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O GOD, BE NOT FAR FROM ME - See the notes at Psalms 22:11.
O MY GOD, MAKE HASTE FOR MY HELP - See the notes at Psalms 40:13....
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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_O GOD, BE NOT FAR FROM ME: O MY GOD, MAKE HASTE FOR MY HELP._
O God, be not far from me - (Psalms 22:11.)
O MY GOD, MAKE HASTE FOR MY HELP - (Psalms 40:13.)...
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See Isaiah 22:11; Isaiah 40:13....
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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.
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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...
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These verses recall Psalms 22:11; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 35:26; Psalms
38:21;...
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אֱ֭לֹהִים אַל ־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי
אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י לְ...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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O God, be not far from me: O (i) my God, make haste for my help.
(i) In calling him his God, he puts back the false reports of the
adversaries who said God had forsaken him....
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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...
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12._O God! be not far from me. _It is scarcely possible to express how
severe and hard a temptation it was to David, when he knew that the
wicked entertained the persuasion that he was rejected of God...
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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...
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O GOD, BE NOT FAR FROM ME,.... God is everywhere, at hand and afar
off, with regard to his being, power, and providence; his glorious
presence is in heaven, his gracious presence is with his people; b...
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O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Ver. 12. _O God, be not far from me_] The insolence of his enemies
sets an edge upon his prayers _Oratio sine malis est avis sine alis._
O...
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PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE.
Prayer for Deliverance...
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O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste for my help. Cf Psalms
22:11; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 38:21; Psalms 40:13. In this way the
confident, p
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 71:12 God H430 far H7368 (H8799) God H430 haste H2363 (H8798)
(H8675) H2439 help...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_O God, be not far from me._
GOD ALWAYS NEAR
A busy woman entered her room hastily as twilight shades were
falling--went directly to her desk, turned on the gas, and began to
write. Page after page s...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 22:11; Psalms 22:19; Psalms 35:22; Psalms 38:21; Psalms 38:22