Psalms 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Psalms 102:24 in other translations
| BSB | I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations. |
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| WEB | I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. |
| ASV | I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. |
| YLT | I say, ‘My God, take me not up in the midst of my days,' Through all generations are Thine years. |
| DARBY | I said, My God, take me not away in the midst of my days!...Thy years are from generation to generation. |
| BBE | I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations: |
| Webster | I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. |
What does Psalms 102:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 102:23-28
23-28. The writer, speaking for the Church, finds encouragement in the midst of all his distresses. God's eternal existence is a pledge of faithfulness to His promises. in the way--of providence. weakened--literally, "afflicted," and made fearful of a premature end, a figure of the apprehensions of the Church, lest God might not perform His promise, drawn from those of a person in view of the dangers of early death…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 102:23-28
Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but provide accordingly? We must own God's hand in it; and must reconcile this to his love, for often those that have used their strength well, have it weakened; and those who, as we think, can very ill be spared, have their days shortened. It is very comfortable, in reference…
Psalms 102:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 102:24
- Habakkuk 1:12
Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
- Psalms 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
- Isaiah 38:10-22
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. …
- Psalms 102:12
But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
- Revelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
- Psalms 9:7
But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
- Revelation 1:4
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
- Psalms 90:1-2
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- Job 36:26
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
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Context
- Psalms 102:23
He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
- Psalms 102:24
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
- Psalms 102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms 102:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dije: Dios mío, no me cortes en el medio de mis días: por generación de generaciones son tus años. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il a abattu ma force dans le chemin, il a abrégé mes jours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich sprach: Mein Gott, nimm mich nicht hinweg in der Hälfte meiner Tage! -Von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht sind deine Jahre. |