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Psalms 71:5 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.


Psalms 71:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:57 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אַתָּ֥הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
תִקְוָתִ֑/יtiqəwātiy
are hope mynounH8615
hope · live · thing that I long for
אֲדֹנָ֥/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
יְ֝הוִ֗הyəhwih
YahwehnounH3069
מִבְטַחִ֥/יmibəṭaḥiy
confidence mynounH4009
hope · sure · trust
מִ/נְּעוּרָֽ/יminəʿwrāy
since youth mypronH5271
youth
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 71:5

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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