“I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.”
The affirmation that the psalmist has become a portent to many and that God is the strong refuge establishes that the psalmist's life itself has become a sign or marvel to others. The reference to being a portent suggests that the psalmist's experience of divine care is itself remarkable and instructive. This verse indicates that the long life of faith has become a witness to others.
Church Fathers on Psalms 71:7
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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