Psalms 102:14
\102:13\You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
In Context
13\102:12\But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end.
15\102:14\For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust.
Cross References
Ezra 1:5Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:27Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
Nehemiah 2:3And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?
Nehemiah 4:2And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?
Nehemiah 4:10And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
Psalms 79:7For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:13-23
The Future Glory of Zion. 12 But thou, O Lord , shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord , and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise… Read the whole commentary →