Psalms 71:7

I am&c. Or, I have been as a wonder. Many of those who saw my sufferings regarded me as a typical example of divine chastisement, but my faith has remained unshaken throughout. Cp. Isaiah 52:14; and Deuteronomy 28:46, where the punishment of Israel for its sins is spoken of as "a sign and a wonder." In a somewhat different sense Ezekiel was a -wonder" to his contemporaries (Ezekiel 12:6; Ezekiel 12:11; Ezekiel 24:24; Ezekiel 24:27). The explanation -I have been a sign and example of God's protecting care" is less natural. -Monster" in P.B.V. is an archaism for -portent," or, -prodigy," from Lat. monstrum.

my strong refuge Cp. Psalms 71:1, and Jeremiah 17:17, R.V.