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18 And even when I am old and my hair is grey,
    do not turn away from me, God.
I need to tell the people still to be born
    about your great strength.
My descendants need to know about your power.
19 Your justice reaches beyond the sky above!
You have done such great things, God.
    There is nobody like you!
20 You have caused me to have many bad troubles.
    But you will make my life strong again.
You will lift me back out
    from this deep hole under the earth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 71:20 This means that the writer thought that he was near to death.

18 Even when I am old and gray,(A)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(B) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.(C)

19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,(D)
    you who have done great things.(E)
    Who is like you, God?(F)
20 Though you have made me see troubles,(G)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(H) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(I)
    you will again bring me up.

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