 17:14, de 31:19-32, job 19:23,24, da 9:2, joh 20:31, ro 15:4, 1co 10:11, 2ti 3:16,17, 2pe 1:15; the people: ps 22:30,31, ps 45:16,17, isa 43:7,21, isa 65:17-19, 2co 5:17,18, eph 2:10, 1pe 2:9,10
Verse 19
WEB For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
KJV For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
TSK For he: ps 14:2, ps 33:13,14, de 26:15, 1ki 8:39,43, 2ch 16:9; the height: job 22:12, heb 8:1,2, heb 9:23,24
Verse 20
WEB to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
KJV To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
TSK To hear: ps 79:11, ps 146:7, ex 2:23-25, ex 3:7, 2ki 13:4,22,23, job 24:12, isa 14:17, isa 61:1-3, jer 51:34,35, zec 9:9-12; to loose: 2ch 33:11-13, jer 51:32-34, ac 12:6-11; those that are appointed to: eph 2:2,3
Verse 21
WEB that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
KJV To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
TSK To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;: ps 9:13,14, ps 22:22, ps 51:14,15, ps 79:13, isa 51:11, eph 2:4-7, eph 3:21, 1pe 2:9
Verse 22
WEB when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
KJV When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
TSK When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.: ps 72:8-11, ge 49:10, isa 49:22,23, isa 60:3-22, ho 1:9-11, zec 8:20-23, mt 24:14, ro 15:19
The unchangeableness of God
Verse 23
WEB He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
KJV He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
TSK He weakened: ps 89:38-47, 2th 2:3-12, 1ti 4:1-3, 2ti 3:1-17, re 11:2-19, re 12:13-17; shortened: job 21:21
Verse 24
WEB I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
KJV I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
TSK I said: ps 39:13, isa 38:10-22; thy years: ps 102:12, ps 9:7, ps 90:1,2, hab 1:12, re 1:4,8
Verse 25
WEB Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
KJV Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
TSK Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.: ge 1:1, ge 2:1, ex 20:11, job 38:4-7, pr 8:23-36, jer 32:17, heb 1:10-12, heb 3:3,4
Verse 26
WEB They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
KJV 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:
TSK They shall: isa 34:4, isa 51:6, isa 65:17, isa 66:22, lu 21:33, ro 8:20, 2pe 3:7-12, re 20:11, re 21:1; endure: ps 102:12, ex 3:14
Verse 28
WEB The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”
KJV The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
TSK The children: ps 22:30,31, ps 45:16,17, ps 69:35,36, isa 53:10, isa 59:20,21, isa 65:22, isa 66:22; their seed: ps 90:16,17