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Psalms 71:9

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

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ASV

Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

KJV

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִיTash.li.khe.niyou cast away meH7993 →
לְעֵ֣תle.'Etto a time ofH6256 →
זִקְנָ֑הzik.Nahold ageH2209 →
כִּכְל֥וֹתkikh.Lotwhen failsH3615 →
כֹּ֝חִ֗יko.Chistrength myH3581 →
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃ta.'az.Ve.niyou forsake meH5800 →

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Isaiah 46:4Even 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.2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.Psalms 119:8I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.Psalms 37:25I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.Psalms 71:18Even 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.Psalms 90:10The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.Psalms 92:13–15Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.Ecclesiastes 12:1–7Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”2 Samuel 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?Psalms 51:11Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.2 Samuel 21:15–17Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.Psalms 31:10For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.2 Samuel 21:15Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.Job 26:2“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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