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18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
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And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. …
That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-24)David is here in a holy transport of joy and praise, arising from his faith and hope in God; we have both together Ps. 71:14; where there is a sudden and remarkable change of his voice; his fears are all silenced, his hopes raised, and his prayers turned into thanksgivings. “Let my enemies say what they will, to drive me to despair, I will hope continually , hope in all conditions, in the most clo…
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