Psalms Chapter 71 verse 9 Holy Bible
Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
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Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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Don't reject me in my old age. Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
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Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Cast me not off in the lime of old age. This expression, combined with the allusion to old age and grey hairs in ver. 18, indicates that the writer was drawing near to the natural term of human life, and already felt the infirmities of old age creeping upon him. This note of date suits better the time of Adonijah's rebellion than that of Absalom's. Forsake me not when my strength faileth. An appeal to the Divine compassion. If God was his "Rock and Fortress" (ver. 3), his "strong Refuge" (ver. 7), when he was in his full vigour, much more will he support and befriend him when be is weak and helpless.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9-11) This piece may be compared with Psalm 41:6-8. The formal "saying" (Psalm 71:11), introducing a quotation, is an indication of a late date, the early literature employing no signs of quotation. (See, e.g., Psalm 68:12; Psalm 68:26.)
