Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 102:10

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 102:10

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Psalms 102:10

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away." — Psalms 102:10 (ASV)

Because of your indignation and your wrath - Hebrew, “From the face of your indignation,” etc. That is - he regarded all his sufferings as proof of the indignation and wrath of God against him. See Psalms 90:7-9.

For you have lifted me up - In former times. You had given me prosperity; you had given me an elevated and honorable place among men.

And cast me down - You have brought me into a low condition, and I feel it all the more from the fact that I had enjoyed prosperity. Compare the notes at Psalms 30:7. The passage, however, is susceptible of another interpretation: “You have lifted me up, and cast me away.” That is, You have lifted me from the ground as a storm or tempest takes up a light thing, and have whirled me away. This idea occurs in Isaiah 22:18. See the notes at that passage. The former, however, seems to me to be the more correct interpretation.