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Psalm 71

Psa. 71:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now also νwhen
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
I am old
ziqnah (Hebrew #2209)
old age
KJV usage: old (age).
Pronounce: zik-naw'
Origin: feminine of 2205
e and grayheaded
seybah (Hebrew #7872)
old age
KJV usage: (be) gray (grey hoar,-y) hairs (head,-ed), old age.
Pronounce: say-baw'
Origin: feminine of 7869
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
me not; until I have showed
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
ρthy strength
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
unto this generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
, and thy power
gbuwrah (Hebrew #1369)
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Pronounce: gheb-oo-raw'
Origin: feminine passive participle from the same as 1368
to every one that is to come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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unto old age and gray hairs.
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Isa. 46:4• 4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. (Isa. 46:4)
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thine arm.

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Psa. 71:9• 9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. (Psa. 71:9)
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Gen. 27:1• 1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. (Gen. 27:1)
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1 Sam. 4:15,18• 15Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
 18And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. (1 Sam. 4:15,18)
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Isa. 46:4• 4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. (Isa. 46:4)
when I am old and grey-headed.
Heb. until old age and greyhairs.
until I.
Psa. 78:4,6• 4We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
 6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: (Psa. 78:4,6)
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Psa. 145:4‑5• 4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
 5I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. (Psa. 145:4‑5)
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Ex. 13:8,14‑17• 8And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
 14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
 15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
 16And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
 17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: (Ex. 13:8,14‑17)
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1 Chron. 29:10‑30• 10Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
 11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
 12Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
 13Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
 14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
 15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
 16O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
 17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
 18O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
 19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
 20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.
 21And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
 22And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
 23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
 24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
 25And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
 26Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
 27And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
 28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
 29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
 30With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. (1 Chron. 29:10‑30)
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Acts 13:36• 36For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: (Acts 13:36)
strength.
Heb. arm.
Isa. 51:9• 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (Isa. 51:9)
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Isa. 53:1• 1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? (Isa. 53:1)
• In his old age he still desires to be a witness to God’s strength and power, to generations yet to come. Even so, the history of Israel through long ages, has been a witness to God’s wondrous works of righteousness; and in the old age of the nation will witness to the mighty power of God in its deliverance and restoration. (“Psalms 71” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.