Psalm 71:5 “For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.”

Psalm 71:5

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.

Young's Literal Translation

For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

Bible in Basic English

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

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Cross references

“For thou”

Jeremiah 17:7 Psalm 39:7 Psalm 119:81 Psalm 119:166 Jeremiah 17:17 Jeremiah 17:13

Jeremiah 17:7 · BSB

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

Psalm 39:7 · BSB

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

Psalm 119:81 · BSB

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Psalm 119:166 · BSB

I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.

Jeremiah 17:17 · BSB

Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Jeremiah 17:13 · BSB

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

“my trust”

Psalm 71:17 1 Samuel 17:45–47 2 Timothy 3:15 1 Samuel 16:13 1 Samuel 17:33–37 Luke 2:40

Psalm 71:17 · BSB

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

1 Samuel 17:45–47 · BSB

But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

2 Timothy 3:15 · BSB

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Samuel 16:13 · BSB

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 17:33–37 · BSB

But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”

Luke 2:40 · BSB

And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

Also

Jeremiah 14:8 Jeremiah 50:7

Jeremiah 14:8 · BSB

O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?

Jeremiah 50:7 · BSB

All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

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