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Psalm 71

Psa. 71:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Cast me not off
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
in the time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
of old age
ziqnah (Hebrew #2209)
old age
KJV usage: old (age).
Pronounce: zik-naw'
Origin: feminine of 2205
; 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 when my strength
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
faileth
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 71:18• 18Now 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. (Psa. 71:18)
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Psa. 92:13‑15• 13Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God:
 14They are still vigorous in old age, they are full of sap and green;
 15To shew that Jehovah is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. (Psa. 92:13‑15)
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Isa. 46:4• 4Even to old age, I am HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry you: It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver. (Isa. 46:4)
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2 Tim. 1:12• 12For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him. (2 Tim. 1:12)
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2 Tim. 4:18• 18The Lord shall deliver me from every wicked work, and shall preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (2 Tim. 4:18)
old age.This determines the period when this Psalm was composed; for it was in David's old age that the rebellion of Absalom took place.when.
Psa. 73:26• 26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)
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Psa. 90:10• 10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psa. 90:10)
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2 Sam. 19:35• 35I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat and what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? and why should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? (2 Sam. 19:35)
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2 Sam. 21:15‑17• 15And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.
 16And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah--the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new armour--thought to smite David.
 17And Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel. (2 Sam. 21:15‑17)
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Eccl. 12:1‑7• 1And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
 2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
 3in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,
 4and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;
 5they are also afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the way, and the almond is despised, and the grasshopper is a burden, and the caper-berry is without effect; (for man goeth to his age-long home, and the mourners go about the streets;)
 6--before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern;
 7and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it. (Eccl. 12:1‑7)
• The remnant feeling the wear of the ordeal compare themselves to an old man who has come to the end of his strength. Consequently they cast themselves upon the Lord’s strength (vs. 9-18). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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