Discovery BoxPsalms 102:11 
Context102:11 My days are coming to an end, 1
and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 102:23-24
Context102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; 2
he has cut short my days.
102:24 I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! 3
You endure through all generations. 4
1 tn Heb “my days [are] like an extended [or “lengthening”] shadow,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness.
2 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 tn Heb “do not lift me up in the middle of my days.”
4 tn Heb “in a generation of generations [are] your years.”
