Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand (d) of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
(d) That is, from Absalom, Ahithophel and that conspiracy.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand (d) of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
(d) That is, from Absalom, Ahithophel and that conspiracy.
Verse Psalms 71:4. _OUT OF THE HAND OF THE WICKED_] Probably his unnatural son _Absalom_, called here רשע _rasha_, the WICKED, because he had violated all laws, human and Divine. _THE UNRIGHTEOUS AND...
DELIVER ME, O MY GOD, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE WICKED - It is, of course, not possible now to ascertain who are particularly referred to here. If David was the author of the psalm, they may have been an...
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...
DELIVER. Cause me to escape. THE WICKED. lawless one. Hebrew. _rash_ a'. App-44. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
_Deliver me_ R.V., rescue me, as in Psalms 71:2. _the unrighteous and cruel_man] Comp. the complaints in Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:2-4) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 6:7; &c.) of the prevailing injustice and viol...
The ground of the Psalmist's appeal for deliverance....
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...
_DELIVER ME, O MY GOD, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE WICKED, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS AND CRUEL MAN._ Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked - (cf. title, Psalms 18:1.) OUT OF THE HA...
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....
אֱֽלֹהַ֗י פַּ֭לְּטֵנִי מִ יַּ֣ד רָשָׁ֑ע מִ כּ
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...
_Oppressor. Literally, "calumniator." Christ has chained down the devil, the accuser of our brethren, Apocalypse xii. 10., and xx. 2. (Menochius) --- He hath taken away his spoils, (John viii. 44.) an...
If we are on the look-out for Christ while reading this precious Psalm, we shall not be long before we find him, if we are brought under the divine teaching. It is God the Holy Ghost who graciously ex...
4._O my God! deliver me from the hand of the wicked man. _Here he uses the singular number; but he is not to be understood as indicating one man only. (102) It is highly probable that he comprehends t...
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...
DELIVER ME, O MY GOD, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE WICKED,.... Meaning Absalom his son, as Arama, who had risen up in rebellion against him; and he may not only intend him, but all those wicked men that had...
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Ver. 4. _Out of the hand of the unrighteous_] That seeketh by fraud to undermine me, and by forc...
PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE. Prayer for Deliverance...
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, granting him freedom from him who would wickedly oppress him, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS AND CRUEL MAN, the one employing injustice and vio...
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 71:4 Deliver H6403 (H8761) God H430 hand H3027 wicked H7563 hand H3709 unrighteous H5765 (H8764) man...
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...
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 71:4 The WICKED are UNJUST AND CRUEL men who oppose true faith in God. They look for any opening to do harm to the faithful (vv....
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...
2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Samuel 16:22; 2 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 17:12;...