Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 71:8
Give me occasion to multiply my praises to thee, for delivering me out of my present distress.
Give me occasion to multiply my praises to thee, for delivering me out of my present distress.
LET MY MOUTH BE FILLED - This is an appeal to himself, in view of the goodness of God, to praise him always. See the notes at Psalms 35:28. WITH THY PRAISE - With the expressions of praise. AND WITH...
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...
The ground of the Psalmist's appeal for deliverance....
My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honour all the day (R.V.). Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:11 "Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the might, and the _honour_, and the victory, and th...
DISCOURSE: 616 THE KING’S ACCESSION Psalms 71:7. _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. Cast me not off in...
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...
_FOR THOU ART MY HOPE, O LORD GOD: THOU ART MY TRUST FROM MY YOUTH._ -The prayer in Psalms 71:4 is followed, first, by the basis on which it rests (Psalms 71:5); then by an expanded form of it (Psalm...
71:8 shall (e-3) Or 'Let my mouth.'...
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...
יִמָּ֣לֵא פִ֭י תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ כָּל ־הַ֝ יֹּ֗ום...
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...
To sea. Solomon ruled from the Mediterranean, Red, and Indian Seas, to the Persian Gulf, and the Euphrates, having al Arabia tributary to him, (Haydock) and the countries as far as Syria; so that he e...
The last of these verses serves as a clue to explain the others in reference to Christ. Recollect the taunts of the Jews, when the Lord hung on the cross, when they said, He trusted in God that he wou...
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...
LET MY MOUTH BE FILLED [WITH] THY PRAISE,.... Or "thy praise shall fill my mouth" x; which shows that his heart was affected with the goodness of God to him, and that he had a deep impression and sens...
Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day. Ver. 8. _Let my mouth be filled with thy praise_] Minister unto me still fresh matter for my spirit to work upon....
_Let my mouth be filled with thy praise_ Give me occasion to multiply praises to thee for delivering me out of my present distress. _Cast me not off in my old age_ When I am most feeble, and most need...
Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise and with Thy honor, with statements giving all honor to God alone, ALL THE DAY....
PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE. Prayer for Deliverance...
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 71:8 mouth H6310 filled H4390 (H8735) praise H8416 glory H8597 day H3117 Psalms 71:15
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...
_Be Thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort._ GOD, OUR CONTINUAL RESORT David knew what it was to hide himself away in the great caverns and rocks of his native land. He had don...
_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...
Psalms 145:1; Psalms 145:2; Psalms 146:2; Psalms 35:28; Psalms 51:14