Psalm 71:5
New International Version
For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

New Living Translation
O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O LORD, from childhood.

English Standard Version
For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

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

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

New King James Version
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth.

New American Standard Bible
For You are my hope; Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth.

NASB 1995
For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth.

NASB 1977
For Thou art my hope; O Lord GOD, Thou art my confidence from my youth.

Legacy Standard Bible
For You are my hope; O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth.

Amplified Bible
For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

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

Holman Christian Standard 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.

Contemporary English Version
I depend on you, and I have trusted you since I was young.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You are my hope, O Almighty LORD. You have been my confidence ever since I was young.

Good News Translation
Sovereign LORD, I put my hope in you; I have trusted in you since I was young.

International Standard Version
For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my security since I was young.

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

NET Bible
For you give me confidence, O Lord; O LORD, I have trusted in you since I was young.

New Heart English Bible
For you are my hope, Lord GOD; my confidence from my youth.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

World English Bible
For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, "" My trust from my youth.

Young's Literal Translation
For Thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

Smith's Literal Translation
For thou my hope, O Lord Jehovah: my trust from my youth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thou art my patience, O Lord: my hope, O Lord, from my youth;

Catholic Public Domain Version
For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord.

New American Bible
You are my hope, Lord; my trust, GOD, from my youth.

New Revised Standard Version
For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For thou art my hope, O LORD; thou art my trust from my youth, O God.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because you are my hope, LORD JEHOVAH, oh, God, my trust from my youth.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For Thou art my hope; O Lord GOD, my trust from my youth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thou art my support, O Lord; O Lord, thou art my hope from my youth.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
4Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless. 5For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. 6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.…

Cross References
Psalm 22:9-10
Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast. / From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.

Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Psalm 25:5
Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Psalm 62:5-6
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him. / He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Isaiah 46:3-4
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth. / Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.

Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

Lamentations 3:24-26
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” / The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. / It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Job 31:24
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

1 Timothy 4:10
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 1:21
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

Hebrews 6:18-19
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. / We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,


Treasury of Scripture

For you are my hope, O Lord GOD: you are my trust from my youth.

For thou

Psalm 13:5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 39:7
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

my trust

Psalm 71:17
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Psalm 22:9,10
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts…

1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

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Psalm 71
1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10. and against the enemies of his soul
14. He promises constancy
17. He prays for perseverance
19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully














For You are my hope
The Hebrew word for "hope" here is "תִּקְוָה" (tiqvah), which conveys a sense of expectation and trust. In the context of the Psalms, hope is not a passive wish but an active reliance on God's promises and character. The psalmist acknowledges that God is the source of his hope, emphasizing a deep, personal relationship with the divine. This hope is not based on circumstances but on the steadfast nature of God, who has proven faithful throughout history.

O Lord GOD
The phrase "O Lord GOD" combines two significant names of God: "Adonai" (Lord) and "Yahweh" (GOD). "Adonai" reflects God's sovereign authority and lordship, while "Yahweh" is the covenant name of God, highlighting His eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises. This dual reference underscores the psalmist's recognition of God's supreme power and His intimate, covenantal relationship with His people.

my confidence
The Hebrew word for "confidence" is "מִבְטָח" (mivtach), which implies a sense of security and trust. This term suggests a firm reliance on God, akin to a refuge or stronghold. The psalmist's confidence is not in human strength or wisdom but in the unchanging character of God. This confidence is a recurring theme in the Psalms, where the faithful find their security in God's protection and provision.

from my youth
The phrase "from my youth" indicates a lifelong relationship with God. The psalmist reflects on a history of trust and reliance on God that began in his early years. This suggests a foundation of faith built over time, through experiences of God's faithfulness. It also implies that the psalmist's confidence in God is not a recent development but a deeply ingrained aspect of his life, cultivated through years of walking with the Lord. This lifelong trust serves as an encouragement to believers to nurture their relationship with God from an early age, building a legacy of faith that endures through all seasons of life.

(5) My hope.--Comp. Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 1:7. Also in New Testament, 1Timothy 1:1, "The Lord Jesus Christ our hope." Shakespeare, with his fine ear for scriptural expressions, caught this.

"And God shall be my hope, my stay."

"God, our hope, shall succour us."--2 Henry VI.

Verse 5. - For thou art my Hope, O Lord God (comp. Psalm 39:7; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 50:7). Thou art my Trust from my youth (comp. Psalm 40:4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

You
אַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are my hope,
תִקְוָתִ֑י (ṯiq·wā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8615: A cord, expectancy

O Lord
אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 136: The Lord

GOD,
יְ֝הוִ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

my confidence
מִבְטַחִ֥י (miḇ·ṭa·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4009: A refuge, security, assurance

from my youth.
מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃ (min·nə·‘ū·rāy)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5271: Youth, the state, the persons


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