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Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Psalms 102:10 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
  • BSB because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
  • NKJV Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and cast me away.
  • NASB Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.
  • NLT because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.

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Quick answer

He traces his suffering to God's indignation, who lifted him up and cast him down. He sees God's hand even in his pain.

Overview

The psalmist attributes his affliction to God's wrath, feeling thrown aside after being raised up. This reflects an honest wrestling with God's sovereignty over suffering, without abandoning faith. Believers can likewise bring such hard questions to God, trusting that in Christ His wrath against His people has been borne and turned to mercy.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • Ps 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
  • 2 Cor 4:9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • Lam 3:39–42Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
  • Ps 147:6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
  • Ps 90:7–9For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
  • Rom 3:19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
  • Ps 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
  • Lam 1:18The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
  • Ps 38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
  • Dan 9:8–14O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
  • Lam 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
  • 1 Sam 2:7–8The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
  • 2 Chr 25:8But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
  • Ps 73:18–20Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
  • Ps 30:6–7And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 102:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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