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Psalm 71 Free Bible Version

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Notes on this text (1)

1 Lord, you are the one who keeps me safe; please don't disappoint me. 2 Save me, rescue me, because you always do what is right. 3 Please listen to me, and save me. Be my rock of protection where I can always go and hide. You gave the command to save me; for you are my rock and fortress. 4 My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of those who are evil and brutal. 5 For you, Lord God, are my hope. You are the one I have trusted since I was young. 6 I have depended on you since birth; you have taken care of me from my mother's womb. That's why I'm always praising you! 7 My life has been like a miracle to many people, for you have been my powerful protector. 8 All day long I am full of praise for you, telling how wonderful you are! 9 Don't reject me now I'm getting old. When my strength is gone, please don't abandon me. 10 For my enemies are talking about me; those who want to kill me are plotting together. 11 They say, “God has given up on him. Let's go after him because there's no one to save him.” 12 God, please don't stay away from me. My God, hurry to help me! 13 Defeat my accusers, get rid of them! May those who want to cause me trouble be covered with shame and disgrace! 14 As for me, I will go on hoping in you, and I will praise you more and more. 15 I will talk about your goodness and your salvation every day, even though it's more than I can understand. 16 I will come and explain what the Lord has done. I will remind people that you alone do what is right. 17 God, you have taught me since I was young, and I still tell others about all the wonderful things you do. 18 Even though I'm old and gray, please don't abandon me, God. Let me tell the new generation about your power. Let me explain to all who are to come the great things you do. 19 God, your trustworthy and true nature is higher than the highest heaven! You have done incredible things! God, who is like you? 20 You had me face many troubles and plenty of misery, but you will bring me back to life; you will rise me up from the depths of the earth. 21 You will give me even greater prestige, and you will make me happy again. 22 Then I will praise you on the harp for your trustworthiness, my God. I will sing praises to you on the lyre, Holy One of Israel. 23 I will shout for joy as I sing praises to you, for you have redeemed me. 24 All day long I will tell about all the good things you have done, for those who tried to cause me misery have been disgraced and humiliated.

Cross references (24)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  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).

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)