Psalms 71:1
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be made ashamed.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
In Context
2In thy righteousness do thou deliver me and release me: incline thy ear unto me, and save me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:20And they obtained help against them, and the Hagarenes were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for to God they cried in the battle, and he was entreated by them; because they put their trust in him.
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee do I trust, let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 125:1“A song of the degrees.” Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth for ever.
Isaiah 45:17[But] Israel shall be helped by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed and not be confounded unto all eternity.
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 →