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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 71:1	Strong Concordance	In thee, O LORD [03068], do I put my trust [02620]: let me never [0408] [05769] be put to confusion [0954].
	King James	In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The Psalmist, probably in old age, appeals to God for help from his enemies, pleading his past favors, and stating his present need; and, in confidence of a hearing, he promises his grateful thanks and praise. (Psa. 71:1-24) (Compare Psa 30:1-3).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The Psalmist, probably in old age, appeals to God for help from his enemies, pleading his past favors, and stating his present need; and, in confidence of a hearing, he promises his grateful thanks and praise. (Psa. 71:1-24)

(Compare Psa 30:1-3).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust - See the notes at Psa 25:2. Compare Psa 22:4-5; Psa 31:1. Let me never be put to confusion - Let me never be ashamed; that is, Let me not be so disappointed in the trust that I repose in thee as to have occasion to feel ashamed that I have done it.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
trust (See Scofield) - (Psa 2:12).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Stayed upon Jahve, his ground of trust, from early childhood up, the poet hopes and prays for deliverance out of the hand of the foe. The first of these two strophes (Psa 71:1-3) is taken from Psa 31:2-4, the second (Psa 71:4-6, with the exception of Psa 71:4 and Psa 71:6) from Psa 22:10-11; both, however, in comparison with Psa 70:1-5 exhibit the far more encroaching variations of a poet who reproduces the language of others with a freer hand. Olshausen wishes to read מעוז in Psa 71:3, Psa 90:1; Psa 91:9, instead of מעון, which he holds to be an error in writing. But this old Mosaic, Deuteronomial word (vid., on Psa 90:1) - cf. the post-biblical oath המעון (by the Temple!) - is unassailable. Jahve, who is called a rock of refuge in Psa 31:3, is here called a rock of habitation, i.e., a high rock that cannot be stormed or scaled, which affords a safe abode; and this figure is pursued still further with a bold remodelling of the text of Psa 31:3 : לבוא תּמיד, constantly to go into, i.e., which I can constantly, and therefore always, as often as it is needful, betake myself for refuge. The additional צוּית is certainly not equivalent to צוּה; it would more likely be equivalent to אשׁר צוית; but probably it is an independent clause: Thou hast (in fact) commanded, i.e., unalterably determined (Psa 44:5; Psa 68:29; Psa 133:3), to show me salvation, for my rock, etc. To the words לבוא תמיד צוית corresponds the expression לבית מצודות in Psa 31:3, which the lxx renders καὶ εἰς οἶκον καταφυγῆς, whereas instead of the former three words it has καὶ εἰς τόπον ὀχυρόν, and seems to have read לבית מבצרות, cf. Dan 11:15 (Hitzig). In Psa 71:5, Thou art my hope reminds one of the divine name מקוה ישׂראל in Jer 17:13; Jer 50:7 (cf. ἡ ἐλπίς ἡμῶν used of Christ in Ti1 1:1; Col 1:27). נסמכתּי is not less beautiful than השׁלכתּי in Psa 22:11. In its incipient slumbering state (cf. Psa 3:6), and in its self-conscious continuance. He was and is the upholding prop and the supporting foundation, so to speak, of my life. And גוזי instead of גּחי in Psa 22:10, is just such another felicitous modification. It is impracticable to define the meaning of this גוזי according to גּזה = גּזה, Arab. jz', retribuere (prop. to cut up, distribute), because גּמל is the representative of this Aramaeo-Arabic verb in the Hebrew. Still less, however, can it be derived from גּוּז, transire, the participle of which, if it would admit of a transitive meaning = מוציאי (Targum), ought to be גּזי. The verb גּזה, in accordance with its radical signification of abscindere (root גז, synon. קץ, קד, קט, and the like), denotes in this instance the separating of the child from the womb of the mother, the retrospect going back from youth to childhood, and even to his birth. The lxx σκεπαστής (μου) is an erroneous reading for ἐκσπαστής, as is clear from Psa 22:10, ὁ ἐκσπάσας με. הלּל בּ, Psa 44:9 (cf. שׂיח בּ, Psa 69:13), is at the bottom of the expression in Psa 71:6. The God to whom he owes his being, and its preservation thus far, is the constant, inexhaustible theme of his praise.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Stayed upon Jahve, his ground of trust, from early childhood up, the poet hopes and prays for deliverance out of the hand of the foe. The first of these two strophes (Psa 71:1-3) is taken from Psa 31:2-4, the second (Psa 71:4-6, with the exception of Psa 71:4 and Psa 71:6) from Psa 22:10-11; both, however, in comparison with Psa 70:1-5 exhibit the far more encroaching variations of a poet who reproduces the language of others with a freer hand. Olshausen wishes to read מעוז in Psa 71:3, Psa 90:1; Psa 91:9, instead of מעון, which he holds to be an error in writing. But this old Mosaic, Deuteronomial word (vid., on Psa 90:1) - cf. the post-biblical oath המעון (by the Temple!) - is unassailable. Jahve, who is called a rock of refuge in Psa 31:3, is here called a rock of habitation, i.e., a high rock that cannot be stormed or scaled, which affords a safe abode; and this figure is pursued still further with a bold remodelling of the text of Psa 31:3 : לבוא תּמיד, constantly to go into, i.e., which I can constantly, and therefore always, as often as it is needful, betake myself for refuge. The additional צוּית is certainly not equivalent to צוּה; it would more likely be equivalent to אשׁר צוית; but probably it is an independent clause: Thou hast (in fact) commanded, i.e., unalterably determined (Psa 44:5; Psa 68:29; Psa 133:3), to show me salvation, for my rock, etc. To the words לבוא תמיד צוית corresponds the expression לבית מצודות in Psa 31:3, which the lxx renders καὶ εἰς οἶκον καταφυγῆς, whereas instead of the former three words it has καὶ εἰς τόπον ὀχυρόν, and seems to have read לבית מבצרות, cf. Dan 11:15 (Hitzig). In Psa 71:5, Thou art my hope reminds one of the divine name מקוה ישׂראל in Jer 17:13; Jer 50:7 (cf. ἡ ἐλπίς ἡμῶν used of Christ in Ti1 1:1; Col 1:27). נסמכתּי is not less beautiful than השׁלכתּי in Psa 22:11. In its incipient slumbering state (cf. Psa 3:6), and in its self-conscious continuance. He was and is the upholding prop and the supporting foundation, so to speak, of my life. And גוזי instead of גּחי in Psa 22:10, is just such another felicitous modification. It is impracticable to define the meaning of this גוזי according to גּזה = גּזה, Arab. jz', retribuere (prop. to cut up, distribute), because גּמל is the representative of this Aramaeo-Arabic verb in the Hebrew. Still less, however, can it be derived from גּוּז, transire, the participle of which, if it would admit of a transitive meaning = מוציאי (Targum), ought to be גּזי. The verb גּזה, in accordance with its radical signification of abscindere (root גז, synon. קץ, קד, קט, and the like), denotes in this instance the separating of the child from the womb of the mother, the retrospect going back from youth to childhood, and even to his birth. The lxx σκεπαστής (μου) is an erroneous reading for ἐκσπαστής, as is clear from Psa 22:10, ὁ ἐκσπάσας με. הלּל בּ, Psa 44:9 (cf. שׂיח בּ, Psa 69:13), is at the bottom of the expression in Psa 71:6. The God to whom he owes his being, and its preservation thus far, is the constant, inexhaustible theme of his praise.

