I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.
Ver. 24. Take me not away in the midst of my days] Heb. Make me not to ascend, Serus in coelum redeam. Fain I would live to see those golden days of redemption. Abraham desired to see the day of Christ, John 8:56; Simeon did, and then sang out his soul. All the saints after the captivity looked hard for the consolation of Israel.
Thy years are throughout all generations] And that is the comfort of thy poor covenanters, who are sure to participate of all thy goods.