Psalms 102:14
For he knows our frame: 1 Remember that we are dust. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
In Context
13As a father pities his children, 1 The Lord pities them that fear him. 1
15As for man, his days are as grass; 1 As a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. 1
Cross References
Ezra 1:5Then the chiefs of the families of Judah and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit the Lord stirred up to go up to build the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:27Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
Psalms 79:7Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbors; 1 And our enemies have mocked at us. 1
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 →