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16 I will reward them with a long life
    and give them my salvation.”

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16 With long life(A) I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.(B)

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If you do this, you will live many years,
    and your life will be satisfying.

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for they will prolong your life many years(A)
    and bring you peace and prosperity.(B)

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16 She offers you long life in her right hand,
    and riches and honor in her left.

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16 Long life is in her right hand;(A)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(B)

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He asked you to preserve his life,
    and you granted his request.
    The days of his life stretch on forever.

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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.(A)

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23 But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me.
    If you keep to my path,
    I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”

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23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
    and to the blameless[a] I will show my salvation.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:23 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.

and you and your children and grandchildren must fear the Lord your God as long as you live. If you obey all his decrees and commands, you will enjoy a long life.

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so that you, your children and their children after them may fear(A) the Lord your God as long as you live(B) by keeping all his decrees and commands(C) that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.(D)

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20 “No longer will babies die when only a few days old.
    No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life.
No longer will people be considered old at one hundred!
    Only the cursed will die that young!
21 In those days people will live in the houses they build
    and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.
22 Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses
    and confiscate their vineyards.
For my people will live as long as trees,
    and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.

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20 “Never again will there be in it
    an infant(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(F)
    so will be the days(G) of my people;
my chosen(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches

26 You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
    like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!

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26 You will come to the grave in full vigor,(A)
    like sheaves gathered in season.(B)

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30 I have seen your salvation,

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30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,(A)

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True humility and fear of the Lord
    lead to riches, honor, and long life.

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Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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17 But the Lord will save the people of Israel
    with eternal salvation.
Throughout everlasting ages,
    they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.

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17 But Israel will be saved(A) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(B)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(C)
    to ages everlasting.

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11 You will show me the way of life,
    granting me the joy of your presence
    and the pleasures of living with you forever.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:11 Greek version reads You have shown me the way of life, / and you will fill me with the joy of your presence. Compare Acts 2:28.

11 You make known to me the path of life;(A)
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,(B)
    with eternal pleasures(C) at your right hand.(D)

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and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.

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Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age,(A) an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.(B)

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