Psalms 102:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Psalms 102:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Psalms 22:24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 72:12
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Jeremiah 29:11-14
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. …
Psalms 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Beggars Blessing Enquiring of God Importunity Philanthropy Poor

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-22)

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; but he has many considerations to revive himself with. I. We are dying creatures, and our interes…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

15-17. God’s favor to the Church will affect her persecutors with fear.