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Psalms 102:24

102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. weakened: Heb. afflicted
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

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I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

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

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

102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

What does Psalms 102:24 mean?

Psalms 102:24 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָמַר (ʼâmar), אֵל (ʼêl), עָלָה (ʻâlâh).

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I
said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
O
my
God,אֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
take
me
not
awayעָלָהʻâlâh/aw-law'/H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
in
the
midstחֵצִיchêtsîy/khay-tsee'/H2677the half or middle
of
my
days:יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
thy
yearsשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
are
throughout
allדּוֹרdôwr/dore/H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
generations.דּוֹרdôwr/dore/H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 102:24.

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 35:1

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:3

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

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What does Psalms 102:24 say?

Psalms 102:24 (King James Version) reads: "I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations."

Is Psalms 102:24 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 102:24 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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