Psalms 71:1
LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. DO. PUT MY TRUST. have. fled for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah_. App-69. CONFUSION. shame.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. DO. PUT MY TRUST. have. fled for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah_. App-69. CONFUSION. shame.... [ Continue Reading ]
EAR. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 CONTINUALLY RESORT, &C. Septuagint reads "a place of security to save me". ROCK. Hebrew. _sela_ '. See n... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. Cause me to escape. THE WICKED. lawless one. Hebrew. _rash_ a'. App-44. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE WOMB. Compare Jeremiah 1:5. Some have supposed that this Psalm was written by Jeremiah. See note on Psalms 71:22. But even then it points to Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM. I have become. ART. Supply the _Ellipsis_, "hast been".... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NUMBERS. Compare Psalms 40:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. strengths. Plural of majesty. great strength.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW ALSO. Yea also. WHEN. AM OLD AND GRAYHEADED. to old age and gray hairs. THY STRENGTH. Thine arm; "arm" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the wonders wrought by it. EVERY ONE THAT IS TO COME.. special reading called. Sevir (App-34) reads "all who are to come".... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE. This is the cry of all God's saints. See note on Exodus 15:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUICKEN ME AGAIN. make me alive again. BRING ME UP AGAIN: i.e. in resurrection.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. with the aid of. SING. sing praise. HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. Occurs only three times in the Psalms (here, Psalms 78:41; Psalms 89:18). In Isaiah we find it thirty times. In Jeremiah twice (Psa 50:29. Psalms 51:5). See note on Psalms 78:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEMED. Hebrew. _padah._ See note on Exodus 13:13 with Exodus 6:6.... [ Continue Reading ]