Psalm 71:5

Translations

Modern

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

Traditional

For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

Literal

For You are my hope, O Lord YHWH, my trust from my youth.

Latin

…quoniam tu es patientia mea, Domine; Domine, spes mea a juventute mea.

Original

Hebrew

English

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

Notes

Psalms 71:5–6

The psalmist has trusted God throughout his life (see Psalm 22:9).

Psalms 71:1–24

This untitled lament by an aging believer is more a confession of confidence and hope than a cry of abandonment by God. The psalmist experienced God's power and protection in his youth (Psalm 71:5–8) and now prays for rescue from enemies who pursue him in his old age (Psalm 71:9–13).

Even in danger, he continues to speak of God's past faithfulness and looks forward with hope to sharing with the next generation that God is faithful and righteous.

Psalms 69:1–72:20

These last four psalms of Book Two contrast with the earlier psalms that describe God’s mighty acts in creation and redemption, ending with God’s march to Zion (Psalms 65–68). Psalms 69–71 describe the king's suffering, and Psalm 72 responds with a prayer for God to bless the king.

Theme notes and profiles

David

Related verses

Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
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And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Psalm 119:81
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Psalm 71:17
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
1 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.
Psalm 22:9–10
Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
Psalm 119:166
I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
Jeremiah 17:17
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Jeremiah 14:8
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

David Imprecatory Psalms Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

Children: David Faith: Exemplified Good Children: David Hope: General Scriptures Concerning Trust: should be from Youth Up

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