Psalm 71:9

Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.

Psalm 71:18

Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.

Isaiah 46:4

I will be the same until your old age,
and I will bear you up when you turn gray.
I have made you, and I will carry you;
I will bear and save you.

I’m now 80 years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 21:15-17

The Philistines again waged war against Israel. David went down with his soldiers, and they fought the Philistines, but David became exhausted.

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart,
my portion forever.

Psalm 90:10

Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

Psalm 92:13-15

Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.

Ecclesiastes 12:1-7

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth:

Before the days of adversity come,
and the years approach when you will say,
“I have no delight in them”;

2 Timothy 1:12

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

2 Timothy 4:18

The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 71:9

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

When

Ecclesiastes 12:1

General references

Isaiah 36:15

Bible References