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¹ A Psalm [04210] and Song [07892] at the dedication [02598] of the house [01004] of David [01732]. I will extol [07311] thee, O LORD [03068]; for thou hast lifted me up [01802], and hast not made my foes [0341] to rejoice [08055] over me.
² O LORD [03068] my God [0430], I cried [07768] unto thee, and thou hast healed [07495] me.
³ O LORD [03068], thou hast brought up [05927] my soul [05315] from the grave [07585]: thou hast kept me alive [02421], that I should not go down [03381] [03381] to the pit [0953].

¹ To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. In thee, O LORD [03068], do I put my trust [02620]; let me never [0408] [05769] be ashamed [0954]: deliver [06403] me in thy righteousness [06666].

⁴ Our fathers [01] trusted [0982] in thee: they trusted [0982], and thou didst deliver [06403] them.
⁵ They cried [02199] unto thee, and were delivered [04422]: they trusted [0982] in thee, and were not confounded [0954].

² O my God [0430], I trust [0982] in thee: let me not be ashamed [0954], let not mine enemies [0341] triumph [05970] over me.

¹² Kiss [05401] the Son [01248], lest he be angry [0599], and ye perish [06] from the way [01870], when his wrath [0639] is kindled [01197] but a little [04592]. Blessed [0835] are all they that put their trust [02620] in him.

⁶ By thee have I been holden up [05564] from the womb [0990]: thou art he that took [01491] me out of my mother's [0517] bowels [04578]: my praise [08416] shall be continually [08548] of thee.

¹³ But as for me, my prayer [08605] is unto thee, O LORD [03068], in an acceptable [07522] time [06256]: O God [0430], in the multitude [07230] of thy mercy [02617] hear [06030] me, in the truth [0571] of thy salvation [03468].

⁹ But [0637] thou hast cast off [02186], and put us to shame [03637]; and goest not forth [03318] with our armies [06635].

¹⁰ I was cast [07993] upon thee from the womb [07358]: thou art my God [0410] from my mother's [0517] belly [0990].

⁶ I will not be afraid [03372] of ten thousands [07233] of people [05971], that have set [07896] themselves against me round about [05439].

¹¹ Be not far [07368] from me; for trouble [06869] is near [07138]; for there is none to help [05826].

²⁷ To whom [3739] God [2316] would [2309] make known [1107] what [5101] is the riches [4149] of the glory [1391] of this [5127] mystery [3466] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484]; which [3739] is [2076] Christ [5547] in [1722] you [5213], the hope [1680] of glory [1391]:

¹ Paul [3972], an apostle [652] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] by [2596] the commandment [2003] of God [2316] our [2257] Saviour [4990], and [2532] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], which [3588] is our [2257] hope [1680];

⁷ All that found [04672] them have devoured [0398] them: and their adversaries [06862] said [0559], We offend [0816] not, because they have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068], the habitation [05116] of justice [06664], even the LORD [03068], the hope [04723] of their fathers [01].

¹³ O LORD [03068], the hope [04723] of Israel [03478], all that forsake [05800] thee shall be ashamed [0954], and they that depart [03249] from me [05493] shall be written [03789] in the earth [0776], because they have forsaken [05800] the LORD [03068], the fountain [04726] of living [02416] waters [04325].

⁵ For thou art my hope [08615], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: thou art my trust [04009] from my youth [05271].

¹⁵ So the king [04428] of the north [06828] shall come [0935], and cast up [08210] a mount [05550], and take [03920] the most fenced [04013] cities [05892]: and the arms [02220] of the south [05045] shall not withstand [05975], neither his chosen [04005] people [05971], neither shall there be any strength [03581] to withstand [05975].

³ For thou art my rock [05553] and my fortress [04686]; therefore for thy name's [08034] sake lead [05148] me, and guide [05095] me.

³ As the dew [02919] of Hermon [02768], and as the dew that descended [03381] upon the mountains [02042] of Zion [06726]: for there the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] the blessing [01293], even life [02416] for evermore [05769].

²⁹ Because of thy temple [01964] at Jerusalem [03389] shall kings [04428] bring [02986] presents [07862] unto thee.

