Psalms 71:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
  • Isa 46:4 : 4 and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you] ; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
  • Ps 92:13-15 : 13 They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green: 15 To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
  • Eccl 12:1-7 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; 3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened, 4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: 6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
  • 2 Sam 21:15-17 : 15 And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint; 16 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

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    17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

    18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

  • Ps 27:9-10
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    9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

    10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

  • Ps 38:21
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    21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

  • Ps 71:10-12
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    78%

    10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

    11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.

    12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

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    11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

  • Ps 102:23-24
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    23He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

    24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.

  • Ps 39:13
    76%

    13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

  • Ps 22:19
    75%

    19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

  • Ps 119:8
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    8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

  • Ps 43:2
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    2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Job 30:2
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    2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

    10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

  • Ps 141:8
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    8For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.

  • Ps 73:26
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    26My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

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    10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

  • Ps 143:7
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    7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

  • Ps 37:25
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    25I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

  • Ps 40:11
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    11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

  • Ps 88:14
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    14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • Ps 77:10
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    10And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.

  • Ps 77:7
    72%

    7Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?

  • Lam 5:20
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    20Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, [And] forsake us so long time?

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    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

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    8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.

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    10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

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    22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • Ps 13:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Ps 22:11
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    15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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    21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

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    11My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

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    15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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    5For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.

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    13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?