תהלים 102:17

Hebrew Modern Translation

פנה אל תפלת הערער ולא בזה את תפלתם׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[102:18] אל-תפלת הערער ולא-בזה את-תפלתם

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[102:18] פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[102:18] פָּנָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּת הָעַרְעָר וְלֹֽא־בָזָה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם ׃

Bible Verse Review
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He will: Psalms 9:18, Psalms 72:12, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 32:36, Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 2:1-8, Jeremiah 29:11-14, Daniel 9:3-21

not despise: Psalms 22:24, Psalms 69:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:21 - I Numbers 21:3 - hearkened 2 Kings 1:13 - O man of God Job 35:13 - regard Psalms 9:12 - he forgetteth Psalms 10:17 - cause Psalms 35:10 - which Psalms 51:17 - thou Psalms 65:2 - thou Psalms 69:33 - the Lord Psalms 86:1 - for I am Psalms 109:22 - For I Psalms 136:23 - remembered Psalms 140:12 - the Lord Psalms 141:8 - leave not my soul destitute Song of Solomon 8:1 - yea Isaiah 41:17 - the poor Jeremiah 29:12 - General Ezekiel 36:37 - I will yet Luke 1:48 - regarded Luke 18:1 - that John 6:37 - I will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He will regard the prayer of the destitute,.... Of the destitute of human help and support, protection and defence; as the church in the wilderness; of the "poor", as the Syriac and Arabic versions, both in spirit and in purse; of the "humble", as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin: the word c signifies a low shrub or plant; it is rendered, the heath in the wilderness, Jeremiah 17:6 and designs the saints in their low and afflicted state, during the reign of antichrist, and while the witnesses prophesy in sackcloth; these are the elect that pray day and night, and give the Lord no rest till he establish and make Jerusalem a praise in the earth; and the prayers of these are regarded and looked to by the Lord; his eyes are upon and his ears are open to these praying ones; and all the glorious things which shall be done for the church of God will be in consequence of their prayers:

and not despise their prayer; not reject it with contempt and abhorrence; more is intended than is expressed: the meaning is, that he will receive it with pleasure, and return an answer to it; the prayer of these poor destitute ones is delightful to him, Proverbs 15:8.

c הערער "eorum, qui sunt veluti myricae", Pagninus, Vatablus, Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He will regard the prayer - literally, “He looks upon,” or “he ‘turns himself’ to their prayer.” He does not any longer seem to turn away from them and disregard them. He shows by thus building up Zion that he does regard prayer; that he hears the supplications of his people. There is no higher proof that prayer is heard than that which is often furnished in a revival of pure religion. All such revivals, like that on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1 ff), are usually preceded, as that was Acts 1:13-14, by special prayer; in those revivals there are often most manifest and clear answers to prayer for the conversion of individuals; to prayer for a blessing on a preached gospel; to prayer for particular relatives and friends.

Of the destitute - literally, “of the poor.” The word - ערער ‛ar‛âr - occurs only here and in Jeremiah 17:6, where it is rendered “heath:” “He shall be like the ‘heath’ in the desert.” The word, according to its etymology, means “naked;” then, poor, stripped of everything, impoverished, wholly destitute. It would thus be eminently applicable to the poor exiles in Babylon; it is as applicable to sinners pleading with God, and to the people of God themselves, destitute of everything like self-righteousness, and feeling that they have nothing in themselves, but that they are wholly dependent on the mercy of God. Compare Revelation 3:17.

And not despise their prayer - Not treat it with contempt; not pass it by unheard. This is stated as one of the reasons why the nations would be struck with awe - that God, the infinite God, would hear the prayers of those who were so poor, so powerless, so friendless. There is, in fact, nothing more suited to excite wonder than that God does hear the prayer of poor, lost, sinful man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 102:17. The prayer of the destitute — הערער haarar of him who is laid in utter ruin, who is entirely wasted.