Psalms 71:9

71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

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

KJV

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

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

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

71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, lay: Heb. watch, or, observe

What does Psalms 71:9 mean?

Psalms 71:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁלַךְ (shâlak), עֵת (ʻêth), זִקְנָה (ziqnâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Cast

not

offשָׁלַךְshâlak/shaw-lak/H7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

the

timeעֵתʻêth/ayth/H6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

old

age;זִקְנָהziqnâh/zik-naw'/H2209old age

forsakeעָזַבʻâzab/aw-zab'/H5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

not

when

strengthכֹּחַkôach/ko'-akh/H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

faileth.כָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

Topics

Affliction, Consolation Under Old Age

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 71:9.

Ezekiel 20:8

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Daniel 11:6

And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. join: Heb. associate themselves an: Heb. rights he that begat: or, whom she brought forth

Daniel 8:7

And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

Jeremiah 51:63

And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 71:9 say?

Psalms 71:9 (King James Version) reads: "Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth."

Is Psalms 71:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 71:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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