Psalm 102:19
New International Version
“The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,

New Living Translation
Tell them the LORD looked down from his heavenly sanctuary. He looked down to earth from heaven

English Standard Version
that he looked down from his holy height; from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,

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

King James Bible
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

New King James Version
For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the LORD viewed the earth,

New American Standard Bible
For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD looked upon the earth,

NASB 1995
For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,

NASB 1977
For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth,

Legacy Standard Bible
For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven Yahweh gazed upon the earth,

Amplified Bible
For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary], From heaven the LORD gazed on the earth,

Christian Standard Bible
He looked down from his holy heights — the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He looked down from His holy heights— the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth—

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For he looked out from the high place of his Holiness. LORD JEHOVAH looked out from Heaven to the Earth

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;

Contemporary English Version
"From his holy temple, the LORD looked down at the earth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.

English Revised Version
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The LORD looked down from his holy place high above. From heaven he looked at the earth.

Good News Translation
The LORD looked down from his holy place on high, he looked down from heaven to earth.

International Standard Version
For when he looked down from his holy heights— the LORD looked over the earth from heaven—

JPS Tanakh 1917
For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

Literal Standard Version
For He has looked | From the high place of His sanctuary. YHWH looked attentively from the heavens to earth,

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

New American Bible
“The LORD looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,

NET Bible
For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the LORD will look toward earth,

New Revised Standard Version
that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,

New Heart English Bible
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the LORD looked at the earth;

Webster's Bible Translation
For he hath looked down from the hight of his sanctuary; from heaven hath the LORD beheld the earth;

World English Bible
for he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth,

Young's Literal Translation
For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,

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Context
The Prayer of the Afflicted
18Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD. 19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth 20to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,…

Cross References
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."

Psalm 14:2
The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Psalm 33:13
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.

Psalm 33:14
From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.

Psalm 53:2
God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Psalm 80:14
Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine--

Psalm 148:1
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.


Treasury of Scripture

For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

for he

Psalm 14:2
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Psalm 33:13,14
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men…

Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

the height

Job 22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Hebrews 8:1,2
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; …

Hebrews 9:23,24
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these…

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Psalm 102
1. The prophet in his prayer makes a grievous complaint.
12. He takes comfort in the eternity, and mercy of God
18. The mercies of God are to be recorded
23. He sustains his weakness by the unchangeableness of God.














Verse 19. - For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary. God's true sanctuary is the heaven of heavens wherein he dwells. Earthly sanctuaries are but shadows of this. From heaven did the Lord behold the earth (comp. Exodus 2:23-25). As God in the days of old had looked down on the affliction of his people in Egypt, so did he now "look down" and "behold" their sufferings in Babylon.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He looked down
הִ֭שְׁקִיף (hiš·qîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8259: To overhang, look out or down

from the heights
מִמְּר֣וֹם (mim·mə·rō·wm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4791: Altitude

of His sanctuary;
קָדְשׁ֑וֹ (qā·ḏə·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

the LORD
יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

gazed out
הִבִּֽיט׃ (hib·bîṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard

from heaven
מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם ׀ (miš·šā·ma·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

earth,
אֶ֬רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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