⁵ Through thee will we push down [05055] our enemies [06862]: through thy name [08034] will we tread them under [0947] that rise up [06965] against us.

³ For thou art my rock [05553] and my fortress [04686]; therefore for thy name's [08034] sake lead [05148] me, and guide [05095] me.

¹ A Prayer [08605] of Moses [04872] the man [0376] of God [0430]. Lord [0136], thou hast been our dwelling place [04583] in all [01755] generations [01755].

⁹ Because thou hast made [07760] the LORD [03068], which is my refuge [04268], even the most High [05945], thy habitation [04583];

¹ A Prayer [08605] of Moses [04872] the man [0376] of God [0430]. Lord [0136], thou hast been our dwelling place [04583] in all [01755] generations [01755].

³ Be thou my strong [06697] habitation [04583], whereunto I may continually [08548] resort [0935]: thou hast given commandment [06680] to save [03467] me; for thou art my rock [05553] and my fortress [04686].

¹ To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm of David [01732], to bring to remembrance [02142]. Make haste, O God [0430], to deliver [05337] me; make haste [02363] to help [05833] me, O LORD [03068].
² Let them be ashamed [0954] and confounded [02659] that seek [01245] after my soul [05315]: let them be turned [05472] backward [0268], and put to confusion [03637], that desire [02655] my hurt [07451].
³ Let them be turned back [07725] for a reward [06118] of their shame [01322] that say [0559], Aha [01889], aha [01889].
⁴ Let all those that seek [01245] thee rejoice [07797] and be glad [08055] in thee: and let such as love [0157] thy salvation [03444] say [0559] continually [08548], Let God [0430] be magnified [01431].
⁵ But I am poor [06041] and needy [034]: make haste [02363] unto me, O God [0430]: thou art my help [05828] and my deliverer [06403]; O LORD [03068], make no tarrying [0309].

¹⁰ I was cast [07993] upon thee from the womb [07358]: thou art my God [0410] from my mother's [0517] belly [0990].
¹¹ Be not far [07368] from me; for trouble [06869] is near [07138]; for there is none to help [05826].

⁶ By thee have I been holden up [05564] from the womb [0990]: thou art he that took [01491] me out of my mother's [0517] bowels [04578]: my praise [08416] shall be continually [08548] of thee.

⁴ Deliver [06403] me, O my God [0430], out of the hand [03027] of the wicked [07563], out of the hand [03709] of the unrighteous [05765] and cruel man [02556].

⁴ Deliver [06403] me, O my God [0430], out of the hand [03027] of the wicked [07563], out of the hand [03709] of the unrighteous [05765] and cruel man [02556].
⁵ For thou art my hope [08615], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069]: thou art my trust [04009] from my youth [05271].
⁶ By thee have I been holden up [05564] from the womb [0990]: thou art he that took [01491] me out of my mother's [0517] bowels [04578]: my praise [08416] shall be continually [08548] of thee.

² Bow down [05186] thine ear [0241] to me; deliver [05337] me speedily [04120]: be thou my strong [04581] rock [06697], for an house [01004] of defence [04686] to save [03467] me.
³ For thou art my rock [05553] and my fortress [04686]; therefore for thy name's [08034] sake lead [05148] me, and guide [05095] me.
⁴ Pull me out [03318] of the net [07568] that [02098] they have laid privily [02934] for me: for thou art my strength [04581].

¹ In thee, O LORD [03068], do I put my trust [02620]: let me never [0408] [05769] be put to confusion [0954].
² Deliver [05337] me in thy righteousness [06666], and cause me to escape [06403]: incline [05186] thine ear [0241] unto me, and save [03467] me.
³ Be thou my strong [06697] habitation [04583], whereunto I may continually [08548] resort [0935]: thou hast given commandment [06680] to save [03467] me; for thou art my rock [05553] and my fortress [04686].