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Selected Verse: Psalms 102:13 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 102:13 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt arise [06965], and have mercy [07355] upon Zion [06726]: for the time [06256] to favour [02603] her, yea, the set time [04150], is come [0935]. |
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King James |
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. |
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] |
Hence it is here adduced.
for--or, "when."
the set time, &c.--the time promised, the indication of which is the interest felt for Zion by the people of God. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou shalt arise - Thou wilt come forth - as if God had been inattentive or inactive.
And have mercy upon Zion - That is, Upon Jerusalem - represented as in a state of desolation. God would at length pity her, and interpose in her behalf.
For the time to favor her - Implying that there was an appointed time to favor her, or to bring her troubles to an end.
Yea, the set time is come - The word used here - מועד mô‛êd - means properly an appointed season - a designated moment. It refers to some purpose or appointment in regard to anything that is to be done, as in Sa1 13:8, Sa1 13:11; Sa2 20:5; Gen 17:21; or to a fixed period, as when certain things are to be done, certain festivals to be held regularly at a certain season of the year, Lam 1:4; Lam 2:6; Hos 9:5; Hos 12:9; Lev 23:2, Lev 23:4,Lev 23:37, Lev 23:44. Here it means that there was some period fixed in the Divine Mind when this was to occur, or a definite time when it had been predicted or promised that it would occur. The language is such as would be applicable to the captivity in Babylon, concerning which there was a promise that it should continue but seventy years. If the psalm refers to that, then the meaning is that there were indications in the course of events that that period was about to arrive. Compare the notes at Dan 9:2. What those indications were in this case, the psalmist immediately states, Psa 102:14. It may be remarked here, that there are usually some previous intimations or indications of what God is about to do. "Coming events cast their shadows before." Even the divine purposes are accomplished usually in connection with human agency, and in the regular course of events; and it is frequently possible to anticipate that God is about to appear for the fulfillment of his promises. So it was in the coming of the Saviour. So it was in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. So it is when God is about to revive religion in a church. So it is, and will be, in regard to the conversion of the world. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The set time - The end of those seventy years which thou hast fixed. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion - While he is humbled at the footstool of mercy, and earnestly praying for mercy, an answer of peace is given; he is assured, not only that they shall be delivered, but that the time of deliverance is at hand. The set time - the seventy years predicted by Jeremiah, was ended; and God gave him to see that he was ever mindful of his promises. |
14 For thy servants [05650] take pleasure [07521] in her stones [068], and favour [02603] the dust [06083] thereof.
2 In the first [0259] year [08141] of his reign [04427] I Daniel [01840] understood [0995] by books [05612] the number [04557] of the years [08141], whereof the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], that he would accomplish [04390] seventy [07657] years [08141] in the desolations [02723] of Jerusalem [03389].
44 And Moses [04872] declared [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068].
37 These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], to offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], a burnt offering [05930], and a meat offering [04503], a sacrifice [02077], and drink offerings [05262], every thing [01697] upon his [03117] day [03117]:
4 These are the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], even holy [06944] convocations [04744], which ye shall proclaim [07121] in their seasons [04150].
2 Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, Concerning the feasts [04150] of the LORD [03068], which ye shall proclaim [07121] to be holy [06944] convocations [04744], even these are my feasts [04150].
9 And I that am the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] will yet make thee to dwell [03427] in tabernacles [0168], as in the days [03117] of the solemn feast [04150].
5 What will ye do [06213] in the solemn [04150] day [03117], and in the day [03117] of the feast [02282] of the LORD [03068]?
6 And he hath violently taken away [02554] his tabernacle [07900], as if it were of a garden [01588]: he hath destroyed [07843] his places of the assembly [04150]: the LORD [03068] hath caused the solemn feasts [04150] and sabbaths [07676] to be forgotten [07911] in Zion [06726], and hath despised [05006] in the indignation [02195] of his anger [0639] the king [04428] and the priest [03548].
4 The ways [01870] of Zion [06726] do mourn [057], because none come [0935] to the solemn feasts [04150]: all her gates [08179] are desolate [08074]: her priests [03548] sigh [0584], her virgins [01330] are afflicted [03013], and she is in bitterness [04843].
21 But my covenant [01285] will I establish [06965] with Isaac [03327], which Sarah [08283] shall bear [03205] unto thee at this set time [04150] in the next [0312] year [08141].
5 So Amasa [06021] went [03212] to assemble [02199] the men of Judah [03063]: but he tarried longer [0309] [03186] than the set time [04150] which he had appointed [03259] him.
11 And Samuel [08050] said [0559], What hast thou done [06213]? And Saul [07586] said [0559], Because I saw [07200] that the people [05971] were scattered [05310] from me, and that thou camest [0935] not within the days [03117] appointed [04150], and that the Philistines [06430] gathered themselves together [0622] at Michmash [04363];
8 And he tarried [03176] [03176] seven [07651] days [03117], according to the set time [04150] that Samuel [08050] had appointed: but Samuel [08050] came [0935] not to Gilgal [01537]; and the people [05971] were scattered [06327] from him.