King James Version
Psalms 71:6 in the King James Version says “By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be cont...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 71 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.”
Psalms 71:6 · KJV
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“By thee have I been holden up”
H5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
“from the womb”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
“bowels”
H4578used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uteru
“me out of my mother's”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“shall be continually”
H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
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