Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 102:17

"He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer." — Psalms 102:17 (ASV)

The destitute. —Literally, the naked one. In this context, it refers to the exiled people, stripped of home and religious rites. The word is found in only one other instance, in Jeremiah 17:6 (compare to Jeremiah 48:6 for a related form), where it is translated “heath,” and in Arabic, it is still the name of a stunted bush that grows in Palestine today.