Psalms 71:5
3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6 I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
7 I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
- KJV
- For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
- WEB
- For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
- ASV
- For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.
- DARBY
- For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.
- BLB
- For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, my trust from my youth.
- ÅB
- For du er mitt håp, Herre, Herre min tillit fra min ungdom av.
- OTB
- For du er mitt håp;
Herre Gud, du har vært min tillit siden min ungdom. - B1930
- For du er mitt håp, Herre, Herre min tillit fra min ungdom av.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Read in contextPsalms 39:7
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Read in contextPsalms 119:81
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Read in contextPsalms 71:17
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:45–47
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Read in contextPsalms 22:9–10
Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:17
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Read in contextPsalms 119:166
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
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