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Psalms 71:5
5For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O Lord, from childhood.
Context of Psalms 71:5
3Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel. For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth. 6From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you. 7I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.
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 trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
- Psalms 39:7“But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.
- Psalms 42:11Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
- Jeremiah 17:7“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
- Romans 15:13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Psalms 71:17Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
- Psalms 22:9Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
- 1 Samuel 16:13So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 17:33Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
- Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—
- Luke 2:40And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
- 2 Timothy 3:15and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith 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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