Dear RTB’ers,
Bastille Day!
Both STS and my Study Bible suggest that today’s Psalm 102 was written by an individual toward the end of the Exile. The “restoration of Zion” verses 13-22 confirm that for me. The earlier verses also spoke to me of a man in a deep depression, especially verse 4b, “I forget to eat my bread.”
I posted a few days ago that those of us in our later years have a responsibility to pour ourselves into our youth and young adults. Today’s verse 18 echoes that charge in a different context, to people not yet born: Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.
I had not seen it, but my Study Bible noted that verses 25-27 are quoted by the author of Hebrews as verses 1:10-12, with those verses ascribed to Jesus, God’s Son. Here are those verses. Read them again, adding “Jesus” to the “You” pronouns. (i.e., “You, Jesus”: Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. they will perish, but You will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, but You are the same, and Your years have no end.
Blessings.
Fred