New American Standard Bible 2020
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 will fear the name of the Lord, And all the kings of the earth, Your glory. 16For the Lord has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. 18This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the Lord: 19For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the Lord looked upon the earth,
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פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 102:17
- Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
- Psalms 72:12For he will save the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.
- Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 32:36For the Lord will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free.
- Nehemiah 1:6let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open, to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Nehemiah 2:1And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I picked up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
- Daniel 9:3So I gave my attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Psalms 22:24For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, 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
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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
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