Psalms 102:23

THE GLORY OF THE MESSIAH

"He weakened my strength in the way;

He shortened my days.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:

Thy years are throughout all generations.

Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth;

And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

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:

But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

The children of thy servants shall continue,

And their seed shall be established before thee."

Psalms 102:23-24a appear in this version to have been the words of the psalmist; but in the LXX, we have the following:

"He (God) answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days. Take me not away in the midst of my days."[7]

The significance of this rendition is that it makes God the speaker of this whole passage, indicating that the Messiah is the only person to whom such language from God could be applied. Without passing any judgment at all upon the Septuagint (LXX) rendition, one thing is certain: "Every word of Psalms 102:24bff is indeed and truth a reference to Jesus Christ." This does not deny that the passage, as it appears here, is most certainly addressed to Jehovah. Note the following quotation from Hebrews 1:20-12.