King James Version
Psalms 102:13 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.”
Psalms 102:13 · KJV
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou shalt arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and have mercy”
H7355to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“to favour”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“her yea the set time”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
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