Psalm 102
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Summary
The Psalmist prays for the downtrodden and unfortunate. Although the heavens and the earth will pass away, the Lord, their Creator, will live forever.
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| (18) This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. | (18) This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be gathered shall praise the Lord. |
Commentary
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See Biblical Chronology- 979 BC
Further Reading
David J. Larsen, “From Dust to Exalted Crown: Royal and Temple Themes Common to the Psalms and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 45 (2021): 251–262.
David J. Larsen, “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: What the Psalms Can Tell Us About the Rituals of the First Temple,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 15–34.
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Adam Clarke (1831)
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Albert Barnes (1834)
Exposition of the Entire Bible
John Gill (1746–63)
Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament
Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch (1857–78)
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible
John Wesley (1754–65)