Psa 71:18
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. {when...: Heb. unto old age and gray hairs} {thy strength: Heb. thine arm}
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And {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}.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
We will not hide {them} from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
That the generation to come might know {them, even} the children {which} should be born; {who} should arise and declare {them} to their children:
And 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: {in...: Heb. to morrow}
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done {this}.
And 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.
Awake, 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?
And thou shalt shew 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.
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. {were dim: Heb. stood}
For 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: {after...: or, after he had in his own age served the will of God}
And 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.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? {report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?}
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed {be} thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
And {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}.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
I have been young, and {now} am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; {flourishing: Heb. green}
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and {that} your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Come {and} hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Tell ye your children of it, and {let} your children {tell} their children, and their children another generation.
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell {it} to the generation following. {Mark...: Heb. Set your heart to} {consider: or, raise up}
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
But if I live in the flesh, this {is} the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
That this may be a sign among you, {that} when your children ask {their fathers} in time to come, saying, What {mean} ye by these stones? {in time...: Heb. to morrow}
Also {when} they shall be afraid of {that which is} high, and fears {shall be} in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
That the generation to come might know {them, even} the children {which} should be born; {who} should arise and declare {them} to their children:
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I {am} the LORD.
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons {are} with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid {it}:
[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, {what} work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. {Maschil: or, of instruction}
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
Yet for love's sake I rather beseech {thee}, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. {I thought...: Chaldee, It was seemly before me}