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Psalms 102:24
24So I pray, ‘My God, please do not let me die now, in the middle of my life. The years of your life continue for ever!
Psalms 102:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
- New International Version (NIV)So I said: “Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"O my God," I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days— you whose years endure throughout all generations!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)I said, “O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.
Context of Psalms 102:24
22At that time, people from all nations will meet together. The kingdoms of the world will come to serve the Lord. 23But God has made me weak before I have reached old age. He has made my life short. So I pray, ‘My God, please do not let me die now, in the middle of my life. The years of your life continue for ever! 25Long ago, you built the world on a strong foundation. You created the heavens with your own hands. 26They will all disappear one day, but you will remain. They will become spoiled, like old clothes. Like clothes, you will remove them, so that they disappear.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:24 word by word
אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗י אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑י בְּד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:24
- Psalms 39:13Stop being angry with me, so that I can be happy again before I die.
- Isaiah 38:10I thought that I might die in the middle of my life. I thought that I would go into the deep hole of death, before I had lived all the years of my life.
- Psalms 102:12But you, Lord, rule for ever as king. People will always remember you.
- Psalms 9:7Every day the Lord will rule as king. He sits on his throne as judge.
- Psalms 90:1Lord, from long ago, you have always been a safe home for us.
- Habakkuk 1:12Lord, you have always been God, since the beginning. You are the God that I worship as holy, and you will never die. Lord, you have chosen the Babylonians as your weapon to punish your people. You are a strong rock to protect us, but you have decided to use them to punish us.
- Revelation 1:4I am John. I am writing to the seven churches that are in the region of Asia. I pray that God will be very kind to you. I pray that he will give you peace in your minds. God is alive now. He has always been alive. He will continue to be alive for ever. God will help you, and the seven spirits that are in front of his throne will help you.
Commentaries on Psalms 102:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24I said, O my God - This and the following verses seem to be the form of prayer which the captives used previously to their deliverance. Thy years are throughout all generations - This was a frequent argument used to induce God to hear prayer. We are frail and perishing; thou art everlasting: deliver us, and we will glorify thee.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days - This was the burden of my prayer, for this I earnestly pleaded. See Psalm 30:9; Isaiah 38:1-3, Isaiah 38:9-18. The word used here means “to cause to ascend or go up” and the expression might have been translated, “Cause me not to ascend.” The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate render it, “Call me not away.” Dr. Horsley,” Carry me not off.” In the word there may be an allusion - an obscure one, it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 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 to all the changes and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The psalmist compares his short life (Psalm 102:23) to God's eternal existence (compare 90:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2823-28. 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 (compare Psa 89:47). Paul (He 1:10)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 102
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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