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Psalm 71:6
I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
4Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
7I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
Notice
The return to the womb traces dependence on God back beyond memory, while the promise of lasting praise looks toward the years ahead.
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Isaiah 44:2This is what the LORD who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have …Both passages trace God's care back to the womb, with Isaiah naming him as Jacob's maker and helper.
Psalm 139:13For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.Both psalms address God as involved in life's beginnings, one naming formation in the womb and the other birth.
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”Both passages speak of God's involvement before birth, though Jeremiah also names his particular appointment as a prophet.
Psalm 34:1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times. His praise will always be …Both speakers commit to ongoing praise, extending their words of worship beyond a single moment.
Psalm 22:9But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.Both prayers credit God with bringing the speaker out of the womb and connect infancy with trust in him.
Galatians 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace,Both passages look back to the mother's womb, though Galatians speaks of being set apart and called through God's grace.
Isaiah 49:1Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.Both speakers trace God's involvement to the womb, with Isaiah's speaker naming a call from the LORD.
Isaiah 46:3–4“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.Both passages describe dependence on God from the womb, with Isaiah addressing the people of Israel as carried from birth.
Isaiah 49:5Now the LORD, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in the LORD’s …Both speakers acknowledge God's involvement from the womb, though Isaiah also describes the servant's work of gathering Israel.
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 passages acknowledge God's help across time, one looking back to birth and the other marking help received until that day.
Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.The link is limited: the psalm speaks of reliance on God, while Proverbs speaks of seeking and being loved by wisdom.
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Gratitude. praise and worship.
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The speaker asks for rescue even as he praises God for his birth. Lasting praise has room for a present plea for help.
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