Psalms 102:24
22 when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
23 He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
25 In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
- KJV
- I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
- 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.
- DARBY
- I said, My God, take me not away in the midst of my days! Thy years are from generation to generation.
- BLB
- I said, “O my God, do not take me up in the midst of my days; Your years [are] generation [to] generations.
- ÅB
- Jeg sier: Min Gud, ta meg ikke bort midt i mine dager! Dine år varer fra slekt til slekt.
- OTB
- Jeg sier, “Min Gud, ta meg ikke bort midt i mine dager,
Dine år strekker seg gjennom alle generasjoner. - B1930
- Jeg sier: Min Gud, ta mig ikke bort midt i mine dager! Dine år varer fra slekt til slekt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
Read in contextPsalms 39:13
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
Read in contextIsaiah 38:10–22
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Read in contextPsalms 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
Read in contextRevelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
Read in contextPsalms 9:7
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
Read in contextRevelation 1:4
John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,
Read in contextPsalms 90:1–2
Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
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