Psalms 71:6

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. ²In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me. ³Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. ⁴Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless. ⁵For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. ⁶I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother's womb. My praise is always for You.⁷I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge. ⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long. ⁹Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. ¹⁰For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

Bible Verse Review
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By thee: Psalms 22:9, Psalms 22:10, Proverbs 8:17, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:4, Jeremiah 3:4

thou art: Psalms 139:15, Psalms 139:16, Psalms 145:1, Psalms 145:2, Isaiah 49:1, Isaiah 49:5, Jeremiah 1:5, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:32, Galatians 1:15

my praise: Psalms 71:14, Psalms 34:1, Ephesians 5:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:12 - Hitherto Job 3:11 - when I came Psalms 27:9 - thou Psalms 119:117 - Hold Psalms 138:8 - forsake Psalms 139:13 - covered me Isaiah 44:2 - formed Isaiah 44:24 - and he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By thee have I been holden up from the womb,.... Supported in being, upheld in life, and sustained with food and raiment, and followed with the mercies and blessings of life from thence to this present moment; which the psalmist takes notice of, as he does of what goes before and follows after, to encourage his faith and hope in God as to present deliverance;

thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels;

:-; the Syriac version is, "thou art my hope from my mother's bowels"; the Arabic version, "thou art my helper"; and the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "thou art my protector"; the word is only used here, and in Psalms 90:10; and is there rendered "cut off"; the Lord was, as it were, his "cutter off" t; that cut the navel string, and loosed him from his mother, and safely brought him into the world, and preserved him ever since: wherefore he adds,

my praise [shall be] continually of thee; as the God of nature and providence; and also as the God of grace, who had blessed him both with temporal and spiritual blessings; and these being continued with him, he determines that God should be the subject of his praise always. The Targum is,

"in thy Word my praise is continually.''

t נוזי "excisor meus", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By thee have I been holden up from the womb - From the beginning of my existence. The “idea” in all this is, that, since God had sustained him from his earliest years - since he had shown his power in keeping him, and manifested his care for him, there was ground to pray that God would keep him still, and that he would guard him as old age came on. The sentiment in this verse is substantially the same as in Psalms 22:9-10. See the notes at that passage.

My praise shall be continually of thee - My praise shall ascend to thee constantly. I will not cease to praise thee. Compare the notes at Psalms 22:25.