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Psalms 102:23

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 102:24.

עִנָּ֖הinahabase selfעָנָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “abase self”, a completed actionH6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנ…בַדֶּ֥רֶךְvaderekhin alongדֶּרֶךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).כחוkhchvforceכֹּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.כֹּחִ֗יkochiforceכֹּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.קִצַּ֥רqitsarmuch discouragedקָצַרverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “much discouraged”, a completed actionH7114to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)[idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.יָמָֽיyamayas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(102-24) He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

Young’s Literal Translation

He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

World English Bible

He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

Darby Translation

He weakened my strength in the way, he shortened my days.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(102-24) He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ἐν ὁδῷ ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, τὴν ὀλιγότητα τῶν ἡμερῶν μου ἀνάγγειλόν μοι·