Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Psalms 71:9 in other translations
| BSB | Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. |
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| WEB | Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails. |
| ASV | Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. |
| YLT | Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not. |
| DARBY | Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. |
| BBE | Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone. |
| Webster | Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. |
What does Psalms 71:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 71:6-9
6-9. His history from early infancy illustrated God's care, and his wonderful deliverances were at once occasions of praise and ground of confidence for the future. my praise ... of thee--literally, "in" or "by Thee" (Psa 22:25).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 71:1-13
David prays that he might never be made ashamed of dependence upon God. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace. The gracious care of Divine providence in our birth and infancy, should engage us to early piety. He that was our Help from our birth, ought to be our Hope from our youth. Let none expect ease or comfort from the world. Those who love the Lord, often are hated and…
Psalms 71:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 71:9
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 1:12
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 92:13-15
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
- Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; …
- 2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- 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?
- 2 Samuel 21:15-17
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18; 92:13-15; Isa 46:4; 2Ti 1:12; 4:18
old age.This determines the period when this Psalm was composed; for it was in David's old age that the rebellion of Absalom took place.
when.
73:26; 90:10; 2Sa 19:35; 21:15-17; Ec 12:1-7
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Context
- Psalms 71:8
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
- Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
- Psalms 71:10
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Psalms 71:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No me deseches en el tiempo de la vejez; cuando mi fuerza se acabare, no me desampares. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ne me rejette pas au temps de ma vieillesse; ne m’abandonne pas quand ma force est consumée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verwirf mich nicht zur Zeit des Alters; beim Schwinden meiner Kraft verlaß mich nicht! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Coram illo procident Æthiopes, et inimici ejus terram lingent. |