Psalms 71:1
In Thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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; incline Thine ear unto 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 of them, because they put their trust in Him.
Psalms 25:2O my God, in Thee have I trusted, let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 125:1A Song of Ascents. They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
Isaiah 45:17O Israel, that art saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
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 →