Psalm 71:5

5 For Thou art my tikveh (hope), Adonoi Hashem; Thou art my trust from my youth.

Psalm 71:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 71:5

For thou [art] my hope, O Lord God
The object, ground, and foundation of it, even of present deliverance, and of future and eternal salvation;

[thou art] my trust from my youth;
in whom he trusted in his youthful days, of which there is an eminent instance in ( 1 Samuel 17:33-45 ) .

Psalm 71:5 In-Context

3 Be Thou Tzur Ma’on (a rock of habitation), whereunto I may resort tamid (continually); Thou hast given commandment to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, O Elohai, out of the yad of the rasha, out of the palm of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For Thou art my tikveh (hope), Adonoi Hashem; Thou art my trust from my youth.

6 By Thee have I been upheld from the beten (womb); Thou art He that took me out of the womb of immi; my tehillah (praise) shall be of Thee tamid (continually).

7 I am as a mofet (portent) unto rabbim (many); but Thou art my strong refuge.