37 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).
38 Heb “do not lift me up in the middle of my days.”
39 Heb “in a generation of generations [are] your years.”

In other versions

He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he has shortened my days.

“O my God,” I say, “take me not away

in the midst of my days—

you whose years endure

throughout all generations!”

In the course of my life he broke my strength;

he cut short my days.

So I said:

“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;

your years go on through all generations.

He has broken my strength in midcourse;

he has shortened my days.

I say, “My God, do not take me

in the middle of my life!

Your years continue through all generations.

He broke my strength in midlife,

cutting short my days.

But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,

don’t take my life while I am so young!

He has broken my strength along the way;

he has cut short my days.

I say, “My God, do not carry me off

from my life in the middle of my days.”

Your years continue throughout all generations.

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.

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