Psalms 71 · Verse 7

Psalms 71:7

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalms 71:7, King James Version

Psalms 71:7 in other translations

BSBI have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
WEBI am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
ASVI am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
YLTAs a wonder I have been to many, And Thou art my strong refuge.
DARBYI have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
BBEI am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
WebsterI am as a wonder to many; but thou art my strong refuge.

What does Psalms 71:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 71:6-9

6-9. His history from early infancy illustrated God's care, and his wonderful deliverances were at once occasions of praise and ground of confidence for the future. my praise ... of thee--literally, "in" or "by Thee" (Psa 22:25).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 I am as a wonder unto many - I am כמופת kemopheth "as a portent," or "type:" I am a typical person; and many of the things that happen to me are to be considered in reference to him of whom I am a type. But he may mean I am a continual prodigy. My low estate, my slaying the lion and the bear, conquering the Philistine, escaping the fury of Saul, and being raised to the throne of Israel, are all so many wonders of thy providence, and effects of thy power and grace.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 71:1-13

David prays that he might never be made ashamed of dependence upon God. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace. The gracious care of Divine providence in our birth and infancy, should engage us to early piety. He that was our Help from our birth, ought to be our Hope from our youth. Let none expect ease or comfort from the world. Those who love the Lord, often are hated and…

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Psalms 71:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּ֭מוֹפֵתKe.mo.fetlike a portentH4159
הָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiI have becomeH1961
לְרַבִּ֑יםle.ra.Bimfor many [people]H7227
וְ֝אַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand youH859
מַֽחֲסִי\־ma.cha.si-[are] refuge of myH4268
עֹֽז\׃'OzstrengthH5797

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 71:7

  • Isaiah 8:18

    Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

  • Psalms 62:7

    In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

  • Acts 4:13

    Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:9

    For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:8-10

    By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

  • Psalms 61:3

    For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8-12

    We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. …

  • Luke 2:34

    And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

  • Zechariah 3:6

    And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,

  • Psalms 142:4-5

    I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as a wonder.--{Kemopaton,} "as a prodigy:" my low estate,--my slaying the lion and bear,--conquering the Philistine,--escaping the fury of Saul,--being raised to the throne of Israel,--enduring such uncommon trials and afflictions,--and experiencing such wonderful deliverances, all mark me out as the subject of "wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong Refuge."
Isa 8:18; Zec 3:6; Lu 2:34; Ac 4:13; 1Co 4:9; 2Co 4:8-12; 6:8-10
thou art.
62:7; 142:4,5; Jer 16:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 71:6

    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.

  • Psalms 71:7

    I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

  • Psalms 71:8

    Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

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Psalms 71:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Como prodigio he sido á muchos; y tú mi refugio fuerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je suis pour plusieurs comme un prodige; mais toi, tu es mon fort refuge.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Vielen bin ich wie ein Wunder; du aber bist meine starke Zuflucht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Orietur in diebus ejus justitia, et abundantia pacis, donec auferatur luna.