Psalms 102

Psalms 102:1

Title. of] Or, for.

of the afflicted] Whereby is signified, that albeit we be in never so great miseries, yet there is ever place left for prayer, Psalms 130:1. Jonah 2:1.

LEt my cry come unto thee] He declareth, that in our prayer we must ever feel the want of that which we desire.

Psalms 102:2

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble,

encline thine ear unto me] Psalms 27:9.

Psalms 102:3

For my dayes are consumed like smoke] These excessive kindes of speech shew how much the affliction of the church ought to wound the hearts of the godly.

like smoke] Or, (as some read) into smoke.

and my bones are burnt as an hearth] Job 30:30. Psalms 32:3.

Psalms 102:5

my bones cleave to my skin] Job 19:20. Lamentations 4:8.

skin] Or, flesh.

Psalms 102:6

I am like a pelicare of the wildernesse] Ever mourning and solitary, casting out fearfull cries.

an owl of the desert] Job 30:29.

Psalms 102:7

I watch] My sorrows will not suffer me to sleep, Psalms 77:4.

as a sparrow alone] That hath lost his mate: So are good men solitary, being out of the church.

Psalms 102:8

are sworn against me] They have conspired my death by a joynt oath.

Psalms 102:9

I have eaten ashes like bread] Sitting in the ashes, he could not but eat some with his meat.

mingled my drink with weeping] Psalms 80:5. Heb. drinks. Noting a continuall act.

Psalms 102:10

Because of thine indignation] He sheweth, that his afflctions did not so much move him, as Gods displeasure.

thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down] As in wrestling, one takes the other up to give him the greater fall: so affliction after prosperitie is the more dreadfull, Psalms 73:18.

Psalms 102:11

My dayes are like a shadow that declineth] Isaiah 40:6. James 1:10.

like a shadow that declineth] Rather, is stretched out, as Exodus 6:6. for shadows at evening are longest, and then suddenly vanish, Jeremiah 6:4.

Psalms 102:12

thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever] Lamentations 5:19. Howsoever we be frail, yet thy promise is sure, and the remembrance thereof shall confirm thy people in all adversities.

thy remembrance unto all generations] Psalms 135:13.

Psalms 102:13

shalt] Or, wilt.

yea, the set time is come] That is, the seventy yeers appointed, Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 29:12. or, some such time appointed for their deliverance, Revelation 2:10. & Revelation 3:10.

Psalms 102:14

in her stones] The more that the church is in misery and desolation, the more do the faithfull love and pitie it.

Psalms 102:19

For] Or, When

Psalms 102:20

those that are appointed to death] Heb. the children of death, Psalms 79:11. Who now in their banishment could look for nothing but death.

Psalms 102:21

To declare] Or, That they may declare.

Psalms 102:22

When the people are gathered] He sheweth that Gods Name is more praised, then, when religion flourisheth, and the church increaseth, which is chiefly accomplished in the new Testament.

Psalms 102:23

wrakened] Heb. afflicted.

Psalms 102:25

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth] Hebrews 1:10.

Psalms 102:26

perish, but thou shalt endure] Isaiah 51:6.

endure] Heb. stand.

Psalms 102:27

same, and thy yeers shall have no end] Malachi 3:6. Hebrews 13:8.

Psalms 102:28

The children of thy servants] The scope is, that though God as a Creatour, hath not communicated everlasting continuance to his creatures, yet as a father he hath given it to his church, Hab. 1. 12. Mutt. 22. 32.

shall cominue, and their feed shall be established before thee] Psalms 69:36. Joe 3:20.

continue] Heb. dwell.