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Psalms 102:23–24

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He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
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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From verse 23

  1. 1 Timothy 4:1–3Rank 1 from verse 23
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    1NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

    2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

    3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12Rank 2 from verse 23
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    3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

    4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

    5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

    6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

    7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

    8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

    9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  3. 2 Timothy 3:1–17Rank 3 from verse 23
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    1THIS know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

    2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

    3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

    4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

    6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

    7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

    8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

    9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

    10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,

    11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

    12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

    13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

    14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

    15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

    16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

    17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

  4. Job 21:21Rank 4 from verse 23
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    21For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

  5. Psalms 89:38–47Rank 5 from verse 23
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    38But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

    39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

    40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

    41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

    42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

    43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

    44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

    45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

    46How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

    47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

From verse 24

  1. Habakkuk 1:12Rank 1 from verse 24
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    12Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

  2. Psalms 39:13Rank 2 from verse 24
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    13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

  3. Isaiah 38:10–22Rank 3 from verse 24
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    10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

    11I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

    12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

    13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

    14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

    16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

    17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

    18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

    19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

    20The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

    21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

    22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

  4. Psalms 102:12Rank 4 from verse 24
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    12But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

  5. Revelation 1:8Rank 5 from verse 24
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    8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

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Psalms 102:23

COMBINED MEANING

weakened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of weaken, meaning to lessen or deprive of strength.

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 102:24

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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throughout

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Through every part, place, member, or extent of; all over; during or from beginning to end of the whole stated area, group, or period.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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102:1HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

102:2Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

102:4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

102:5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

102:7I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

102:8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

102:11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

102:12But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.

102:13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

102:14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

102:15So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

102:16When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

102:18This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.

102:19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;

102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

102:21To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

102:22When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

102:23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

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102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

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

102:26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

102:27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

102:28The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

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