John Trapp Complete Commentary
Psalms 71:5
For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
Ver. 5. For thou art my hope] Helpless I may seem, but hopeless I am not.
For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
Ver. 5. For thou art my hope] Helpless I may seem, but hopeless I am not.
Verse Psalms 71:5. _MY TRUST FROM MY YOUTH._] When I was born into the world, thou didst receive me, and thou tookest me under thy especial care. "My praise _shall be_ continually of thee." Rather, _I...
FOR THOU ART MY HOPE, O LORD GOD - The ground of my hope and my expectation is in thee. (1) I have no other help; no other defense; but (2) I “have” confidence; on thee I “do” rely. THOU ART MY TRUS...
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...
HOPE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for the object of hope. LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4. TRUST. confidence. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
The ground of the Psalmist's appeal for deliverance....
A free imitation of Psalms 22:9-10. _my hope … my trust_ Cp. Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 17:7; Jeremiah 17:13; and "Christ Jesus our h
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...
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...
(4-6) These verses are manifestly founded on Psalms 31:8; but the variations are more marked than usual, and indicate a definite purpose of adaptation rather than copying....
MY HOPE. — Comp. Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 1:7. Also in _New Testament,_ 1 Timothy 1:1, “The Lord Jesus Christ our hope.” Shakespeare, with his fine ear for scriptural expressions, caught this. “And God...
כִּֽי ־אַתָּ֥ה תִקְוָתִ֑י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְ֝הוִ֗ה מִבְטַחִ֥י...
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...
For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my (e) trust from my youth. (e) He strengthens his faith by the experience of God's benefits, who not only preserved him in his mother's womb, but took...
Before. Or, in the presence of the moon, as the Hebrew indicates, (Berthier) though St. Jerome translates, ultra, "beyond, or after." (Haydock) --- Yea, Christ existed before all the creation, (Psalm...
Of all the subjects to arrest the tenderest affection of the true believer, Jesus's incarnation, and Jesus's condescension in the years of childhood, are among them. Here is an identical person spoken...
5._For thou art my expectation, O Lord Jehovah! _The Psalmist here repeats what he had said a little before concerning his trust or confidence. But some, perhaps, may be inclined to refer this sentenc...
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...
FOR THOU [ART] MY HOPE, O LORD GOD,.... The object, ground, and foundation of it, even of present deliverance, and of future and eternal salvation; [THOU ART] MY TRUST FROM MY YOUTH; in whom he trust...
For Thou Art my Hope, O Lord God, the All-powerful, Jehovah; THOU ART MY TRUST FROM MY YOUTH, the firm foundation of the believer's confidence during his whole life....
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 71:5 hope H8615 Lord H136 GOD H3069 trust H4009 youth H5271 For you - Psalms 13:5,...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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...
_Thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou art my trust from my youth._ GOD OUR HOPE IN YOUTH It was a man well advanced in life who uttered these words. Aye, the snows of age are falling on his head; his b...
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 71:5 FROM MY YOUTH... FROM BEFORE MY BIRTH... FROM MY MOTHER’S WOMB. The Israelites came into the world as members of Abraham’s family, the recipients of God’s promises. These bel...
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 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 17:33; 1 Samuel 17:45; 2 Timothy 3:15;...