“O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.”
The affirmation that God has taught from youth and the declaration of God's wondrous works articulates that God's education has been lifelong. The emphasis on teaching indicates that the psalmist's understanding of God has developed progressively through divine instruction. This verse establishes that faith is not static but has matured through life.
Church Fathers on Psalms 71:17
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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