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Many are appalled when they see me,[a]
but you are my secure shelter.
I praise you constantly
and speak of your splendor all day long.[b]
Do not reject me in my old age.[c]
When my strength fails, do not abandon me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:7 tn Heb “like a sign [i.e., portent or bad omen] I am to many.”
  2. Psalm 71:8 tn Heb “my mouth is filled [with] your praise, all the day [with] your splendor.”
  3. Psalm 71:9 tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”

I have become a sign(A) to many;
    you are my strong refuge.(B)
My mouth(C) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor(D) all day long.

Do not cast(E) me away when I am old;(F)
    do not forsake(G) me when my strength is gone.

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I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

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

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