RRB notes: Psalm 102

Psalms 102 KJV

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.

1. Hear my prayer, [1] O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

[1] The heading for the prayer is a good description of it. It is: “A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed.” But the prophetic applications to the Second Advent still sneak through every passage. Job was a type of the Jew in the Tribulation. Instead of applying just to an individual, verses 13 and 21 put you right back on the restoration of Israel. The entire chapter is applicable directly to the Jewish nation in the Tribulation.

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 an hearth. [a]

[a] Job 30:30.

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. [b]

[b] Vss. 4-5 cf. Job 33:20-21, 19:20, 26.

6. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. [c]

[c] Job 30:29.

7. I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

8. Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

9. For I have eaten ashes  [d] like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

[d] Job 30:19.

10. Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. [e]

[e] Job 30:19.

11. My days are like a shadow [f] that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

[f] Job 8:9.

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, [g] yea, the set time, is come.

[g] Vss. 13, 16-17 cf. note on Job 42:10.

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, [h] and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

[h] Psa. 9:19-20, 96:9-10.

16. When the LORD shall build up Zion, [i] he shall appear in his glory. [j]

[i] Psa. 51:18; Acts 15:16.

[j] Second Advent (2 Pet. 1:16-19).

17. He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

18. This shall be written for the generation to come: [k] and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

[k] Psa. 22:30.

19. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

20. To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

21. To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

22. When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. [l]

[l] Second Advent (Zech. 8:23, 2:10-13).

23. He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

24. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: [m]

[m] See comments on Heb. 1:10-12.

27. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

28. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

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Note on Job 42:10 KJV

And the LORD turned the captivity [3] of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

[3] Verses 9-13 are a type of the permanent restoration of Israel. In verse 9, God accepts Job’s prayers for his buddies just as God accepts the Gentiles through the Jews in the Millennium (Isa. 2:2-3; Zech. 8:23; App. 110). The expression found here in verse 10, “turned the captivity,” is found throughout the Old Testament, in its various forms, in reference to the restoration of Israel (Jer. 31:23, 33:7, 26; Psa. 126:1, 4, 53:6, 85:1; Deut. 30:3; etc.). And in Ezekiel 36:10-12, God multiplies the people, property, and wealth of Israel in the Millennium, just as the Lord multiplied Job’s children and wealth in verses 10-13. Of course the commentators and Bible revisers reject the interpretation of the passage as given by the Holy Spirit in Psalm 14:7.

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Appendix 110 – The Restored Kingdom

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Comments on Heb. 1:10-12 KJV

10. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: [k]

[k] Vss. 10-12 cf. Psa. 102:25-27; see also Psa. 8:3, 19:1-6.

11. They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; [l]

[l] Vss. 10-11 cf. Isa. 51:6.

12. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: [3] but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. [m]

[3] Verses 10-12 record the greatest “striptease” in the history of the universe, for the passage speaks of God taking off His “clothes.” His “clothes” are the physical, visible universe (Psa. 104:2, 6; Isa. 40:22). This event is described in 2 Peter 3:10-11 and Revelation 20:11. All of this means that all “environmentalists” and “rocket scientists” are thieves trying to steal God’s clothes.

Note that God’s clothes are called “a garment” and “a vesture” in this passage. These are the same words applied to the clothes taken off His Son when He was crucified naked (see note on John 19:5). Imagine the horror of those people who looked on Jesus Christ when He was naked at Calvary, when they face His Father at the White Throne Judgment.

[m] Cf. Isa. 40:28-31.

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