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102:26 They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. 102:27 But you remain; your years do not come to an end. 102:28 The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence.”
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Wesley: Psa 102:26 - -- As to their present nature and use.

As to their present nature and use.

Wesley: Psa 102:28 - -- Though the heavens and earth perish, yet we rest assured that our children, and their children after them, shall enjoy an happy restitution to, and se...

Though the heavens and earth perish, yet we rest assured that our children, and their children after them, shall enjoy an happy restitution to, and settlement in their own land.

JFB: Psa 102:23-28 - -- The writer, speaking for the Church, finds encouragement in the midst of all his distresses. God's eternal existence is a pledge of faithfulness to Hi...

The writer, speaking for the Church, finds encouragement in the midst of all his distresses. God's eternal existence is a pledge of faithfulness to His promises.

JFB: Psa 102:23-28 - -- Of providence.

Of providence.

JFB: Psa 102:23-28 - -- Literally, "afflicted," and made fearful of a premature end, a figure of the apprehensions of the Church, lest God might not perform His promise, draw...

Literally, "afflicted," and made fearful of a premature end, a figure of the apprehensions of the Church, lest God might not perform His promise, drawn from those of a person in view of the dangers of early death (compare Psa 89:47). Paul (Heb 1:10) quotes Psa 102:26-28 as addressed to Christ in His divine nature. The scope of the Psalm, as already seen, so far from opposing, favors this view, especially by the sentiments of Psa 102:12-15 (compare Isa 60:1). The association of the Messiah with a day of future glory to the Church was very intimate in the minds of Old Testament writers; and with correct views of His nature it is very consistent that He should be addressed as the Lord and Head of His Church, who would bring about that glorious future on which they ever dwelt with fond delightful anticipations.

Clarke: Psa 102:26 - -- They shall perish - Nothing can be eternal a parte ante, or a parte post, but thyself. Even that which thou hast created, because not necessarily et...

They shall perish - Nothing can be eternal a parte ante, or a parte post, but thyself. Even that which thou hast created, because not necessarily eternal, must be perishable; necessary duration belongs to God only; and it is by his will and energy alone that universal nature is preserved in existence, and preserved from running into speedy disorder, decay, and ruin

Clarke: Psa 102:26 - -- Yea, all of them shall wax old - Every thing must deteriorate, unless preserved by thy renewing and invigorating energy. Even the heavens and the ea...

Yea, all of them shall wax old - Every thing must deteriorate, unless preserved by thy renewing and invigorating energy. Even the heavens and the earth are subject to this law; for that which is not, from the infinite perfection of its own nature, Eternal, must be perishable; therefore the heavens and the earth must necessarily come to an end. They contain the seeds of their own dissolution. It is true that in sublunary things, the vicissitudes of seasons is a sort of check to the principle of dissolution; but it only partially corrects this tendency. Even the productions of the earth wear out or deteriorate. Plant the same seed or grain for several years consecutively, and it degenerates so as at last not to be worth the labor of tillage, however expensively the soil may be manured in which it is planted. I may instance in wheat and in the potatoe, the two grand supporters of life in European countries. All other seeds and plants, as far as they have fallen under my observation, are subject to the same law.

Clarke: Psa 102:27 - -- But thou art the same - ואתה הוא veattah Hu , but thou art He, that is, The Eternal; and, consequently, he who only has immortality

But thou art the same - ואתה הוא veattah Hu , but thou art He, that is, The Eternal; and, consequently, he who only has immortality

Clarke: Psa 102:27 - -- Thy years shall have no end - לא יתמו lo yittammu , "they shall not be completed."Every thing has its revolution - its conception, growth, pe...

Thy years shall have no end - לא יתמו lo yittammu , "they shall not be completed."Every thing has its revolution - its conception, growth, perfection, decay, dissolution, and death, or corruption. It may be said that regeneration restores all these substances; and so it does in a measure, but not without deterioration. The breed of animals, as well as vegetables, wears out; but God’ s eternal round has no completion. I repeat it, - what is necessarily eternal is unchangeable and imperishable; all created beings are perishable and mutable, because not eternal. God alone is eternal; therefore God alone is imperishable and immutable.

Clarke: Psa 102:28 - -- The children of thy servants shall continue - Thy Church shall be permanent, because founded on thee, it shall live throughout all the revolutions o...

