V. 10.— And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. And, thou, Lord.— The 102nd Psalm, from which this quotation is taken describes, in an address to His Father, the sufferings of Christ and the depth of His humiliation. Ver. 1-11. The sweet Psalmist of Israel then contemplates Jehovah arising in His might to favor Sion, and anticipates the universal spread of the Gospel. Ver. 16-22. He then adverts to His own suffering and death, ver. 23, and describes the supplications which He offered to Him who was able to save Him from death. Ver. 24. The concluding verses contain the answer to the prayer. Had the Psalm not been quoted by the Apostle, we should, probably, have understood the conclusion of the Psalm as the continuance of the prayer, but we learn from the Apostle that it is the answer which Christ received. In the depth of His humiliation He is acknowledged as the Creator of heaven and earth. John 1:3. The Apostle had previously stated that God had made the worlds by His Son, ver. 2; and here, in reply to the expression of Christ’ s deep and overwhelming affliction, He is reminded that His years are throughout all generations:—“ Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.” Psalms 102:25-27. It had been given to the Son to have life in Himself, although in connexion with his humanity He had received a commandment to lay it down, that He might take it again; and not only so, but the children of His servants should continue, and their seed should be established before Him, which exactly corresponds with our Lord’ s words—“Because I live, ye shall live also.” John 14:19.