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22 when the nations gather together,
and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord.[a]
23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life;[b]
he has cut short my days.
24 I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life.[c]
You endure through all generations.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:22 tn “and the kingdoms to serve the Lord.”
  2. Psalm 102:23 tn Heb “he has afflicted my strength in the way.” The term “way” refers here to the course of the psalmist’s life, which appears to be ending prematurely (vv. 23b-24).
  3. Psalm 102:24 tn Heb “do not lift me up in the middle of my days.”
  4. Psalm 102:24 tn Heb “in a generation of generations [are] your years.”