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Psalms 71:1 — King James Version← Study notes

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.


Psalms 71:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:16 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/ךָֽbəkā
pron
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חָסִ֑יתִיḥāsiytiy
I have taken refugeverbH2620
make refuge · trust
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
אֵב֥וֹשָׁהʾēbwōšāh
I be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
לְ/עוֹלָֽםləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 71:1

1. In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivers us commends itself to us, in order that it may have us commended. This is sung of in this Psalm, whereof we have undertaken to speak....This grace the Apostle commends: by this he got to have the Jews for enemies, boasting of the letter of the law and of their own justice. This then commending in the lesson which has been read, he says thus: “For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not worthy to be called an…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 71 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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