Psalms 71:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

Psalms 71:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:1814 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/גַ֤םwəgam

and alsoconjH1571

alike · also · as · both ...and ···

עַדʿad

untilpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

זִקְנָ֨הziqənāh

old agenounH2209

וְ/שֵׂיבָה֮wəśēybāh

and grey hairconjH7872

-y) hairs (head · -ed) · old age

אֱלֹהִ֪יםʾĕlōhiym

O GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

אַֽלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תַּעַ֫זְבֵ֥/נִיtaʿazəbēniy

you forsake meverbH5800

fail · forsake · fortify · help ···

עַדʿad

untilpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

אַגִּ֣ידʾagiyd

I will declareverbH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

זְרוֹעֲ/ךָ֣zərwōʿăkā

strength yournounH2220

help · mighty · power · shoulder ···

לְ/ד֑וֹרlədwōr

to a generationpronH1755

evermore · generation · ever · posterity

לְ/כָלləkāl

to everypronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יָ֝ב֗וֹאyābwōʾ

one who he will comeverbH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

גְּבוּרָתֶֽ/ךָgəbwrātekā

might yournounH1369

mastery · might · mighty (act · power) ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 71:18

1. In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivers us commends itself to us, in order that it may have us commended. This is sung of in this Psalm, whereof we have undertaken to speak....This grace the Apostle commends: by this he got to have the Jews for enemies, boasting of the letter of the law and of their own justice. This then commending in the lesson which has been read, he says thus: “For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not worthy to be called an…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 71 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse

No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!