Psalm 71:18 “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclai…”

Psalm 71:18

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 that is to come.

World English Bible

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

American Standard Version

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, euen vnto mine olde age and graie head, O God: forsake me not, vntill I haue declared thine arme vnto this generation, and thy power to all them, that shall come.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

Bible in Basic English

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

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Cross references

“Now”

Isaiah 46:4 Psalm 71:9 1 Samuel 4:18 Genesis 27:1 1 Samuel 4:15

Isaiah 46:4 · BSB

Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Psalm 71:9 · BSB

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

1 Samuel 4:18 · BSB

As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.

Genesis 27:1 · BSB

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.

1 Samuel 4:15 · BSB

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

“until I”

Psalm 78:4 Psalm 78:6 Exodus 13:14–17 Exodus 13:8 Acts 13:36 1 Chronicles 29:10–30

Psalm 78:4 · BSB

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

Psalm 78:6 · BSB

that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children

Exodus 13:14–17 · BSB

In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 13:8 · BSB

And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

Acts 13:36 · BSB

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

1 Chronicles 29:10–30 · BSB

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

“strength”

Isaiah 51:9 Isaiah 53:1

Isaiah 51:9 · BSB

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Isaiah 53:1 · BSB

Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Also

Psalm 22:31

Psalm 22:31 · BSB

They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

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