Psalms 71:17
What does Psalms 71:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 71:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890OGod, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works:
Context
v.16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
v.17This passage
v.18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 17:36
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.
- 2 Samuel 4:9
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
- Psalms 119:9
Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Deuteronomy 4:5
Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
- Psalms 66:16
Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
- 1 Chronicles 16:4
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:
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