I usually study in the Amplified Bible. Every time I read Psalm 102 I stop and think about the "melancholy pelican" in verse 6:
6 I am like a melancholy pelican or vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places.
So, what exactly is a "melancholy pelican"? The word for "pelican" is the Hebrew word "qa`ath" which means: a ceremonially unclean bird. The Bible Exposition Commentary says this:
He compared himself to the unclean birds (Lev 11:17-18) that lived solitary lives amid the ruins of the city. He was awake all night, a lonely man, like a sparrow bereft of his mate and chirping his lament on the roof. The enemy officers showed no sympathy but used his name in their curses (v. 8). It was as though God's hand picked him up and threw him on the trash heap, like a piece of discarded junk (v. 10; 51:11; 71:9; 147; 17; Isa 22:17-18). Like the evening shadows as the sun goes down, his life kept changing, but his days had no substance. Then the darkness fell and the long hard night lay before him.
So this is the position that the psalmist found himself in. What did he then do? Verse 12-13:
12 But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; and the fame of Your name endures to all generations.
13 You will arise and have mercy and loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity and compassion for her; yes, the set time has come [the moment designated].
Right NOW is your "set time" to be delivered from ALL the works of the enemy! Look at 2 Corinthians 6:2:
2 For God says,
"At just the right time, I heard you.
On the day of salvation, I helped you."
Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation.
Today, this very day, YOU can be set free from all the works of the enemy, IF, you follow on to know God and His Word for the purpose of obedience to HIM! "Salvation" is the Greek word "soteria". This means: rescue, safety, health, salvation, deliverance, preservation. TODAY is the day for YOUR rescue! Are YOU ready to take it? GET READY! Here is Hillsong with an older song called "Shout Your Fame":
Shalom in Him!
