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Be My Rock of Refuge

Psalms 71:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
KJV
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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.
LSV
Do not cast me off at the time of old age, || Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power.
YLT
Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
DBY
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
DRC70:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength shall fail, do not thou forsake me.
GNV
Cast mee not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.
JPS
Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength faileth, forsake me not.
LXXE70:9
Cast me not off at the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַֽל־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי לְעֵ֣ת זִקְנָ֑ה כִּכְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃
LXX-Br70:9
Μὴ ἀποῤῥίψῃς με εἰς καιρὸν γήρους, ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν τὴν ἰσχύν μου μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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 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 92:13–15Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him…
  • 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.
  • 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,” before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened,…
  • 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…
  • 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. Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear…

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