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Selected Verse: Psalms 102:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 102:19 |
King James |
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
For--or, "That," as introducing the statement of God's condescension. A summary of what shall be written.
to loose . . . appointed--or, "deliver" them (Psa 79:11). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary - From his high and holy dwelling-place, in heaven. The word here rendered "looked down," means, in Kal, to lay upon or over; then, in Niphil, to lie out over anything, to project; and then, to bend forward. It then means to bend or incline forward with an intention to look at anything, as from a window, Gen 26:8. Compare Psa 14:2. See also Psa 85:12, note; Pe1 1:12, note.
From heaven did the Lord behold the earth - Did he look abroad over all the world. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Looked - From heaven. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For he hath looked down - This, with the three following verses, seems to me to contain a glorious prophecy of the incarnation of Christ, and the gathering in of the Jews and the Gentiles to him. The Lord looks down from heaven, and sees the whole earth groaning and travailing in pain; his eye affects his heart, and he purposes their salvation. |
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.