The children of thy servants shall continue - Thy Church shall be permanent, because founded on thee, it shall live throughout all the revolutions of time. And as thy followers are made partakers of the Divine nature they shall live in union with God in the other world, deriving eternal duration from the inexhaustible Fountain of being. Nothing can be permanent but by God’ s supporting and renewing influence

Calvin: Psa 102:28 - -- 28.The children of thy servants shall dwell. By these words the prophet intimates that he does not ask the preservation of the Church, because it is ...

28.The children of thy servants shall dwell. By these words the prophet intimates that he does not ask the preservation of the Church, because it is a part of the human race, but because God has raised it above the revolutions of the world. And undoubtedly, when He adopted us as his children, his design was to cherish us as it were in his own bosom. The inference of the inspired bard is not, therefore, far-fetched, when, amidst innumerable storms, each of which might carry us away, he hopes that the Church will have a permanent existence. It is true, that when through our own fault we become estranged from God, we are also as it were cut off from the fountain of life; but no sooner are we reconciled to Him than he begins again to pour down his blessings upon us. Whence it follows that true believers, as they are regenerated by the incorruptible seed, shall continue to live after death, because God continues unchangeably the same. By the word dwell, is to be understood an abiding and everlasting inheritance.

When it is said that the seed of God’s servants shall be established before his face, the meaning is, that it is not after the manner of the world, or according to the way in which the heavens and the earth are established, that the salvation of true believers is made steadfast, but because of the holy union which exists between them and God. By the seed and children of the godly, is to be understood not all their descendants without exception — for many who spring from them according to the flesh become degenerate — but those who do not turn aside from the faith of their parents. Successive generations are expressly pointed out, because the covenant extends even to future ages, as we shall again find in the subsequent psalm. If we firmly keep the treasure of life intrusted to us, let us not hesitate, although we may be environed with innumerable deaths, to cast the anchor of our faith in heaven, that the stability of our welfare may rest in God.

Defender: Psa 102:26 - -- The aging of the earth and heaven is a relatively recent discovery of science which is the universal principle of increasing entropy or decay. This re...

The aging of the earth and heaven is a relatively recent discovery of science which is the universal principle of increasing entropy or decay. This remarkable fact, that every system of any sort or size tends to disintegrate with time, is now recognized as the Second Law of Thermodynamics and has no known exception. It reflects God's primeval Curse on the creation because of sin (Gen 3:15-17; Rom 8:20-22)."

Defender: Psa 102:27 - -- There is one exception to this law of decay. The God who imposed the law on His creation is not subject to the law Himself. Neither is His Word for Je...

There is one exception to this law of decay. The God who imposed the law on His creation is not subject to the law Himself. Neither is His Word for Jesus said: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Mat 24:35)."

TSK: Psa 102:26 - -- They shall : Isa 34:4, Isa 51:6, Isa 65:17, Isa 66:22; Luk 21:33; Rom 8:20; 2Pe 3:7-12; Rev 20:11, Rev 21:1 endure : Heb. stand, Psa 102:12; Exo 3:14

TSK: Psa 102:27 - -- thou art : Mal 3:6; Joh 8:58; Heb 13:8; Jam 1:17; Rev 1:8, Rev 1:17, Rev 1:18 years : Psa 90:4; Job 36:26

TSK: Psa 102:28 - -- The children : Psa 22:30, Psa 22:31, Psa 45:16, Psa 45:17, Psa 69:35, Psa 69:36; Isa 53:10, Isa 59:20, Isa 59:21, Isa 65:22, Isa 66:22 their seed : Ps...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 102:25-27 - -- Of old - See this passage fully explained in the notes at Heb 1:10-12. In the beginning; at the first. The phrase used here means literally "to...

Of old - See this passage fully explained in the notes at Heb 1:10-12. In the beginning; at the first. The phrase used here means literally "to the face;"then, "before"in the order of time. It means here, long ago; of olden time; at the beginning. The meaning is, that the years of God had stretched through all the generations of people, and all the changes which had occurred upon the earth; that at the very beginning he existed, and that he would continue to exist to the very close, unchangeably the same.

Barnes: Psa 102:28 - -- The children of thy servants shall continue - The descendants of those that serve and obey thee. This represents the confident expectation of t...

