Psalm 71:7
New International Version
I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.

New Living Translation
My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection.

English Standard Version
I have been as a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Berean Standard Bible
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

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

New King James Version
I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.

New American Standard Bible
I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

NASB 1995
I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

NASB 1977
I have become a marvel to many; For Thou art my strong refuge.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

Amplified Bible
I am as a wonder to many, For You are my strong refuge.

Christian Standard Bible
I am like a miraculous sign to many, and you are my strong refuge.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have become an ominous sign to many, but You are my strong refuge.

American Standard Version
I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have been a wonder to many, for you are my strong confidence.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I am become as it were a wonder to many: but thou art my strong helper.

Contemporary English Version
Many people think of me as something evil. But you are my mighty protector,

Douay-Rheims Bible
I run become unto many as a wonder, but thou art a strong helper.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have become an example to many people, but you are my strong refuge.

Good News Translation
My life has been an example to many, because you have been my strong defender.

International Standard Version
I have become an example to many that you are my strong refuge.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I am as a wonder unto many; But Thou art my strong refuge.

Literal Standard Version
I have been as a wonder to many, | And You [are] my strong refuge.

Majority Standard Bible
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

New American Bible
I have become a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge!

NET Bible
Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter.

New Revised Standard Version
I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.

New Heart English Bible
I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Webster's Bible Translation
I am as a wonder to many; but thou art my strong refuge.

World English Bible
I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

Young's Literal Translation
As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou art my strong refuge.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You. 7I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge. 8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

Psalm 61:3
For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

Psalm 73:28
But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.

Psalm 94:22
But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.

Isaiah 8:18
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.


Treasury of Scripture

I am as a wonder to many; but you are my strong refuge.

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.

Zechariah 3:6
And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,

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;

thou art

Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Psalm 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…

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.

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Psalm 71
1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10. and against the enemies of his soul
14. He promises constancy
17. He prays for perseverance
19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully














(7) A wonder--i.e., not a miracle of preservation, but a monster. Though men point at him as something to be avoided or mocked, God is his refuge.

Verse 7. - I am as a wonder unto many; or, as a portent, a prodigy - something montrous. Some explain, "as an object of God's singular favour from his youth" (Kay, Cheyne); others, "as a marvellous example of God's punishments" (Schultens, Hengstenberg, Professor Alexander, Canon Cook). The latter explanation is supported by Deuteronomy 28:46, and, on the whole, seems preferable. But thou art my strong Refuge (see above, ver. 3, ad fin.).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I have become
הָיִ֣יתִי (hā·yî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a portent
כְּ֭מוֹפֵת (kə·mō·w·p̄êṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4159: A miracle, a token, omen

to many,
לְרַבִּ֑ים (lə·rab·bîm)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

but You
וְ֝אַתָּ֗ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are my strong
עֹֽז׃ (‘ōz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might

refuge.
מַֽחֲסִי־ (ma·ḥă·sî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4268: Refuge, shelter


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