And now, Lord, leave me not, when I old and gray-headed grow: Till to this age thy strength and pow'r to all to come I show.
Psalm 71:9 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) O do not cast me off, when as old age doth overtake me; And when my strength decayed is, then do not thou forsake me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Cast me not off nor send me away in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent and my powers fail. American Standard Version (1901) Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. Common English Bible Don’t cast me off in old age. Don’t abandon me when my strength is used up! Catholic Public Domain Version In his sight, the Ethiopians will fall prostrate, and his enemies will lick the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before him the Ethiopians shall fall down: and his enemies shall lick the ground. |
And now, Lord, leave me not, when I old and gray-headed grow: Till to this age thy strength and pow'r to all to come I show.
My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, but God doth fail me never: For of my heart God is the strength and portion for ever.
Threescore and ten years do sum up our days and years, we see; Or, if, by reason of more strength, in some fourscore they be: Yet doth the strength of such old men but grief and labour prove; For it is soon cut off, and we fly hence, and soon remove.