1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me. 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. 5 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. 8 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long. 9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. 10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire, 11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” 12 Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me. 13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace. 14 But I will always hope and will praise You more and more. 15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure. 16 I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone. 17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. 18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come. 19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You? 20 Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. 21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. 22 So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. 23 When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed. 24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Psalms · Majority Standard Bible
Psalm 71 Majority Standard Bible
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Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 31:1–3; Psalm 25:2–3; 1 Peter 2:6; Psalm 22:5; Jeremiah 17:18
- 2 Psalm 31:1; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 143:11; Psalm 116:1–2; Psalm 10:17–18
- 3 Psalm 18:2; Proverbs 18:10; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 31:2–3; Psalm 91:11–12
- 4 Psalm 59:1–2; Psalm 140:1–4; Psalm 17:8–9; Psalm 17:13; 2 Samuel 17:1–2
- 5 Jeremiah 17:7; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 71:17; 1 Samuel 17:45–47
- 6 Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 22:9–10; Psalm 139:15–16; Galatians 1:15; Isaiah 49:1
- 7 Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 62:7; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Jeremiah 16:19
- 8 Psalm 35:28; Psalm 146:2; Psalm 104:1; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:24
- 9 Isaiah 46:4; 2 Timothy 1:12; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 90:10; Psalm 92:13–15
- 10 Psalm 83:3; Psalm 56:6; Psalm 31:13; Psalm 37:32–33; Jeremiah 20:10
- 11 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 3:2; 2 Chronicles 32:13–14
- 12 Psalm 38:21–22; Psalm 35:22; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 69:18
- 13 Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26
- 14 1 John 3:3; Psalm 130:7; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 71:6
- 15 Psalm 40:5; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 139:17–18; Psalm 145:5–14
- 16 Philippians 4:13; Philippians 3:9; Psalm 29:11; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 51:14
- 17 Psalm 119:9; Psalm 119:102; Psalm 71:5; Deuteronomy 4:5; 1 Samuel 17:36–37
- 18 Isaiah 46:4; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 145:4–5; Psalm 78:6
- 19 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 36:5–6; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 57:10; Exodus 15:11
- 20 Psalm 138:7; Hosea 6:1–2; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 86:13; Ezekiel 37:12–13
- 21 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 12:1; Psalm 86:17; Psalm 18:35; 2 Corinthians 1:4–5
- 22 Psalm 92:1–3; Psalm 33:2; 2 Kings 19:22; Psalm 89:18; Isaiah 12:6
- 23 Psalm 103:4; Psalm 104:33; Luke 1:46–47; Revelation 5:9; Psalm 34:22
- 24 Psalm 71:13; Psalm 18:37–43; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 35:28
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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).
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.
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1. O Thou, my hope from my youth, where wert Thou to me, and whither hadst Thou gone?
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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 …
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