George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 71:24
PSALM LXXI. (DEUS JUDICIUM TUUM.)
A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by Solomon and his happy reign.
PSALM LXXI. (DEUS JUDICIUM TUUM.)
A prophecy of the coming of Christ, and of his kingdom: prefigured by Solomon and his happy reign.
Verse Psalms 71:24. _TALK OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The _righteousness of God_ is frequently used in this Psalm, and in other places, to signify his justice, judgments, faithfulness, truth, mercy, c. The...
MY TONGUE ALSO SHALL TALK OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS - Thy righteous character; the truthfulness, the goodness, the fidelity which thou hast manifested in delivering me. The word rendered “talk” means prope...
Psalms 71 Israel's Song of Hope _ 1. Declaration of trust (Psalms 71:1)_ 2. Anticipations of faith (Psalms 71:12) 3. Revival and victory ...
LXXI. A PSALM OF GRATITUDE FOR GOD'S CONSTANT CARE OF HIS SERVANT FROM YOUTH TO OLD AGE. The Psalmist expresses himself in language borrowed from older sources. PSALMS 71:1. Quoted from Psalms 31. Us...
Repeated prayers and vows of thanksgiving....
_My tongue_&c. From Psalms 35:28. The word for _talk_denotes musing, meditative speech. _for they_&c. For they are ashamed, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt (R.V.). A reminiscence of Psalms...
Psalms 70, 71 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer Not to be Forsaken in Old Age. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 70:1-3 (70), Prayer against Enemies. Stanza II., Psalms 70:4-5 (70), Prayer in behalf of Friends. Sta...
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. -Promise of thanks for the deliverance anticipated by faith. Ve...
This Ps. of prayer (Psalms 71:1) and praise (Psalms 71:14) was apparently written by an old man (Psalms 71:9; Psalms 71:18) and in the time of the exile.
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
MY TONGUE. — Comp. this with the conclusion of Psalms 35...
גַּם ־לְשֹׁונִ֗י כָּל ־הַ֭ יֹּום תֶּהְגֶּ֣ה צ
Psalms 71:1 ECHOES of former psalms make the staple of this one, and even those parts of it which are not quotations have little individuality. The themes are familiar, and the expression of them is s...
THE GREATEST OF ALL WORKERS Psalms 71:13 The singer glances both backward and forward. He goes back in thought to the time when he was cast on God at birth, and acknowledges that God has taught him f...
This is pre-eminently a song of the aged, and, like old age, it is reminiscent. The singer passes from memory to hope, and from experience to praise. No very definite division is possible. Generally s...
I think it would be wrong to break the thread of this most beautiful address, and therefore I have preserved it entire. In any, and in every sense, whether we behold it as the words of Christ, or of D...
REFLECTIONS LORD Jesus! may I always find grace, while beholding thee going before thy people in all the exercises to which our nature is called, to follow thee on, thou perfect pattern, in all that i...
Psalms 71, founded, I suppose, as much of this book, upon the flight of David on the rebellion of Absalom, presents, I apprehend, the sum of all God's ways with Israel from the commencement of their h...
MY TONGUE ALSO SHALL TALK OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS ALL THE DAY LONG,.... Psalms 71:16; FOR THEY ARE CONFOUNDED; his adversaries, for whose confusion he prayed, Psalms 71:13; FOR THEY ARE BROUGHT UNTO SH...
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. Ver. 24. _My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness_...
_I will also praise thee_, &c. And then surely I shall be no less forward to bless thee than thou art to bestow thy benefits on me. _My lips shall greatly rejoice, and my soul_, &c. It is not possible...
My tongue also shall talk of Thy righteousness all the day long, v. 15; FOR THEY ARE CONFOUNDED, FOR THEY ARE BROUGHT UNTO SHAME, THAT SEEK MY HURT. That is the proper spirit of prayer, to anticipate...
WARNING AND THANKSGIVING...
14-24 The psalmist declares that the righteousness of Christ, and the great salvation obtained thereby, shall be the chosen subject of his discourse. Not on a sabbath only, but on every day of the we...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 71:24 tongue H3956 talk H1897 (H8799) righteousness H6666 day H3117 confounded H954 (H8804) shame H2659 ...
Psalms 71:1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteous, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong habita...
CONTENTS: Prayer that enemies might be put to shame. Joyful praise of God's goodness. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Those who live a life of confidence in God and continually resort to Him...
This psalm, though destitute of title, has passed down to us as composed by David, during the rebellion of Absalom. He uses the same words in his present troubles, as when Saul pursued him. Psalms 71...
_I will also praise Thee with the psaltery, even Thy truth, O my God: unto Thee will I sing with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel._ THE PRAISES OF A HEBREW SAINT Dr. Sanday has remarked that, “on...
_In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion._ A PICTURE OF A PIOUS OLD MAN I. The entreaties of a pious old man. 1. Against evil. (1) Moral failure (Psalms 70:1). (2) Gen...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 71:1. This is another individual lament, suited to a faithful person in danger from enemies who take advantage of any weakness or distress (vv. Psa
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 71:22 The singer looks forward to joyful songs in worship. He expects to TALK OF God’s RIGHTEOUS HELP ALL THE DAY LONG (wherever he is)....
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Barnes, “is without a title. It is impossible to determine on what occasion it was composed. There is some plausibility in the supposition that Psalms 70 might have bee...
EXPOSITION Psalms 71:1 is, like so many others, a psalm divided between complaint and praise. It is comparatively wanting in originality, being, to a very great extent, an echo of other psalms, especi...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 71:1-24. Psalms 71:1-24 is the psalm of the aged man. Probably David as he was getting up into years, and his reddish colored hair had turned gray. David's li...
1 Corinthians 15:25; Deuteronomy 11:19; Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:35;...