John Trapp on Psalms 102:1

PSAL. CII.

A Prayer of the afflicted] Or, for the afflicted, made by Daniel, or ſome other Prophet, not long before the return out of Babylon, where they ſuffered much, but prayed little, as Daniel confeſſeth, Chap. 9.13. Here therefore they are taught to take unto them words, and ſay, Hear my prayer, O Lord, &c. In greateſt afflictions there is place left for prayer, Pſal. 103.1. and ſomething God will yeeld to it, when moſt bitterly bent againſt a people, Mat. 24.20, 21.

When he is overwhelmed] Preſſed out of meaſure above ſtrength, 2 Cor. 1.8. ad deliquium animae, till heart faint, and faith ſeem to fail, bowing down through weight of grief, at ſi pars una corporis alia eſſet operta; for ſo the word here uſed ſignifieth, ſaith Kimchi, as if one part of the body were overcovered with another Eſtque pulchra collatis in verbi[illegible: 1 letter] gnataph & ſhaphac quae naturam fidei deping unt, ſaith Mollerus: Faith may bee under a cloud for a ſeaſon; but it will recover, and pour out its complaint before the Lord.

Verſ. 1. Hear my prayer, O Lord] O Lord Chriſt, for ſo this Pſalm is to bee underſtood, as the Apoſtle ſheweth, Heb. 1.

And let my cry] Which is, that thou wouldeſt be pleaſed to bring us poor exiles back to our own Country; and ſo this prayer is anſwerable to that of Daniel, Chap. 9.