New English Translation
Psalms 71:17
17O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.
Psalms 71:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
- New International Version (NIV)Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
Context of Psalms 71:17
15I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent. 16I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice – yours alone. O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. 18Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power. 19Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?
Read all of Psalms 71Psalms 71:17 word by word
אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים לִמַּדְתַּ֥נִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י וְעַד־הֵ֝֗נָּה אַגִּ֥יד נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 71:17
- Psalms 71:5For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.
- Psalms 119:9How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
- Psalms 66:16Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me.
- 1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. For he has defied the armies of the living God!”
- 2 Samuel 4:9David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity,
- 2 Samuel 22:1David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 16:4He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.
Commentaries on Psalms 71:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Thou hast taught me from my youth - I have had thee for my continual instructor: and thou didst begin to teach me thy fear and love from my tenderest infancy. Those are well taught whom God instructs; and when he teaches, there is no delay in learning.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth - See Psalm 71:5-6. That is, God had guided and instructed him from his earliest years. He had made known to him his own being and perfections; he had made his duty plain; he had led him along the dangerous path of life. And hitherto have I declared - I have made known. That is, he had done this by public praise; he had done it by his writings; he had done it by maintaining and defending the truth. In all…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 The psalmist declares that the righteousness of Christ, and the great salvation obtained thereby, shall be the chosen subject of his discourse. Not on a sabbath only, but on every day of the week, of the year, of his life. Not merely at stated returns of solemn devotion, but on every occasion, all the day long. Why will he always dwell on this? Because he knew not the numbers thereof. It is impossible to measure the value or the fulness of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18The aging believer turns to the Lord for hope. As questions from his adversaries get under his skin and his own strength fails, he asks God to answer his prayers. He does not seek answers to prayer for himself but so that he can tell the story to the next generation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. Past experience again encourages. taught me, &c.--by providential dealings.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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