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Psalm 102:17 KJV

Psalms · chapter 102 · verse 17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.Psalm 102:17 · King James Version

Psalm 102:17 in context

15So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

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

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

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

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Commentary

Many exceedingly great and precious comforts are here thought of, and mustered up, to balance the foregoing complaints; for unto the upright there arises light in the darkness, so that, though they are cast down, they are not in despair. It is bad with the psalmist himself, bad with the people of God;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-22

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