“By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.”
The reference to praising God from youth and the continued declaration of God's wondrous deeds articulates that worship and witness have characterized the entire life. The consistency of praise indicates that the psalmist's relationship with God has been constant and defining. This verse emphasizes the long trajectory of faith.
Church Fathers on Psalms 71:6
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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