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Psalm 37:25

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37:25I was once young, now I am old.

I have never seen a godly man abandoned,

or his children46 forced to search for food.47

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Footnotes

  1. 46 Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
  2. 47 Heb “or his offspring searching for food.” The expression “search for food” also appears in Lam 1:11, where Jerusalem’s refugees are forced to search for food and to trade their valuable possessions for something to eat.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I have been young, and now am old,

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

or his children begging for bread.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I was young and now I am old,

yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken

or their children begging bread.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have been young and now I am old,

yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned

or his children begging for bread.

NLTNew Living Translation

Once I was young, and now I am old.

Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned

or their children begging for bread.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I was a youth, but I am now old;

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

or his children begging for bread.

KJV 1900King James Version

I have been young, and now am old;

Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,

Nor his seed begging bread.