Mazmur 38:10

38:10 My heart beats quickly;

my strength leaves me;

I can hardly see. ¹ 

Mazmur 71:9

71:9 Do not reject me in my old age! ² 

When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Mazmur 102:23

102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; ³ 

he has cut short my days.

[38:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the light of my eyes, even they, there is not with me.” The “light of the eyes” may refer to physical energy (see 1 Sam 14:27, 29), life itself (Ps 13:3), or the ability to see (Prov 29:23).

[71:9]  ² tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”

[102:23]  ³ 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).