Psalms 102:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

yāmay like ṣēl nāṭûy and I like ʿēśeḇ ʾîḇāš

Grammar Details

• *yāmay*: noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days
• *kᵉṣēl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like shadow
• *nāṭûy*: verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - stretched out/declined
• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *kāʿēśeḇ*: preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - like the grass
• *ʾîḇāš*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I wither

Word Meanings

• *yāmay*: my days/lifetime
• *ṣēl*: shadow/shade
• *nāṭûy*: stretched out/declined/lengthened
• *ʿēśeḇ*: grass/herb/vegetation
• *ʾîḇāš*: I wither/dry up

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:7 : 7 [But Jehovah] [sitteth] [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
• Ps 135:13 : 13 Thy name, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Thy memorial [name], O Jehovah, throughout all generations.
• Exod 3:15 : 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
• Lam 5:19 : 19 Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
• Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, {G3427} Fear not; I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
• Isa 60:15 : 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
• Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
• Ps 90:1-2 : 1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
• Ps 102:24-27 : 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They 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: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.