Psalms 102:17

Psalms 102:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
• New International Version (NIV)He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer.

Context of Psalms 102:17

15So the nations shall fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory. He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer. 18This shall be written for the generation to come; And a people which shall be created shall praise Jehovah. 19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

Psalms 102:17 word by word

פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 102:17

• Psalms 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
• Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
• Deuteronomy 32:36For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is noneremaining, shut up or left at large.
• Nehemiah 1:6let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father’s house have sinned:
• Nehemiah 2:1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
• Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
• Daniel 9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
• Psalms 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

Commentaries on Psalms 102:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The prayer of the destitute - הערער haarar of him who is laid in utter ruin, who is entirely wasted.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17He will regard the prayer - literally, “He looks upon,” or “he turns himself‘ to their prayer.” He does not any longer seem to turn away from them and disregard them. He shows by thus building up Zion that he does regard prayer; that he hears the supplications of his people. There is no higher proof that prayer is heard than that which is often furnished in a revival of pure religion. All such revivals, like that on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1 ff), are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadness, and the manifold defects in our prayers, we have cause to fear that they will not be received in heaven; but we are here assured of the contrary, for we have an Advocate with the Father, and are under grace, not under the law. Redemption is the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The people of Israel were very poor and vulnerable (destitute) during the exile.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. God's favor to the Church will affect her persecutors with fear.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 102:17

• Poor
• Prayer

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Commentaries on Psalms 102

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings