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Psalms 71:5
5My Lord, I trust you to help me. I have trusted in you, Lord, since I was young.
Psalms 71:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
- New International Version (NIV)For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.
Context of Psalms 71:5
3Be a rock where I can hide. Be a strong place where I can be safe. You are my high rock and my strong, safe place. 4My God, save me from the power of wicked people, so that those cruel people cannot catch me. My Lord, I trust you to help me. I have trusted in you, Lord, since I was young. 6Since I was born, you have been there to help me. You have taken care of me since my mother gave birth to me. So I will always praise you! 7When people see me, they see trouble! But you are a strong place to keep me safe.
Read all of Psalms 71Psalms 71:5 word by word
כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה תִקְוָתִ֑י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְ֝הוִ֗ה מִבְטַחִ֥י מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 71:5
- Psalms 13:5But I will trust you because of your faithful love. Please make me safe, so that I can be happy and thank you.
- Psalms 39:7So, my Lord, what help can I hope to get? You are the only one that I can really trust!
- Psalms 42:11I ask myself again, ‘Why am I so sad and upset?’ I must wait patiently for God to help me. Then I will praise my God once again, because he is the one who saves me.
- Psalms 119:81As I wait for you to save me, I feel tired and weak. I trust in your word.
- Jeremiah 17:7The Lord blesses people who trust in him. They know that the Lord will help them.
- Romans 15:13God is the one who causes us to hope for good things. I pray that God will bless you very much. I pray that he will cause you to be happy and to have peace in your minds. He will do this because you believe in him. As a result, God's Holy Spirit will make you strong with his power, so that you hope even more certainly.
- Psalms 71:17God, you have taught me since I was young. I still tell people about the great things that you have done.
- Psalms 22:9Lord, you brought me safely to birth. You took care of me at my mother's breasts.
- 1 Samuel 16:13Samuel took the horn that was full of olive oil. He poured the oil over David's head to anoint him. Samuel did this in front of David's brothers. From that moment, the Spirit of the Lord came on David with great power. Then Samuel returned to his home in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 17:33Saul replied, ‘You could not fight against this strong Philistine. You are only a boy! He has been a brave soldier since he was a young man.’
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember to serve God while you are young. He is the one who made you. Your life will have many troubles in the future. During those years, you will say, ‘I do not enjoy my life any more.’
- Luke 2:40There the child grew up. God was good and kind to him and he became strong. He learned many things and he could understand them well.
- 2 Timothy 3:15Even when you were a child, you already knew the message of the Bible. The Bible has taught you how you can be truly wise. You understand that God saves you because you believe in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Psalms 71:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5My trust from my youth - When I was born into the world, thou didst receive me, and thou tookest me under thy especial care. "My praise shall be continually of thee." Rather, I have always made thee my boast.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For thou art my hope, O Lord God - The ground of my hope and my expectation is in thee. (1) I have no other help; no other defense; but (2) I “have” confidence; on thee I “do” rely. Thou art my trust from my youth - From my earliest years. The meaning is, that he had always trusted in God, and had always found him a helper. All that he was, and all that he possessed, he owed to God; and he felt now that God had been his protector from his earliest years…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The psalmist has trusted God throughout his life (see Psalm 22:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. cruel man--corrupt and ill-natured--literally, "sour."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 71
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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