God’s Word Translation
Psalms 102:23
23He has weakened my strength along the way. He has reduced ⌞the number of⌟ my days.
Psalms 102:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
- New International Version (NIV)In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has broken my strength in midcourse; he has shortened my days.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
Context of Psalms 102:23
21The Lord’s name is announced in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22when nations and kingdoms gather to worship the Lord.” He has weakened my strength along the way. He has reduced ⌞the number of⌟ my days. 24I said, “My God, don’t take me now in the middle of my life. Your years ⌞continue on⌟ throughout every generation. 25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth. Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:23 word by word
עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ כֹּחִ֗י קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:23
- Psalms 89:38But you have despised, rejected, and become angry with your anointed one.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Don’t let anyone deceive you about this in any way. ⌞That day cannot come unless⌟ a revolt takes place first, and the man of sin, the man of destruction, is revealed.
- 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit says clearly that in later times some believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive, and they will believe the teachings of demons.
- 2 Timothy 3:1You must understand this: In the last days there will be violent periods of time.
- Revelation 11:2But do not measure the temple courtyard. Leave that out, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
- Revelation 12:13When the serpent saw that it had been thrown down to earth, it persecuted the woman who had given birth to the boy.
- Job 21:21How can he be interested in his family after he’s gone, when the number of his months is cut short?
Commentaries on Psalms 102:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23He weakened my strength in the way - We are brought so low in our captivity by oppression, by every species of hard usage, and by death, that there is now no hope of our restoration by any efforts of our own.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23He weakened my strength in the way - Margin, as in Hebrew, “afflicted.” The idea is, that God had taken his strength away; he had weakened him - humbled him - brought him low by sorrow. The word “way” refers to the course which he was pursuing. In his journey of life God had thus afflicted - humbled - prostrated him. The psalmist here turns from the exulting view which he had of the future Psalm 102:21-22, and resumes his complaint - the remembrance of…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. 23-28Although the psalmist suffers in the present, he bases his hope for the future on the Lord’s past faithfulness.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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