What Does Psalms 71:3 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“Be thou my strong”

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

“habitation”

an abode, of god (the tabernacle or the temple), men (their home) or animals (their lair); hence, a retreat (asylum)

“resort”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“whereunto I may continually”

properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re

“thou hast given commandment”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“to save”

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“me for thou art my rock”

a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

“and my fortress”

a fastness

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you