Psalm 102:23

Modern

He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

Traditional

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

Literal

He has broken my strength on the way; He has shortened my days.

Latin

Respondit ei in via virtutis suæ: Paucitatem dierum meorum nuntia mihi:

Hebrew

English

He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

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

2 Thessalonians 2:3–12
Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
2 Timothy 3:1–17
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Psalm 89:38–47
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
Revelation 11:2–19
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
1 Timothy 4:1–3
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
Job 21:21
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Revelation 12:13–17
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.