Psalms 71:5

The psalmist declares that the Lord is his hope and confidence since his youth. It testifies to a lifetime of trust in God.

Cross-references · 19

• Jer 17:7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
• Ps 39:7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
• Ps 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
• Ps 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
• Jer 17:17Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
• Ps 119:166I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
• 1 Sam 17:45–47But 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.
• Ps 22:9–10Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
• Rom 15:13Now 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.
• Jer 14:8O 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?
• Jer 17:13O 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.
• 2 Tim 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Luke 2:40And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
• Ps 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
• 1 Sam 16:13So 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 Sam 17:33–37But 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.”
• Eccl 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
• Ps 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
• Jer 50:7All 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.’

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