Psalms 71:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

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  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
  • Isa 46:4 : 4 Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
  • Ps 90:10 : 10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.
  • Ps 92:13-15 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens. 14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will be fertile and full of growth; 15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.
  • Eccl 12:1-7 : 1 Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain; 3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see; 4 When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low; 5 And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets; 6 Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole; 7 And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.
  • 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?
  • 2 Sam 21:15-17 : 15 And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines: 16 And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death. 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 71:17-18
    2 verses
    85%

    17O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

    18Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

  • Ps 27:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

    10When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

  • Ps 38:21
    79%

    21Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

  • Ps 71:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

    10For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

    11Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

    12O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.

  • Ps 51:11
    78%

    11Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.

  • Ps 102:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has made short my days.

    24I will say, O my God, take me not away before my time; your years go on through all generations:

  • Ps 39:13
    76%

    13Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

  • Ps 22:19
    75%

    19Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

  • Ps 119:8
    75%

    8I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.

  • Ps 43:2
    74%

    2You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Job 30:2
    74%

    2Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

  • Ps 31:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

    10My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

  • Ps 141:8
    74%

    8But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.

  • Ps 73:26
    73%

    26My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.

  • Ps 38:10
    73%

    10My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

  • Ps 143:7
    73%

    7Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 37:25
    73%

    25I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

  • Ps 40:11
    73%

    11Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

  • Ps 88:14
    72%

    14Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

  • Ps 77:10
    72%

    10And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

  • Ps 77:7
    72%

    7Will the Lord put me away for ever? will he be kind no longer?

  • Lam 5:20
    72%

    20Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

  • Ps 31:4
    72%

    4Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • Ps 71:8
    71%

    8My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.

  • Isa 38:10
    71%

    10I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • Ps 13:1
    71%

    1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

  • Ps 22:11
    71%

    11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

  • Ps 22:15
    71%

    15My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

  • Job 13:21
    71%

    21Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

  • Ps 102:11
    71%

    11My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.

  • Ps 94:14
    71%

    14The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;

  • Ps 42:9
    71%

    9I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Ps 31:15
    71%

    15The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

  • Isa 38:12
    71%

    12My resting-place is pulled up and taken away from me like a herdsman's tent: my life is rolled up like a linen-worker's thread; I am cut off from the cloth on the frame: from day even to night you give me up to pain.

  • Ps 89:49
    71%

    49Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the oath which you made to David in unchanging faith?

  • Job 14:13
    71%

    13If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

  • Ps 16:1
    71%

    1<Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • Jer 17:17
    71%

    17Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.

  • Lam 3:31
    71%

    31For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.

  • Lam 3:17
    70%

    17My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

  • Ps 71:5
    70%

    5For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

  • Ps 36:11
    70%

    11Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

  • Job 6:13
    70%

    13I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.