Psalms 71:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 71:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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?
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  5. 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.
  6. Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
  7. Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember 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,”
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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