Psalms 102:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Hab 1:12 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
Ps 102:12 : 12 But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations.
Ps 39:13 : 13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
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.
Job 36:26 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.
Ps 9:7 : 7 [But Jehovah] [sitteth] [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;
Isa 38:10-22 : 10 I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 13 I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. 16 O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live. 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] 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. 18 For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth. 20 Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah. 21 Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;
Rev 1:8 : 8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 102:23
82%
23He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
Ps 102:25-27
3 verses
77%
25Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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:
27But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Ps 71:9
76%
9Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Ps 71:17-18
2 verses
76%
17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Isa 38:10-12
3 verses
75%
10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Ps 39:12-13
2 verses
75%
12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
Ps 39:4-5
2 verses
75%
4Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am.
5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {H5542}
Job 10:5
74%
5Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days,
Ps 102:11-12
2 verses
74%
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
12But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial [name] unto all generations.
Ps 89:46-47
2 verses
73%
46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
Job 10:20
73%
20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Ps 51:11
72%
11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Ps 38:21
72%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 31:22
72%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 27:9
72%
9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Job 7:16
71%
16I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Ps 39:10
71%
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Ps 31:10
71%
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Job 14:13
71%
13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Ps 102:2-3
2 verses
71%
2Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.
3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
Ps 90:1-4
4 verses
71%
1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
Ps 77:10
71%
10And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Job 17:11
70%
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Ps 90:9-10
2 verses
70%
9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
10The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
Ps 77:5
70%
5I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
Hab 1:12
70%
12Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
Jer 17:16
70%
16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Ps 40:11
70%
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Job 17:1
70%
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
Ps 61:6
70%
6Thou wilt prolong the king's life; His years shall be as many generations.
Ps 31:14-15
2 verses
70%
14But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.
15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Ps 41:12
70%
12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
Ps 35:24
70%
24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
Ps 22:19
69%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 16:1
69%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.