Psalms 71:1
In thee, O Yahweh, have I sought refuge, May I not be ashamed unto times age-abiding:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, wilt thou rescue me, and deliver me, Incline unto me thine ear, and save me:
Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:20and were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all that were with them were delivered into their hand,—for, unto God, made they outcry, in the war, and he suffered himself to be entreated by them, because they put their trust in him;
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:
Psalms 125:1They who trust in Yahweh, [are] like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly, shall it remain.
Isaiah 45:17Israel, hath been delivered by Yahweh, with an age-abiding deliverance,—Ye shall neither turn pale nor he put to shame, unto the ages of futurity,.
Romans 9:33Even as it is written—Lo! I lay in Zion, a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over, and, he that resteth faith thereupon, shall not be put to shame.
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 →