Psalms 71:1
In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
In Context
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me. Bow down thine ear to me, and save me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them, for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated by them because they put their trust in him.
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee I have trusted. Let me not be put to shame. Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 125:1Those who trust in LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Isaiah 45:17[But] Israel shall be saved by LORD with an everlasting salvation. Ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
Romans 9:33just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 71:1
David penned this psalm in his old age, as appears by several passages in it, which makes many think that it was penned at the time of Absalom's rebellion; for that was the great trouble of his later days. It might be occasioned by Sheba's insurrection, or some trouble that happened to him in that part of his life of which it was foretold that the sword should not depart from his house. But he is not over-particular in representing his case, because he intended it for the general use of God's people in their… Read the whole commentary →