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For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; My confidence from my youth.
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Hope Built on History
Commentators explain that the psalmist's hope is not a blind leap of faith but a confident trust built on a lifetime of experiencing God's faithfulness. By recalling God's protection "from my youth," the psalmist finds a solid foundation to trust God for his present and future needs. Our own memories of God's past help can fuel our hope for today.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For you are my hope, O Lord God - The ground of my hope and my expectation is in you.
19th Century
Anglican
These verses are manifestly founded on Psalms 31:8-10; but the variations are more marked than usual, and indicate a definite purpose of adaptation…
Baptist
In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear…
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16th Century
Protestant
For thou art my expectation, O Lord Jehovah! The Psalmist here repeats what he had said a little before concerning his trust or confidence…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you [are] my hope, O Lord God The object, ground, and foundation of it, even of present deliverance, and of futu…
David prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of…
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