Psalms 102

Psalms 102:1

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Psalms 102:2

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Psalms 102:3

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Psalms 102:4

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Psalms 102:5

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Psalms 102:7

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Psalms 102:10

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Psalms 102:11

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Psalms 102:12

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Psalms 102:14

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Psalms 102:15

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Psalms 102:17

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Psalms 102:20

1 sn Psalms 70. This psalm is almost identical to Psalms 40:13-17. The psalmist asks for God’s help and for divine retribution against his enemies.

2 tn Heb “to cause to remember.” The same form, a Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the superscription of Ps 38. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).

3 tn Heb “O God, to rescue me.” A main verb is obviously missing. The verb רָצָה (ratsah, “be willing”) should be supplied (see Psalms 40:13). Psalms 40:13 uses the divine name “Lord” rather than “God.”

4 tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Psalms 22:19; 38:22.

Psalms 102:21

5 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed, the ones seeking my life.” Psalms 40:14 has “together” after “ashamed,” and “to snatch it away” after “my life.”

6 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.

sn See Psalms 35:4 for a similar prayer.

Psalms 102:22

7 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.

8 tn Heb “May they be turned back according to their shame, those who say, ‘Aha! Aha!’” Psalms 40:15 has the verb “humiliated” instead of “turned back” and adds “to me” after “say.”

Psalms 102:23

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Psalms 102:24

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Psalms 102:26

1 sn Psalms 71. The psalmist prays for divine intervention and expresses his confidence that God will protect and vindicate him. The first three verses are very similar to Psalms 31:1-3a.

Psalms 102:27

2 tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Psalms 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

3 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

4 tn Psalms 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”

Psalms 102:28

5 tc Heb “become for me a rocky summit of a dwelling place.” The Hebrew term מָעוֹן (ma’on, “dwelling place”) should probably be emended to מָעוֹז (ma’oz, “refuge”; see Psalms 31:2).

6 tc Heb “to enter continually, you commanded to deliver me.” The Hebrew phrase לָבוֹא תָּמִיד צִוִּיתָ (lavo’ tamid tsivvita, “to enter continually, you commanded”) should be emended to לְבֵית מְצוּדוֹת (lÿvet mÿtsudot, “a house of strongholds”; see Psalms 31:2).

7 sn You are my high ridge. This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Samuel 23:25, 28.