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Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, don`t forsake me, Until I have declared your strength to the next generation, Your might to everyone who is to come.
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A Mission for Every Age
The psalmist's prayer to live into old age is not for personal comfort but for a divine purpose. Commentators highlight that older believers have a crucial role: to pass on their experience and testimony of God's faithfulness to the next generation. Matthew Henry calls this a 'debt' owed to those who come after, ensuring that faith and wisdom are not lost but built upon.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now also when I am old and grey-headed—the margin note reads, “to old age and grey hairs.” This does not necessarily mean that he was then…
19th Century
Anglican
Now also when. —Literally, indeed, even to old age and grey hairs.Psalms 129:1 shows that this may be a natio…
Baptist
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now also, when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not A repetition of his req…
The psalmist declares that the righteousness of Christ, and the great salvation obtained through it, will be the chosen subject of his discourse. N…
