Psalms 102:19 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 102:19

For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

For he hath looked down from the heights of his sanctuary, or "leaned from the high place of his holiness, " from heaven did the Lord behold the earth, looking out like a watcher from his tower. What was the object of this leaning lrom the battlements of heaven? Why this intent gaze upon the race of men? The answer is full of astounding mercy; the Lord does not look upon mankind to note their grandees, and observe the doings of their nobles, but to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3113: “Gratitude for Great Deliverances” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1908)

I SUPPOSE the first sense of this passage would be just this. Israel had been carried away captive and only the poorest of the people had been left in the land. Jerusalem was a heap. Zion had been plowed with the plow of desolation. The whole country was, compared with its former state, like a desert. But in due time, God, who had peculiar favor towards His people, though He had sorely smitten them, would look down upon them. From the height of His sanctuary in Heaven, He would look down upon the ruins of His sanctuary on earth.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הִ֭שְׁקִיף	Hish.kif	he has looked down	H8259 →
מִמְּר֣וֹם	mi.me.Rom	from [the] height of	H4791 →
קָדְשׁ֑וֹ	ka.de.Sho	holiness his	H6944 →
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם׀	mi.sha.Ma.yim	from heaven	H8064 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֶ֬רֶץ	'E.retz	earth	H776 →
הִבִּֽיט׃	hi.Bit	he has looked	H5027 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 14:2
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
leads to
- Romans 3:11
  There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
- Psalms 33:13–14
  The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
- Hebrews 11:6
  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Psalms 102:19–20
  For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
- Genesis 6:12
  And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
Through
Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
leads to
- Isaiah 63:15
  Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
- Zechariah 2:13
  Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
Through
1 Kings 8:43
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:46
  This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air…

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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