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Psalms 102:17
17For Adonai has rebuilt Zion. He has appeared in His glory.
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
15for her stones are dear to Your servants, and they cherish her dust. 16So the nations will fear Adonai’s Name and all the kings of the earth Your glory. For Adonai has rebuilt Zion. He has appeared in His glory. 18He has turned to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. 19Let it be written for a generation to come, that a people to be created may praise Adonai.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:17 word by word
פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:17
- Psalms 9:18The wicked will turn to Sheol, as will all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 72:12For he rescues the needy crying for help, also the poor and the one with no helper.
- Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek Adonai your God and you will find Him, when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 32:36For Adonai will judge His people— for His servants, He will relent when He sees that strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
- Nehemiah 1:6please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant that I am praying before You today both day and night on behalf of Your servants, the Bnei-Yisrael. I am confessing the sins of Bnei-Yisrael that we have sinned against You—yes, I and my ancestral house have sinned.
- Nehemiah 2:1Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before.
- Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans that I have in mind for you,” declares Adonai, “plans for shalom and not calamity—to give you a future and a hope.
- Daniel 9:3So I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
- Psalms 22:24You who fear Adonai, praise Him! All Jacob’s descendants, glorify Him! Revere Him, all you seed of Israel.
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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