The children of thy servants shall continue - The descendants of those that serve and obey thee. This represents the confident expectation of the psalmist that, as God was unchangeable, all his promises toward his people would be fulfilled, even though the heavens and the earth should pass away. God was the same. His word would not fail. His promises were sure. Compare Mat 5:18; Mat 24:35. The word rendered "continue,"means to dwell, as in a habitation; then, to abide. It stands opposed to a wandering, nomadic life, and indicates permanency.

And their seed shall be established before thee - The word used here means properly to stand erect; then to set up, to erect, to place, to found, to make firm, as a city, Psa 107:36; the earth, Psa 24:2; the heavens, Pro 3:19. It means here that they would be firmly and permanently established: that is, the church of God would be permanent in the earth. It would not be like the generations of people that pass away. It would not be like the nomadic tribes of the desert that have no fixed habitation, and that wander from place to place. It would not be even like the heavens that might put on new forms, or wholly pass away: it would be as enduring and changeless as God himself; it would, in its proper form, endure forever. As God is eternal and unchangeable, so would the safety and welfare of his people be.

Poole: Psa 102:26 - -- They shall perish either, 1. As to the substance of them, which shall be annihilated. Or, 2. As to their present nature and use: see Isa 65:17 66:2...

They shall perish either,

1. As to the substance of them, which shall be annihilated. Or,

2. As to their present nature and use: see Isa 65:17 66:22 2Pe 3:7,10,11 . The heavens and the earth, although they be the most permanent of all visible beings, and their continuance is oft mentioned to signify the stability and immutability of things, yet if compared with thee are as nothing; they had a beginning, and shall have an end.

Wax old i.e. decay and perish.

Like a garment which is worn out and laid aside, and exchanged for another. And so shall this present frame of heaven and earth be.

Poole: Psa 102:28 - -- Though the heavens and the earth perish, and though we thy servants pine away in our iniquities , according to thy righteous sentence and threateni...

Though the heavens and the earth perish, and though we thy servants pine away in our iniquities , according to thy righteous sentence and threatening, Lev 26:39 , and die in captivity; yet by virtue of thy eternal and unchangeable nature and covenant, we rest assured that our children, and their children after them, shall enjoy the promised mercies, a happy restitution to and settlement in their own land, and the presence of our and their Messias, whom, being not to come till after four hundred and ninety years, we shall not live to see. The expression here used is general, not without design, partly to show that this promised blessing belongs to the Jews not upon the account of any carnal relation to Abraham, but as they are and continue to be God’ s servants, from whom, if they revolt, they lose this and all their other privileges; and partly to imply that it belongs to all God’ s faithful servants, and to their children, whether they be Jews or Gentiles, of whose conversion he spoke, Psa 102:22 .

Before thee in the place of thy gracious presence; either here in thy church, or hereafter in heaven, from which we are now banished. And this phrase further intimates that their happiness did not consist in the enjoyment of the outward blessings of the land of Canaan, but in the presence and fruition of God there, which he mentions as the top and upshot of all his desires and their felicities.

Gill: Psa 102:26 - -- They shall perish,.... Both the heavens and the earth, though so well founded, and so firmly made; they shall be dissolved, melt, and pass away; not a...

They shall perish,.... Both the heavens and the earth, though so well founded, and so firmly made; they shall be dissolved, melt, and pass away; not as to the substance, but as to the quality of them: or, as R. Judah Ben David says, whom Aben Ezra on the place cites, and calls the first grammarian in the west, not as to generals, but as to particulars:

but thou shalt endure; as the eternal God, from everlasting to everlasting; and, even as man, he will die no more; and, as Mediator, will ever remain; he will be King for ever; his throne is for ever and ever; his kingdom is an everlasting one; he is a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek; his sacrifice is of an eternal efficacy, and he ever lives to make intercession for his people; he will always continue, as the Prophet, in his church, to teach by his Spirit, word, and ordinances, in the present state; and hereafter will be the light of the New Jerusalem, and of his saints, for ever:

yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment: not only the heavens, which are as a curtain and garment about the earth, but the earth itself, Isa 51:6, will lose their beauty and glory, and become useless, as to the present form of them:

as a vesture shall thou change them, and they shall be changed; as to their form, as a garment that is turned or folded up, and laid aside, as to present use: this seems to favour the above sense given, that the earth and heavens will not perish, as to the substance of them; but as to their form, figure, fashion, and scheme; and as to the qualities of them, all noxious ones being purged away by fire, the curse removed, and new heavens and new earth arise out of them.

