psalm · 071B
You Are My Hope
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Hope grows strongest when you keep walking in His strength.
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But I will hope continually And will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their full measure. I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours only. O God, You have taught me from my youth, And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, Do not forsake me, Until I have shown Your strength to this generation, And Your power to everyone who is to come. Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heights; You who have done great things— O God, who is like You! You who have shown me great and severe troubles Will revive me again And bring me up again from the depths of the earth. You will increase my greatness And comfort me on every side. I will also praise You with the psaltery, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing with the harp, O Holy One of Israel. My lips will greatly rejoice when I sing to You, And my soul which You have redeemed. My tongue also will talk of Your righteousness all the day long, For they are confounded and brought to shame Who seek my harm.
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Psalm 71B: You Are My Hope
When you need to remember — that You're still my Shepherd.
What's Going On…
You can reach a stretch where your story feels long and your strength feels gone. You have seen God move before, but you are still walking through hard stretches that test your endurance. Some days you feel grateful you just made it through the day.
You also feel a burden to finish well. You want your life to point people to God's strength, especially the generation coming after you.
What It Means
This section starts with stubborn resolve: "I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more." Hope here is repeated trust while troubles are still real. He chooses to go "in the strength of the Lord God."
Then it turns into legacy language: "Now also when I am old and gray-headed... do not forsake me, until I have shown Your strength to this generation." He remembers being taught from youth, and he wants his later years to testify. Even after "great and severe troubles," he expects revival, comfort, and renewed praise. The ending is full-throated worship because redemption gets the final word.
There is a striking confession in the middle: "My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof." He has lost count of God's mercies — and that is exactly the testimony he wants on his lips. Then a phrase that feels almost daring: "You, which have showed me great and sore troubles, shall quicken me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth." He hands the same God credit for the depth and the rescue. The closing widens it further: "Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things: O God, who is like unto You?" That question is rhetorical for a reason.
Right Here, Right Now
• Right now, thank God out loud for one way He has carried you in the past, and ask for strength for the part still unfinished.
• Write this down: "Where do I need to choose ongoing hope instead of quiet resignation?"
• Repeat this line when fatigue rises: "I will go in the strength of the Lord God."
Selah
Stop. Breathe. Let past rescue fuel present courage, then tell Him exactly where you need revival and fresh strength — out loud if you can.
Prayer
God, You are my hope, and I choose to keep hoping in You today.
Thank You for every time You carried me through what should have broken me.
I still need Your strength for this stretch, because I cannot finish this well on my own.
Do not forsake me in my weakness — revive me again and comfort me on every side.
Let my life show Your strength clearly to those coming after me.
You're still my Shepherd.
Stay Strong
Hope grows strongest when you keep walking in His strength.
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