Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. New Living Translation And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside. Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing. English Standard Version Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent. Berean Standard Bible Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. King James Bible Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. New King James Version Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. New American Standard Bible Do not cast me away at the time of my old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails. NASB 1995 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. NASB 1977 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. Legacy Standard Bible Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. Amplified Bible Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak. Christian Standard Bible Don’t discard me in my old age. As my strength fails, do not abandon me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t discard me in my old age; as my strength fails, do not abandon me. American Standard Version Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not cast me off at the time of old age; when my power fails, do not leave me Brenton Septuagint Translation Cast me not off at the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails. Contemporary English Version Don't throw me aside when I am old; don't desert me when my strength is gone. Douay-Rheims Bible Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength shall fail, do not thou forsake me. English Revised Version Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength. Good News Translation Do not reject me now that I am old; do not abandon me now that I am feeble. International Standard Version Don't throw me away when I am old; do not abandon me when my strength fails. JPS Tanakh 1917 Cast me not off in the time of old age; When my strength faileth, forsake me not. Literal Standard Version Do not cast me off at the time of old age, | Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power. Majority Standard Bible Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. New American Bible Do not cast me aside in my old age; as my strength fails, do not forsake me. NET Bible Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me! New Revised Standard Version Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent. New Heart English Bible Do not reject me in my old age. Do not forsake me when my strength fails. Webster's Bible Translation Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. World English Bible Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails. Young's Literal Translation Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge…8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long. 9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. 10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,… Cross References Job 26:2 "How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble! Psalm 71:18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come. Psalm 92:14 In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, Psalm 119:8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me. Psalm 138:8 The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever--do not abandon the works of Your hands. Isaiah 46:4 Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you. Treasury of Scripture Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails. Cast Psalm 71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. Psalm 92:13-15 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God… Isaiah 46:4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. old age. when Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalm 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 2 Samuel 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? Jump to Previous Age Cast Consumption Faileth Fails Forsake Help Power Reject Spent Strength TimeJump to Next Age Cast Consumption Faileth Fails Forsake Help Power Reject Spent Strength TimePsalm 71 1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself, 10. and against the enemies of his soul 14. He promises constancy 17. He prays for perseverance 19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully (9-11) This piece may be compared with Psalm 41:6-8. The formal "saying" (Psalm 71:11), introducing a quotation, is an indication of a late date, the early literature employing no signs of quotation. (See, e.g., Psalm 68:12; Psalm 68:26.)Verse 9. - Cast me not off in the lime of old age. This expression, combined with the allusion to old age and grey hairs in ver. 18, indicates that the writer was drawing near to the natural term of human life, and already felt the infirmities of old age creeping upon him. This note of date suits better the time of Adonijah's rebellion than that of Absalom's. Forsake me not when my strength faileth. An appeal to the Divine compassion. If God was his "Rock and Fortress" (ver. 3), his "strong Refuge" (ver. 7), when he was in his full vigour, much more will he support and befriend him when be is weak and helpless. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not discard me תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי (taš·lî·ḵê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away in my old age; זִקְנָ֑ה (ziq·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2209: Old age do not אַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not forsake me תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃ (ta·‘az·ḇê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit when my strength כֹּ֝חִ֗י (kō·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) fails. כִּכְל֥וֹת (kiḵ·lō·wṯ) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent Links Psalm 71:9 NIVPsalm 71:9 NLT Psalm 71:9 ESV Psalm 71:9 NASB Psalm 71:9 KJV Psalm 71:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 71:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 71:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 71:9 French Bible Psalm 71:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 71:9 Don't reject me in my old age (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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