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Don`t reject me in my old age. Don`t forsake me when my strength fails.
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A Wise Prayer for Old Age
Commentators see this not as a cry of doubt, but as a wise and natural prayer. Having trusted God from birth, the psalmist logically asks for continued care in the face of aging's inevitable weaknesses. Albert Barnes notes it is wise to pray for grace to meet the trials of old age, a time when human strength and friends may fail.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Cast me not off in the time of old age - This means when old age comes with its infirmities, its weaknesses, and its trials.
It is …
19th Century
Anglican
This piece may be compared with Psalms 41:6-8. The formal “saying” (Psalms 71:11), introducing a quotation, is an indication of a late …
Baptist
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for …
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16th Century
Protestant
Cast me not off in the time of my old age. Having just declared that God had been the protector of his life at his birth, afterwards his f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Cast me not off in the time of old age The Lord never casts off nor casts away his people, whom he foreknew; they are near to …
David prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of…
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