Psalms 102 · Verse 27

Psalms 102:27

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Psalms 102:27, King James Version

Psalms 102:27 in other translations

BSBBut You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
WEBBut you are the same. Your years will have no end.
ASVBut thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
YLTAnd Thou art the same, and Thine years are not finished.
DARBYBut thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end.
BBEBut you are the unchanging One, and your years will have no end.
WebsterBut thou art the same, and thy years will have no end.

What does Psalms 102:27 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 But thou art the same - ואתה הוא veattah Hu, but thou art He, that is, The Eternal; and, consequently, he who only has immortality. Thy years shall have no end - לא יתמו lo yittammu, "they shall not be completed." Every thing has its revolution - its conception, growth, perfection, decay, dissolution, and death, or corruption. It may be said that regeneration restores all these substances; and so it does in a measure, but not without deterioration. The breed of animals, as well as vegetables, wears out; but God's eternal round has no completion. I repeat it, - what is necessarily eternal is unchangeable and imperishable; all created beings are perishable and mutable, because not eternal. God alone is eternal; therefore God alone is imperishable and immutable.

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…

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Psalms 102:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתָּה\־ve.'a.tah-and youH859
ה֑וּאHu'[are] heH1931
וּ֝שְׁנוֹתֶ֗יךָu.she.no.Tei.khaand years yourH8141
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִתָּֽמּוּ\׃yi.Ta.muthey will come to an endH8552

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 102:27

  • Hebrews 13:8

    Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  • James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  • Malachi 3:6

    For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  • 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 90:4

    For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

  • Revelation 1:17-18

    And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  • Job 36:26

    Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

  • John 8:58

    Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou art.
Mal 3:6; Joh 8:58; Heb 13:8; Jas 1:17; Re 1:8,17,18
years.
90:4; Job 36:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 102:26

    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:

  • Psalms 102:27

    But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

  • Psalms 102:28

    The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

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Psalms 102:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas tú eres el mismo, y tus años no se acabarán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Eux, ils périront, mais toi, tu subsisteras; et ils vieilliront tous comme un vêtement; tu les changeras comme un habit, et ils seront changés;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du aber bist derselbe, und deine Jahre enden nicht.