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Psalm 71:5-6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 71 · verses 5–6
5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. 6By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.Psalm 71:5-6 · King James Version
Psalm 71:5-6 in context
3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
6By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
7I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
Commentary
Cross references
- Jeremiah 17:7
- Jeremiah 1:5
- Psalms 22:9-10
- Psalms 139:15-16
- Galatians 1:15
- Isaiah 46:3-4
- Isaiah 49:1
- Isaiah 49:5
Key words (Strong's)
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- bowelsmêʻehused only in plural the intestines, or the abdomen, figuratively, sympathyH4578 →
- praisetᵉhillâhlaudationH8416 →
- trustmibṭâchproperly, a refugeH4009 →
- hopetiqvâhliterally a cordH8615 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
- wombbeṭenthe belly, especially the wombH990 →
- tookgâzâhto cut offH1491 →
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Two things in general David here prays for - that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and persecutors might be confounded. I. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God nor disappointed in his believing expectations from him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13