Psalms 102:24 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 102:24

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON GENESIS 15:6 (253)

That which is said is also fulfilled in the saint: "I will recall you from there in the end." For the end is considered to be the perfection of things and the consummation of virtues. Indeed for this reason also another saint said, "Don't recall me in the midst of my days." And again the Scripture bestows testimony on the great patriarch Abraham since "Abraham died full of days."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

I said - Do not wholly destroy thy people Israel. In the midst - Before they come to a full possession of thy promises and especially of that fundamental promise of the Messiah.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days. He betook himself to prayer. What better remedy is there for hcart-sickness and depression? We may lawfully ask for recovery from sickness and may hope to be heard. Good men should not dread death, but they are not forbidden to love life: for many reasons the man who has the best hope of heaven may nevertheless think it desirable to continue here a little longer, for the sake of his family, his work, the church of God, and even the glory of God itself.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֹמַ֗ר	'o.Mar	I said	H559 →
אֵלִ֗י	'e.Li	O God my	H410 →
אַֽל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי	Ta.'al.ni	you lift up me	H5927 →
בַּחֲצִ֣י	ba.cha.Tzi	in [the] middle of	H2677 →
יָמָ֑י	ya.Mai	days my	H3117 →
בְּד֖וֹר	be.Dor	[are] in a generation of	H1755 →
דּוֹרִ֣ים	do.Rim	generations	H1755 →
שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃	she.no.Tei.kha	years your	H8141 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
leads to
- Isaiah 44:6
  Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Revelation 22:13
  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
- Isaiah 48:12
  Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
- Isaiah 43:10
  “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed,…
- Revelation 21:6
  And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
Through
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:4
  He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Through
Psalms 102:12
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
leads to
- Psalms 135:13
  Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
- Hebrews 13:8
  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms