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Psalm 71:17
God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
17God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
19God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?
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“Until now” turns attention to the years between being taught by God in youth and still speaking of his wondrous works.
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Isaiah 48:17The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.Both passages name God as the teacher; Isaiah also describes him leading his people in the way they should go.
1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “The LORD helped us until now.”Both look back with the words “until now,” acknowledging God's help or teaching across the years.
Psalm 22:9But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.Both trace God's work to early life, with Psalm 22 reaching back to birth and trust at a mother's breasts.
Isaiah 54:13All your children will be taught by the LORD, and your children’s peace will be great.God teaches the young in both passages: Psalm 71 remembers that teaching, while Isaiah promises it for the children.
Psalm 71:5For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.Both verses look back to youth, naming God as the source of teaching and the object of confidence.
Job 27:11I will teach you about the hand of God. I will not conceal that which is with the Almighty.Both speakers intend to speak about God, declaring his wondrous works or teaching about his hand.
Psalm 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.Youth is the shared setting; Psalm 71 recalls God's teaching, while Psalm 119 describes a young man living according to God's word.
Psalm 119:102I have not turned away from your ordinances, for you have taught me.Both speakers credit God with teaching them, connecting that teaching with declaring his works or keeping his ordinances.
2 Timothy 3:15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.Both describe learning that began early in life; Timothy's learning is identified as knowledge of the holy Scriptures.
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to …Both concern teaching rooted in God; Moses teaches what God commanded, while the psalmist addresses God as his teacher.
Jeremiah 3:4Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?Both address God in connection with youth, remembering him as teacher or naming him as guide.
Acts 2:11Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”Both describe people speaking about God's works, called wondrous in the psalm and mighty in Acts.
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What God has taught you is worth remembering and sharing. In this verse, the years lead to praise, with God's wondrous works still the subject.
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