# Psalm 71 ## Psalm 71:1 - [KJV] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. - [ASV] In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame. - [YLT] In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age. ### Notes on Psalm 71:1 - ## Psalm 71:2 - [KJV] Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. - [ASV] Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me. - [YLT] In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me. ### Notes on Psalm 71:2 - ## Psalm 71:3 - [KJV] Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou *art* my rock and my fortress. - [ASV] Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress. - [YLT] Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark *art* Thou. ### Notes on Psalm 71:3 - ## Psalm 71:4 - [KJV] Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. - [ASV] Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. - [YLT] O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent. ### Notes on Psalm 71:4 - ## Psalm 71:5 - [KJV] For thou *art* my hope, O Lord GOD: *thou art* my trust from my youth. - [ASV] For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: *Thou art* my trust from my youth. - [YLT] For Thou *art* my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth. ### Notes on Psalm 71:5 - ## Psalm 71:6 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee *is* my praise continually. ### Notes on Psalm 71:6 - ## Psalm 71:7 - [KJV] I am as a wonder unto many; but thou *art* my strong refuge. - [ASV] I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge. - [YLT] As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou *art* my strong refuge. ### Notes on Psalm 71:7 - ## Psalm 71:8 - [KJV] Let my mouth be filled *with* thy praise *and with* thy honour all the day. - [ASV] My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day. - [YLT] Filled is my mouth *with* Thy praise, All the day *with* Thy beauty. ### Notes on Psalm 71:8 - ## Psalm 71:9 - [KJV] Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. - [ASV] Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth. - [YLT] Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not. ### Notes on Psalm 71:9 - ## Psalm 71:10 - [KJV] For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, - [ASV] For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together, - [YLT] For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together, ### Notes on Psalm 71:10 - ## Psalm 71:11 - [KJV] Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for *there is* none to deliver *him*. - [ASV] Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver. - [YLT] Saying, 'God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.' ### Notes on Psalm 71:11 - ## Psalm 71:12 - [KJV] O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. - [ASV] O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me. - [YLT] O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste. ### Notes on Psalm 71:12 - ## Psalm 71:13 - [KJV] Let them be confounded *and* consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered *with* reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. - [ASV] Let them be put to shame *and* consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. - [YLT] They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered *with* reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil, ### Notes on Psalm 71:13 - ## Psalm 71:14 - [KJV] But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. - [ASV] But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more. - [YLT] And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise. ### Notes on Psalm 71:14 - ## Psalm 71:15 - [KJV] My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness *and* thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers *thereof*. - [ASV] My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, *And* of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers *thereof*. - [YLT] My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers. ### Notes on Psalm 71:15 - ## Psalm 71:16 - [KJV] I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, *even* of thine only. - [ASV] I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. - [YLT] I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness -- Thine only. ### Notes on Psalm 71:16 - ## Psalm 71:17 - [KJV] O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. - [ASV] O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. - [YLT] God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders. ### Notes on Psalm 71:17 - ## Psalm 71:18 - [KJV] Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto *this* generation, *and* thy power to every one *that* is to come. - [ASV] Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto *the next* generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. - [YLT] And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might. ### Notes on Psalm 71:18 - ## Psalm 71:19 - [KJV] Thy righteousness also, O God, *is* very high, who hast done great things: O God, who *is* like unto thee! - [ASV] Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee? - [YLT] And Thy righteousness, O God, *is* unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who *is* like Thee? ### Notes on Psalm 71:19 - ## Psalm 71:20 - [KJV] *Thou*, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. - [ASV] Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth. - [YLT] Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up. ### Notes on Psalm 71:20 - ## Psalm 71:21 - [KJV] Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. - [ASV] Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me. - [YLT] Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me, ### Notes on Psalm 71:21 - ## Psalm 71:22 - [KJV] I will also praise thee with the psaltery, *even* thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. - [ASV] I will also praise thee with the psaltery, *Even* thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. - [YLT] I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel, ### Notes on Psalm 71:22 - ## Psalm 71:23 - [KJV] My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. - [ASV] My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed. - [YLT] My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed, ### Notes on Psalm 71:23 - ## Psalm 71:24 - [KJV] My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. - [ASV] My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt. - [YLT] My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil! ### Notes on Psalm 71:24 -