101:16. And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
101:17. For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
101:18. He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
101:19. Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
101:20. Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
101:21. That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
101:22. That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
101:23. When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
101:24. He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
He answered him in the way of his strength.... That is, the people, mentioned in the foregoing verse, or the penitent, in whose person this psalm is delivered, answered the Lord in the way of his strength: that is, according to the best of his power and strength: or when he was in the flower of his age and strength: inquiring after the fewness of his days: to know if he should live long enough to see the happy restoration of Sion, etc.