Psalm 102:10

Modern

…because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

Traditional

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Literal

…from the face of Your anger and Your wrath, for You have lifted me up and cast me away.

Latin

…a facie iræ et indignationis tuæ: quia elevans allisisti me.

Hebrew

English

…because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

The psalmist blames the Lord for his troubles.

A weak and suffering person prays for the Lord's mercy on Jerusalem and for his presence with its people.

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
2 Corinthians 4:9
…persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
Lamentations 3:39–42
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
Psalm 90:7–9
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
Psalm 147:6
The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Lamentations 1:18
The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
2 Chronicles 25:8
Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
Psalm 30:6–7
In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
Psalm 73:18–20
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Psalm 39:11
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Daniel 9:8–14
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.