Psalms 102:8
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
In Context
7He has made his ways known to Moses, his will to the sons of Israel.
9He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.
Cross References
Psalms 31:11Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just ones, and glory, all you upright of heart.
Psalms 55:3My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.
Jeremiah 29:22And a curse will be taken up about them, by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying: ‘May the Lord make you like Zedekiah, and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire!’
Acts 7:54Then, upon hearing these things, they were deeply wounded in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:2-12
Complaints in Affliction. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I… Read the whole commentary →