Psalms Chapter 102 verse 17 Holy Bible
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
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When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.
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He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.
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He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.
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He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer; rather, he hath regarded... and hath not despised (see the Revised Version). The word translated "destitute" is elsewhere (Jeremiah 17:6) only used as the name of a shrub - probably the dwarf juniper, still so called by the Arabs. The dwarf juniper has "a gloomy stunted appearance" (Tristram), and well symbolizes the Israel of the Captivity period, dry and withered, like a wretched desert shrub.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) The destitute.--Literally, the naked one. Here the exiled people, stripped of home and religious rites. The word is only found once more, in Jeremiah 17:6 (comp. Jeremiah 48:6 for a kindred form), where it is translated "heath," and in Arabic it is to this day the name of a stunted bush that grows in Palestine.
