When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
This prayer belongs to the faithful in Babylon's captivity, when deliverance drew near. They lament their afflictions, plead for the temple's restoration, and recall God's promises to steady their hope. The prophet shaped it as a form of prayer when the seventy years were nearly finished and comfort was about to break forth.
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Commenting on Psalm 102:1-28
When all nations at last gather to serve the Lord, this restoration of Zion will blaze forth like Israel's crossing of the Red Sea, never to fade, never to cease stirring wonder. That day will surpass all others in glory, and heaven itself will shake with praise for Him who loosed the captives and raised the ruins into a temple.
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My days vanish like a shadow, but You sit enthroned forever, Your remembrance burning through all generations. A man who loves God better than himself takes comfort here: though I die and my name sink into dust, Your church's interests are safe in hands that never fail, and deliverance for Zion must come.
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Commenting on Psalm 102:12-22