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Psalms 71:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.


Psalms 71:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:98 words
HebrewMeaning
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵ/נִיtašəliykēniy
you cast away meverbH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
לְ/עֵ֣תləʿēt
to a time ofpronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
זִקְנָ֑הziqənāh
old agenounH2209
כִּ/כְל֥וֹתkikəlwōt
when failspronH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
כֹּ֝חִ֗/יkōḥiy
strength mynounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
אַֽלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּעַזְבֵֽ/נִיtaʿazəbēniy
you forsake meverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
Words 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 71:9

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
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