Psalms 102:1
The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
In Context
2Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.
1 Samuel 1:15Anna answering, said: Not so, my lord: for I am an exceeding unhappy woman, and have drunk neither wine nor any strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.
2 Chronicles 30:27And the priests and the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard: and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven.
Psalms 12:5Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?
Psalms 39:12thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted.
Psalms 42:4My tears have been any bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily : Where is thy God?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:1
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 use of the church, when it was in captivity in Babylon, because it seems to speak of the ruin of Zion and of a time set for the rebuilding of it, which Daniel understood by books, Dan. ix. 2 . Or perhaps the psalmist was himself in great affliction, which he complains of in the beginning of the psalm, but (as in Ps. lxxvii. and elsewhere) he comforts himself under it… Read the whole commentary →