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Psalms 71:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.


Psalms 71:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:312 words
HebrewMeaning
הֱיֵ֤הhĕyēh
becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִ֨/יliy
pron
לְ/צ֥וּרləṣwr
a rockpronH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
מָע֡וֹןmāʿwōn
a dwelling placenounH4583
dwelling place) · habitation
לָ/ב֗וֹאlābwōʾ
to gopronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
תָּמִ֗ידtāmiyd
continuallynounH8548
continual (employment · -ly) · daily · ever ···
צִוִּ֥יתָṣiwiytā
you have given commandverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
לְ/הוֹשִׁיעֵ֑/נִיləhwōšiyʿēniy
to save mepronH3467
at all · defend · deliver · help ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
סַלְעִ֖/יsaləʿiy
are rock mynounH5553
stone · strong hold
וּ/מְצוּדָתִ֣/יwməṣwdātiy
and stronghold myconjH4686
defense · fort · hold · be hunted ···
אָֽתָּהʾātāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
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 71:3

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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The beauty of holiness - Psalms 71
God is faithful in every circumstance. God meets us exactly where we are - broken, uncertain, yet chosen. God is faithful in every circumstance. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see....
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