Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 71:12
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.
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.
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....
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...
Repeated deprecations and prayers....
Reminiscences of Psalms 35:22 _b_; Psalms 40:13 _b_, Psalms 40:14 (Psalms 70:1 _b_,...
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...
_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.)...
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.
See Isaiah 22:11; Isaiah 40:13....
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...
These verses recall Psalms 22:11; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 35:26; Psalms 38:21;...
אֱ֭לֹהִים אַל ־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י לְ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE. Prayer for Deliverance...
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
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 71:12 God H430 far H7368 (H8799) God H430 haste H2363 (H8798) (H8675) H2439 help...
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...
_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...
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 22:11; Psalms 22:19; Psalms 35:22; Psalms 38:21; Psalms 38:22