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 17:7“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
• Ps 39:7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
• Ps 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
• Ps 71:17God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
• Jer 17:17Don’t be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
• Ps 119:166I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
• 1 Sam 17:45–47Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
• Ps 22:9–10But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.
• Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Jer 14:8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
• Jer 17:13Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be disappointed. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
• 2 Tim 3:15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
• Luke 2:40The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
• Ps 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
• 1 Sam 16:13Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
• 1 Sam 17:33–37Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
• Eccl 12:1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
• Ps 42:11Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
• Jer 50:7All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’

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