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Psalm 70 (71) Catholic Public Domain Version

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 71 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (4)

Psalm 70 in CPDV = Psalm 71 in WEB.

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WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A Psalm of David. Of the sons of Jonadab and the former captives. In you, O Lord, I have hoped; do not let me be brought to ruin forever.
71:1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
2 Free me by your justice, and rescue me. Incline your ear to me, and save me.
71:2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3 Be a God of protection and a place of strength for me, so that you may accomplish my salvation. For you are my firmament and my refuge.
71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, and from the hand of the unjust and those who act against the law.
71:4 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord.
71:5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.
6 In you, I have been confirmed from conception. From my mother’s womb, you are my protector. In you, I will sing forever.
71:6 I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
7 I have become to many as if I were a portent, but you are a strong helper.
71:7 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with praise, so that I may sing your glory, your greatness all day long.
71:8 My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail.
71:9 Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken against me. And those who watched for my soul have taken counsel as one,
71:10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
11 saying: “God has abandoned him. Pursue and overtake him. For there is no one to rescue him.”
71:11 saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
12 O God, do not be far from me. O my God, provide for my assistance.
71:12 God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
13 May they be confounded, and may they fail, who drag down my soul. Let them be covered with confusion and shame, who seek evils for me.
71:13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
14 But I will always have hope. And I will add more to all your praise.
71:14 But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
15 My mouth will announce your justice, your salvation all day long. For I have not known letters.
71:15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
16 I will enter into the powers of the Lord. I will be mindful of your justice alone, O Lord.
71:16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
17 You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously,
71:17 God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
18 even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your power
71:18 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
19 and your justice, O God, even to the highest great things that you have done. O God, who is like you?
71:19 God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?
20 How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth.
71:20 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21 You have multiplied your magnificence. And so, turning back to me, you have consoled me.
71:21 Increase my honor and comfort me again.
22 Therefore, I will confess your truth to you, with the instruments of the Psalter. O God, I will sing psalms to you with stringed instruments, O Holy One of Israel.
71:22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will exult, when I sing to you, and also my soul, which you have redeemed.
71:23 My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
24 And even my tongue will meditate on your justice all day long, when those who seek evils for me have been confounded and set in awe.
71:24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
Cross references (24)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.

  1. 1 Psalm 31:1–3; Psalm 25:2–3; 1 Peter 2:6; Psalm 22:5; Jeremiah 17:18
  2. 2 Psalm 31:1; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 143:11; Psalm 116:1–2; Psalm 10:17–18
  3. 3 Psalm 18:2; Proverbs 18:10; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 31:2–3; Psalm 91:11–12
  4. 4 Psalm 59:1–2; Psalm 140:1–4; Psalm 17:8–9; Psalm 17:13; 2 Samuel 17:1–2
  5. 5 Jeremiah 17:7; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 71:17; 1 Samuel 17:45–47
  6. 6 Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 22:9–10; Psalm 139:15–16; Galatians 1:15; Isaiah 49:1
  7. 7 Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 62:7; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Jeremiah 16:19
  8. 8 Psalm 35:28; Psalm 146:2; Psalm 104:1; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:24
  9. 9 Isaiah 46:4; 2 Timothy 1:12; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 90:10; Psalm 92:13–15
  10. 10 Psalm 83:3; Psalm 56:6; Psalm 31:13; Psalm 37:32–33; Jeremiah 20:10
  11. 11 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 3:2; 2 Chronicles 32:13–14
  12. 12 Psalm 38:21–22; Psalm 35:22; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 69:18
  13. 13 Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26
  14. 14 1 John 3:3; Psalm 130:7; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 71:6
  15. 15 Psalm 40:5; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 139:17–18; Psalm 145:5–14
  16. 16 Philippians 4:13; Philippians 3:9; Psalm 29:11; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 51:14
  17. 17 Psalm 119:9; Psalm 119:102; Psalm 71:5; Deuteronomy 4:5; 1 Samuel 17:36–37
  18. 18 Isaiah 46:4; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 145:4–5; Psalm 78:6
  19. 19 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 36:5–6; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 57:10; Exodus 15:11
  20. 20 Psalm 138:7; Hosea 6:1–2; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 86:13; Ezekiel 37:12–13
  21. 21 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 12:1; Psalm 86:17; Psalm 18:35; 2 Corinthians 1:4–5
  22. 22 Psalm 92:1–3; Psalm 33:2; 2 Kings 19:22; Psalm 89:18; Isaiah 12:6
  23. 23 Psalm 103:4; Psalm 104:33; Luke 1:46–47; Revelation 5:9; Psalm 34:22
  24. 24 Psalm 71:13; Psalm 18:37–43; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 35:28

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 71.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXX)

    Thanks to the "Corn of wheat," because He willed to die and to be multiplied: thanks to the only Son of God, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who disdained not to undergo our death, in order that He might make us worthy of His life.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 71:5 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VI)

    1. O Thou, my hope from my youth, where wert Thou to me, and whither hadst Thou gone?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 71:3 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XXV–XXVI)

    Accordingly we find the Psalmist, even in reference to God, saying "Be Thou to me a champion God and a strong place to save me" and concerning the Spirit "behold there is place by me, and stand upon a rock." Plainly meaning the place or contemplation in the Spirit wherein, after Moses had entered thither, he was able to see …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)