Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
King James Version
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Holman Bible
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.
International Standard Version
Don't throw me away when I am old; do not abandon me when my strength fails.
A Conservative Version
Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.
American Standard Version
Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Amplified
Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.
Bible in Basic English
Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
Darby Translation
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt not cast me off to the time of old age; as my strength fails thou wilt not forsake me.
King James 2000
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not cast me away in the time of old age; when my strength fails do not abandon me.
Modern King James verseion
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Cast me not away in mine old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.
NET Bible
Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
New Heart English Bible
Do not reject me in my old age. Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not cast me off in the time of old age, When my vigour faileth, do not forsake me;
Webster
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
World English Bible
Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
Themes
Consolation under Affliction » Under the infirmities of age
Decrepitude » Ps 71; ec 12 general references to » Prayer concerning
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Feebleness in
Long life » Old age ps 71; ec 12 » Prayer concerning
Interlinear
Shalak
`azab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 71:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge
8
My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
9
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Cross References
Psalm 71:18
So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
Isaiah 46:4
even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
2 Samuel 19:35
I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
2 Samuel 21:15-17
There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 90:10
The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Psalm 92:13-15
They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God.
Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, "I have no pleasure in them";
2 Timothy 1:12
which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.
2 Timothy 4:18
The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.