Tree of Life Version
Psalms 102:24
24He brought down my strength in midcourse. He shortened my days.
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
22to declare the Name of Adonai in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem, 23when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship Adonai. He brought down my strength in midcourse. He shortened my days. 25I say, “My God, do not take me up in the middle of my days. Your years endure through all generations! 26Long ago You founded the earth, the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:24 word by word
אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗י אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑י בְּד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 102:24
- Psalms 39:13Hear my prayer, Adonai, and listen to my cry— do not keep silent at my tears. For with You I am an outsider, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
- Isaiah 38:10I said: “In the prime of my life, I am to enter the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the rest of my years.”
- Psalms 102:12My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.
- Psalms 9:7The enemy is finished, in ruins forever. You overturned their cities— even the memory of them has perished.
- Psalms 90:1A prayer of Moses the man of God. My Lord, You have been our dwelling from generation to generation.
- Habakkuk 1:12Are not You from antiquity— Adonai my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Adonai, You have ordained him for judgment—as You, O Rock, have established him to chasten.
- Revelation 1:4John, To Messiah’s seven communities in Asia: Grace to you and shalom from Him who is and who was and who is to come, as well as from the seven spirits who are before His throne,
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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