71:9 Do not reject me in my old age! 1
When my strength fails, do not abandon me!
102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; 2
he has cut short my days.
111:6 He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people,
giving them a land that belonged to other nations. 3
147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; 4
there is no limit to his wisdom. 5
1 tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”
2 tn Heb “he has afflicted my strength in the way.” The term “way” refers here to the course of the psalmist’s life, which appears to be ending prematurely (vv. 23b-24).
3 tn Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.”
4 tn Heb “and great of strength.”
5 tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”