Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 71:21
Thou shalt increase my greatness, the prominence and authority of the psalmist's office in the kingdom, and comfort me on every side, chiefly by justifying him before the enemies.
Thou shalt increase my greatness, the prominence and authority of the psalmist's office in the kingdom, and comfort me on every side, chiefly by justifying him before the enemies.
Verse Psalms 71:21. _THOU SHALT INCREASE MY GREATNESS_] Thou wilt restore me to my throne and kingdom; and it shall be done in such a way that all shall see it was the hand of God; and I shall have th...
THOU SHALT INCREASE MY GREATNESS - Thou wilt not merely restore me to my former condition, but wilt enlarge my happiness, and wilt do still greater things for me. AND COMFORT ME ON EVERY SIDE - litera...
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...
O mayest thou increase my greatness, And turn again and comfort me. Except in the Book of Esther the word for _greatness_is used of God's greatness or great deeds (Psalms 145:3; Psalms 145:6); and t...
Repeated prayers and vows of thanksgiving....
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...
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. THOU SHALT INCREASE MY GREATNESS - even to a greater height than it attained before. The Septuagint, Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic tr...
71:21 side. (b-11) Or 'and thou wilt turn and comfort me.'...
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.
THOU SHALT INCREASE] RV 'increase thou.' COMFORT ME ON EVERY SIDE] RV 'turn again and comfort me.'...
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...
COMFORT ME ON EVERY SIDE. — Literally, either _thou wilt compass with comfort,_ or _wilt turn with comfort._ The LXX. adopts the latter....
תֶּ֤רֶב ׀ גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י וְ תִסֹּ֥ב תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃...
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...
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...
THOU SHALT INCREASE MY GREATNESS,.... His temporal greatness, as he did, by crushing the rebellion of his son; returning him to his palace and family; and giving him rest from his enemies all around:...
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Ver. 21. _Thou shall increase my greatness_] _Meam, id est Tuam, quam mihi dedisti,_ saith the Arabic gloss here; my greatness, that is...
_Thou, who hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again_ I never was in such straits and distresses, (and yet I have been in such as were very great and sore,) but I found relief in...
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...
I am assured that thou wilt not only restore to me that royal majesty which my son hath invaded, but also increase my honour and power....
Psalms 71:21 increase H7235 (H8686) greatness H1420 comfort H5162 (H8762) side H5437 (H8735) increase -...
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...
This Psalm, written by an old man, is specially suitable for an old man. It is numbered seventy-one, and it may suit those who have reached that age; but it is also appropriate to us all in prospect o...
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...
_Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side._ CHRISTIAN DIGNITY The world has its great men; so has the Bible. Alongside the monarch, the Bible puts the man who rules his own spi...
_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
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 Thessalonians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 2:14;...