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Psalm 71:5–8

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5For You are gmy hope, O Lord God;

You are my trust from my youth.

6hBy You I have been 2upheld from birth;

You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.

My praise shall be continually of You.

7iI have become as a wonder to many,

But You are my strong refuge.

8Let jmy mouth be filled with Your praise

And with Your glory all the day.

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Footnotes

  1. 2sustained from the womb

Cross references

  1. gJer. 14:8; 17:7, 13, 17; 50:7
  2. hPs. 22:9, 10; Is. 46:3
  3. iIs. 8:18; Zech. 3:8; 1 Cor. 4:9
  4. jPs. 35:28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For you, O Lord, are my hope,

my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;

you are he who took me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,

but you are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with your praise,

and with your glory all the day.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord,

my confidence since my youth.

From birth I have relied on you;

you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.

I will ever praise you.

I have become a sign to many;

you are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with your praise,

declaring your splendor all day long.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For you are my hope, Lord God,

my confidence from my youth.

I have leaned on you from birth;

you took me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is always about you.

I am like a miraculous sign to many,

and you are my strong refuge.

My mouth is full of praise

and honor to you all day long.

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, you alone are my hope.

I’ve trusted you, O Lord, from childhood.

Yes, you have been with me from birth;

from my mother’s womb you have cared for me.

No wonder I am always praising you!

My life is an example to many,

because you have been my strength and protection.

That is why I can never stop praising you;

I declare your glory all day long.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because you are my hope,

O Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

Upon you I have leaned from birth.

It was you who took me from the womb of my mother.

My praise is of you continually.

I have become a wonder to many,

but you are my strong refuge.

My mouth is filled with your praise,

with your glory all the day.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thou art my hope, O Lord God:

Thou art my trust from my youth.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb:

Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:

My praise shall be continually of thee.

I am as a wonder unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise

And with thy honour all the day.