Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 71:3
Commandment; by which he understands God's purpose and promise, and his providence watching to execute them; all which are as certain and powerful as a command.
Commandment; by which he understands God's purpose and promise, and his providence watching to execute them; all which are as certain and powerful as a command.
Verse Psalms 71:3. _BE THOU MY STRONG HABITATION_] Instead of מען _maon,_ _habitation_, many of _Kennicott's_ and _De Rossi's_ MSS. read מעז _maoz_, _munition_ or _defence_. Be thou my rock of defence...
BE THOU MY STRONG HABITATION - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Be thou to me for a rock of habitation.” That is, a rock where I may safely make my abode, or to which I may resort and feel safe. In Psalms 31:2,...
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...
STRONG HABITATION. rock of habitation. Hebrew. _zur_,. fortified place. Some codices, with six early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "a rock of refuge". WHEREUNTO. MAY CONTI...
The prayer of faith in the midst of danger. These verses are taken, with but little change, from Psalms 31:1-3....
_Be thou my strong habitation_ Better as R.V., Be thou to me a rock of habitation. God is called _our habitation_in Psalms 90:1; and the phrase may be an intentional modification of the words _a rock...
DISCOURSE: 615 GOD A HABITATION FOR HIS PEOPLE Psalms 71:3._ Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort._ NO one can enter into the spirit of David’s psalms, unless he himself h...
BE THOU, &C.— _Be thou unto me for a rock of repose._...
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...
_BE THOU MY STRONG HABITATION, WHEREUNTO I MAY CONTINUALLY RESORT: THOU HAST GIVEN COMMANDMENT TO SAVE ME; FOR THOU ART MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS._ Be thou my strong habitation - (Psalms 90:1.) In Psal...
71:3 rock (c-24) _ Sela_ , as Psalms 18:2 (first time); 31.3, &c....
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...
(1-3) These verses are borrowed, with some verbal alterations, from Psalms 31:1, where see Note....
ROCK. — Better, _cliff_ (Hebrew _selah_)_,_ to distinguish it from _tsûr,_ above....
הֱיֵ֤ה לִ֨י ׀ לְ צ֥וּר מָעֹ֡ון לָ בֹ֗וא
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...
“MY TRUST FROM MY YOUTH&RDQUO Psalms 71:1 Some commentators ascribe this psalm to Jeremiah. His pensive, plaintive tone is certainly present in it. But whoever the author, he must have written in his...
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...
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou (c) hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress. (c) You have infinite means and all creatures are...
Justice. These blessings shall be so common; (Psalm xxxv. 6., and Joel iii. 18.) or, let princes pursue the paths of justice and peace, Micheas vi. 1. Solomon was to enjoy a perpetual peace, (1 Parali...
If we are on the look-out for Christ while reading this precious Psalm, we shall not be long before we find him, if we are brought under the divine teaching. It is God the Holy Ghost who graciously ex...
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...
BE THOU MY STRONG HABITATION,.... This is very appropiately said, when David was driven out of his dwelling place, and palace at Jerusalem, by his son, as Kimchi observes. When God's people have no ce...
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress. Ver. 3. _Thou hast given commandment_] _sc._ To thine...
_In thee, O Lord_, &c. See notes on Psalms 31:1. _Thou hast given commandment to save me_ By which he understands God's purpose and promise, and his providence watching to execute them, all which are...
PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE. Prayer for Deliverance...
Be Thou my strong habitation, literally, "a rock of dwelling," where one may live in the utmost security, WHEREUNTO I MAY CONTINUALLY RESORT, going there in calm trust whenever the need seems to deman...
BE THOU MY STRONG HABITATION: _ Heb._ be thou to me for a rock of habitation...
1-13 David prays that he might never be made ashamed of dependence upon God. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace. The gracious care of Divine providence in o...
Psalms 71:3 strong H6697 refuge H4583 resort H935 (H8800) continually H8548 commandment H6680 (H8765) save H3467 ...
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...
Psalms 71:1. _In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion._ There is his trust, and there is his fear; his trust he dares to avow, his fear he turns into a prayer. Psalms 71...
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...
_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...
Ezekiel 9:6; Isaiah 33:16; Proverbs 18:10; Psalms 144:2; Psalms 18:2;