Psalms 102:1
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the Lord.Hear my prayer, Lord!Let my cry come to you.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 2:23It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
1 Samuel 1:15Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the Lord.
2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
Psalms 12:5"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,I will now arise," says the Lord;"I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
Psalms 39:12"Hear my prayer, Lord, and give ear to my cry.Do not be silent at my tears.For I am a stranger with you,a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me,how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of God,with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
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 →