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Psalm 71:1

In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

1In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
2Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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Taking refuge in YHWH is followed at once by a plea against disappointment, so trust here still has something urgent to ask.

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Psalm 31:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.Both prayers begin with the same declaration of refuge in the LORD and ask never to be disappointed.
Psalm 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Both speakers declare trust in God and ask that their dependence on him will not end in shame or disappointment.
Psalm 22:5They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.Psalm 71 asks to be spared disappointment; Psalm 22 recalls people who trusted God and were not disappointed.
1 Peter 2:6Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious. He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”Both connect trust with freedom from disappointment; Peter speaks of believing in the chosen cornerstone, while the psalm addresses the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:18Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, …Both prayers ask to be spared disappointment; Jeremiah also asks for the destruction of those who persecute him.
Isaiah 45:17Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.Psalm 71 asks the LORD to prevent disappointment; Isaiah promises Israel salvation from the LORD without disappointment or disgrace.
1 Chronicles 5:20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he …Both texts connect dependence on God with a plea for help; Chronicles recounts an answer to such trust during battle.
Romans 9:33even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”Both connect trust with freedom from disappointment; Romans speaks of believing in the stone, while the psalm seeks refuge in the LORD.
2 Kings 18:5He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel, so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.Trust in the LORD is their shared thread: the psalm expresses it in prayer, and Kings describes it in Hezekiah.
Nehemiah 6:9For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.Both passages contain a plea for help; Psalm 71 names refuge in the LORD, while Nehemiah asks for strength.
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Your plea for help can accompany your trust in God. The speaker takes refuge in YHWH while still asking him to prevent disappointment.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).