Psalm 102:24

Modern

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

Traditional

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

Literal

I said, “O my God, do not take me up in the midst of my days; Your years are generation to generations.

Latin

…ne revoces me in dimidio dierum meorum, in generationem et generationem anni tui.

Hebrew

English

I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

The psalmist compares his short life (Psalm 102:23) to God's eternal existence (compare 90:4).

Although the psalmist suffers in the present, he bases his hope for the future on the Lord’s past faithfulness.

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 39:13
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
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.
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
Isaiah 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.”
Psalm 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
Revelation 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,
Psalm 9:7
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
Job 36:26
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Psalm 90:1–2
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God