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Psalm 102:10
because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
8My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
10because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
11My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
12But you, LORD, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
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The words “thrown me away” make this lament hard to soften: the speaker names God’s wrath while still speaking to God.
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Psalm 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.Both speakers connect their suffering with God’s indignation; Psalm 38 also names sin as a cause.
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.Both passages describe God as the one who lifts people up and brings them low.
2 Corinthians 4:9pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;Both describe severe distress, though Psalm 102 speaks of being thrown away and Corinthians declares that the afflicted are not forsaken.
Psalm 90:7–9For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.Both prayers name God’s wrath as the source of the suffering they describe.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under …The shared thread is God’s judgment: Psalm 102 describes wrath in personal suffering, while Romans speaks of the world’s accountability.
Psalm 147:6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.Both passages describe God bringing someone down; Psalm 147 names the wicked, while Psalm 102 speaks from within personal distress.
Lamentations 3:39–42Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?Both passages concern suffering under judgment; Lamentations names punishment for sins, while Psalm 102:10 names God’s wrath without specifying an offense.
Lamentations 1:18“The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into …Both speakers describe sorrow in relation to God; Lamentations includes a confession of rebellion that Psalm 102:10 does not make.
Jonah 4:7But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.The connection is limited to God’s action in loss: the psalm describes being cast away, while Jonah records God sending a destructive worm.
Psalm 30:7You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.Both speakers describe distress through a change in their experience of God: being thrown away or losing the sight of his face.
Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!Both passages picture a fall into distress; Lamentations connects the fallen crown with sin, while Psalm 102:10 names God’s wrath.
Daniel 9:8–14Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.Both prayers address God from distress; Daniel names shared shame and sin, while Psalm 102:10 describes being thrown away.
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