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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“Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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 DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 71:9 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 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.
- 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 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 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 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- 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,”
- 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.
- 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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