Do not cast me away at the time of my old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails. Psalm 71:9 Cast me away – Retire sooner—die sooner. Oh, oops! I thought that should have read, “Retire sooner—live longer,” but in fact the research seems to point in the other direction. A study reported in the Harvard…
Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and thrown me away. Psalm 102:10 NASB Lifted me up – As we know, the Hebrew word nāśāʾ is “used almost six hundred times with basically three separate meanings: “to lift up”; “to bear, carry, support”; and “to take, take away.”[1] “To bear”…
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 NASB Cast me away – Broken…
