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

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ne me rejette pas au temps de la vieillesse; Quand mes forces s'en vont, ne m'abandonne pas!

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Demonstratio Evangelica

    καὶ διὰ τοῦ ὄα Ψαλμοῦ ἡγοῦμαι δηλοῦσθαι δι’ ὧν εἴρηται ‟ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ προσπεσοῦνται Αἰθίοπες, καὶ 30 Ps. 71, 9. βασιλεῖς Ἀράβων καὶ Σαβᾶ δῶρα προσάξουσι, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ. ” δῆλον ἐκ τῆς συμφράσεως ὅτι καὶ τῷ ἐν ἐκείνοις προφητευομένῳ Χριστῷ προσκυνησουσιν. Ψαλμοῦ λβ΄. Ὡς…
  • Didymus the Blinde

    Fragmenta in Psalmos

    μεθ' η ν αρχην ως σεληνη πλησιφαης εσομενη; αυ τη γαρ η εκλ... * μεθ' ο ως η λιος θαμβος ε σται. 756 Ps 71,9–11a Νοησεις ου τως· των απο εθνων Αιθιοπων καλουμενων δι' η ν ει χον εξ ασεβειας μελανιαν ενωπιον του βασιλεως προσπιπτοντων μεταγνωσεως τροπωι, οι του βασιλεως εχθροι ̓Ιο…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    On Nature and Grace

    e more justly asked of God than to be restored after a lapse, as Augustine says in his commentary on Ps. 71:9 : “forsake me not when my strength faileth.” A man can therefore merit his restoration after a lapse. 2. Again, a man’s own works profit himself more than another. But he…

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