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Psalms 71

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1In You, Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame. ✦ 2In Your righteousness rescue me and save me; Extend Your ear to me and help me. ✦ 3Be to me a rock of dwelling to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress. ✦ 4Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, From the grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless, ✦ 5For You are my hope; Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth. ✦ 6I have leaned on You since my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb; My praise is continually of You. ✦ 7¶I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge. ✦ 8My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long. ✦ 9Do not cast me away at the time of my old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails. ✦ 10For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together, ✦ 11Saying, “God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to save him.” ✦ 12¶God, do not be far from me; My God, hurry to my aid! ✦ 13May those who are enemies of my soul be put to shame and consumed; May they be covered with disgrace and dishonor, who seek to injure me. ✦ 14But as for me, I will wait continually, And will praise You yet more and more. ✦ 15My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the art of writing. ✦ 16I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone. ✦ 17¶God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds. ✦ 18And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come. ✦ 19For Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; God, who is like You? ✦ 20You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. ✦ 21May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me. ✦ 22¶I will also praise You with a harp, And Your truth, my God; I will sing praises to You with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. ✦ 23My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. ✦ 24My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long; For they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 71 ·18Ps 35 ·7Ps 22 ·7Ps 40 ·6Ps 145 ·5Ps 119 ·5Isa 49 ·4Ps 37 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 71 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 71David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 71Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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