Psalms 71:5

American Standard Version (1901)

For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה תִקְוָתִ֑י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְ֝הוִ֗ה מִבְטַחִ֥י מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃

Transliteration

For-ʾattāh tiqwātî ʾădōnāy YHWH mibṭaḥî from nəʿûrāy

Grammar Details

• *ʾattāh*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - 'you'
• *tiqwātî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my hope'
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - 'my Lord'
• *YHWH*: divine name, proper noun
• *mibṭaḥî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my trust/confidence'
• *nəʿûrāy*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my youth'

Word Meanings

• *tiqwātî*: my hope/my expectation/my confidence
• *mibṭaḥî*: my trust/my confidence/my security
• *nəʿûrāy*: my youth/my early life/my childhood

Referenced Verses

• Jer 17:7 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
• Jer 17:13 : 13 O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
• Jer 17:17 : 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
• Ps 39:7 : 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
• 1 Sam 17:45-47 : 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.
• Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
• Ps 119:81 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
• Ps 119:166 : 166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Jer 14:8 : 8 O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
• Ps 13:5 : 5 But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
• Ps 22:9-9 : 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
• 1 Sam 16:13 : 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
• 1 Sam 17:33-37 : 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.
• Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
• Jer 50:7 : 7 All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
• Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.