Psalm 71:18

God's Word

Even when I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me live to tell the people of this age what your strength has accomplished, to tell about your power to all who will come.

Cross References

Genesis 27:1

When Isaac was old and going blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “Son!” Esau answered, “Here I am.”

Psalm 22:31

They will tell people yet to be born about his righteousness— that he has finished it.

Psalm 48:14

“This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us beyond death.”

Psalm 71:9

Do not reject me when I am old or abandon me when I lose my strength.

Psalm 78:4

We will not hide them from our children. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s power and great deeds and the miraculous things he has done.

Psalm 78:6

so that the next generation would know them. Children yet to be born ⌞would learn them⌟. They will grow up and tell their children

Exodus 13:8

On that day tell your children, ‘We do this because of what the Lord did for us when we left Egypt.’

Isaiah 46:4

Even when you’re old, I’ll take care of you. Even when your hair turns gray, I’ll support you. I made you and will continue to care for you. I’ll support you and save you.

Isaiah 51:9

Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab  into pieces and stab the serpent?

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord’s power been revealed?

Acts 13:36

After doing God’s will by serving the people of his time, David died. He was laid to rest with his ancestors, but his body decayed.

1 Samuel 4:15

(Eli was 98 years old, and his eyesight had failed so that he couldn’t see.)

1 Samuel 4:18

When the messenger mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell from his chair backwards toward the gate. He broke his neck, and he died. (The man was old and heavy.) He had judged  Israel for 40 years.