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 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
• Ps 39:7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
• Ps 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
• Ps 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
• Jer 17:17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
• Ps 119:166LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
• 1 Sam 17:45–47Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
• Ps 22:9–10But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
• Rom 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Jer 14:8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
• Jer 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
• 2 Tim 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Luke 2:40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
• Ps 13:5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
• 1 Sam 16:13Then 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.
• 1 Sam 17:33–37And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
• Eccl 12:1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Ps 42:11Why 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.
• Jer 50:7All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

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