Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 102
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Psalms 102
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Psalms 102
"Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee." — Psalms 102:1 (ASV)
Prayer. —Like love and all emotion, prayer has its own language, and this assumes here the forms of expression that we encounter in other psalms. (See, e.g., in addition to the reference in the margin, Psalms 31:2; Psalms 39:12; Psalms 56:9; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 143:7.)
"Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily." — Psalms 102:2 (ASV)
This verse may be better arranged, Hide not ... in the day of my trouble. Incline ... in the day when I call. Answer me speedily.
"For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand." — Psalms 102:3 (ASV)
Like smoke. —Or, in smoke. (See margin. Compare to Psalms 37:20.)
Hearth. —Better, a brand or fuel; so Septuagint and Vulgate, Aquila, and this meaning suits Isaiah 33:14. (For the image see Psalms 22:15; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 32:3.)
"My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread." — Psalms 102:4 (ASV)
Smitten. —As by the sun. Exactly as in Hosea 9:16.
So that I forget. —Better, for I have forgotten, etc. For this mark of deep sorrow, compare 1 Samuel 1:7; 1 Samuel 20:34, etc. (Compare Homer, Iliad, xxiv. 129.)
"By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh." — Psalms 102:5 (ASV)
Skin. —See margin. In Lamentations 4:8, more correctly, my skin cleaveth to my bones; a picture of emaciation, the result of fasting.
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