Psalms 102:17

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ¹  and does not reject ²  their request. ³ 

De 4:29; De 32:36; Ne 1:6,11; Ne 2:1-8; Ps 9:18; Ps 22:24; Ps 69:23; Ps 72:12; Jer 29:11-14; Da 9:3-21

¹ tn The Hebrew adjective עַרְעָר (’arar, “destitute”) occurs only here in the OT. It is derived from the verbal root ערר (“to strip oneself”).

² tn Heb “despise.”

³ tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15.