Gill: Psa 102:27 - -- But thou art the same,.... That hast created them, as the Targum adds; or "thou art he" h, the everlasting I AM, the unchangeable Jehovah; immutable i...

But thou art the same,.... That hast created them, as the Targum adds; or "thou art he" h, the everlasting I AM, the unchangeable Jehovah; immutable in his nature and perfections; in his love and affections to his people; in his power to protect and keep them; in his wisdom to guide and direct them; in his righteousness to clothe them, and render them acceptable to God; in his blood to cleanse them, and speak peace and pardon to them; in his fulness to supply them, and in his intercession for them,

and thy years shall have no end; See Gill on Psa 102:24, now he, that made the heavens and the earth, and will be when they will not be, especially in the present form they are, must be able to rebuild his Zion, and bring on the glory he has promised; and from his eternity and immutability may be concluded the continuance of his church and interest in the world, until all the glorious things spoken of it shall be fulfilled, as follows.

Gill: Psa 102:28 - -- The children of thy servants shall continue,.... The "servants" of the Lord are the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the word, in all successive g...

The children of thy servants shall continue,.... The "servants" of the Lord are the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the word, in all successive generations, with whom Christ will be to the end of the world: their "children" are such whom they have begotten again, through the Gospel, to whom they are spiritual fathers; regenerated souls are meant; of these there will be a succession in all ages, until latter day glory takes place; these are the church's seed, and her seed's seed, from whom the word of the Lord, the Gospel, will never depart, Isa 59:21, or these "shall inhabit" i, as the word may be rendered, the earth, as the Targum adds; that is, the new heavens, and the new earth, when the old ones are passed away; here they shall dwell with the Lord, who is the same today, yesterday, and for ever:

and their seed shall be established before thee; the same with the children, the spiritual seed of the church and of faithful minister; these, with the church, in which they are born and brought up, shall be established in Christ; the church will be no more in an unstable and fluctuating state, but will he as a tabernacle, that shall not be taken down; yea, shall be established upon the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills; see Isa 2:2.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 102:26 The Hebrew verb חָלַף (khalaf) occurs twice in this line, once in the Hiphil (“you will remove them”) and on...

NET Notes: Psa 102:27 Heb “you [are] he,” or “you [are] the one.” The statement may echo the Lord’s affirmation “I am he” in Isa 4...

NET Notes: Psa 102:28 Heb “before you will be established.”

Geneva Bible: Psa 102:26 ( r ) They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be ...

Geneva Bible: Psa 102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall ( s ) be established before thee. ( s ) Seeing you have chosen your Church out of t...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 102:1-28 - --1 The prophet in his prayer makes a grievous complaint.12 He takes comfort in the eternity, and mercy of God.18 The mercies of God are to be recorded....

MHCC: Psa 102:23-28 - --Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but prov...

Matthew Henry: Psa 102:23-28 - -- We may here observe, I. The imminent danger that the Jewish church was in of being quite extirpated and cut off by the captivity in Babylon (Psa 102...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 102:23-28 - -- On the way ( ב as in Psa 110:7) - not "by means of the way"( ב as in Psa 105:18), in connection with which one would expect of find some attributi...

Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106 Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 102:1-28 - --Psalm 102 Another anonymous writer poured out his personal lament to Yahweh (cf. Pss. 22, 69, 79). He fe...

Constable: Psa 102:22-27 - --4. Hope in God's ceaseless existence 102:23-28 It seemed as though God was killing the psalmist ...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: Psa 102:25-26 Scientific facts in the Bible . Three different places in the Bible ( Isa 51:6 ; Psa 102:25-26 ; Heb 1:11 ) indicate that the earth is wearing out. ...

Evidence: Psa 102:27 See Heb 13:8 footnote.

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 102 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 102:1, The prophet in his prayer makes a grievous complaint; Psa 102:12, He takes comfort in the eternity, and mercy of God; Psa 102:...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 102 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 102:1-11) A sorrowful complaint of great afflictions. (Psa 102:12-22) Encouragement by expecting the performances of God's promises to his churc...

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 102 (Chapter Introduction) Some think that David penned this psalm at the time of Absalom's rebellion; others that Daniel, Nehemiah, or some other prophet, penned it for the ...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 102 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 102 A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord; Whether this psalm was ...

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