Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of (g) old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
(g) You who helped me in my youth when I had more strength, help me now even more in my old age and weakness.
Cast me not off in the time of (g) old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
(g) You who helped me in my youth when I had more strength, help me now even more in my old age and weakness.
Verse Psalms 71:9. _CAST ME NOT OFF IN THE TIME OF OLD AGE_] The original might be translated and paraphrased thus: "Thou wilt not cast me off till the time of old age; and according to the failure o...
CAST ME NOT OFF IN THE TIME OF OLD AGE - When old age comes with its infirmities; its weaknesses; its trials. When my strength fails me; when my eyes grow dim; when my knees totter; when my friends ha...
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...
_Cast me not of_ Or, _cast me not away_, from Thy presence (Psalms 51:11), though for the time the nation as a whole is so cast out (Deuteronomy 29:28; Jeremiah 7:15)....
Repeated deprecations and prayers....
DISCOURSE: 616 THE KING’S ACCESSION Psalms 71:7. _I am as a wonder unto many: but thou art my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. Cast me not off in...
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...
_CAST ME NOT OFF IN THE TIME OF OLD AGE; FORSAKE ME NOT WHEN MY STRENGTH FAILETH._ Cast me not off in the time of old age - since thou hast been my support, and therefore "my trust from my youth" (Ps...
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...
(9-11) This piece may be compared with Psalms 41:6. The formal “saying” (Psalms 71:11), introducing a quotation, is an indication of a late date, the early literature employing no signs of quotation....
אַֽל ־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי לְ עֵ֣ת זִקְנָ֑ה כִּ כְ
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...
Ethiopians. So St. Jerome, Aquila, &c., translate Tsiim, (Haydock) which denotes any nations living at a distance from commerce, (Berthier) or islanders, and those who are accustomed to sail, Isaias x...
The last of these verses serves as a clue to explain the others in reference to Christ. Recollect the taunts of the Jews, when the Lord hung on the cross, when they said, He trusted in God that he wou...
9._Cast me not off in the time of my old age. _David having just now declared that God had been the protector of his life at his birth, and afterwards his foster-father in his childhood, and the guard...
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...
CAST ME NOT OFF IN THE TIME OF OLD AGE,.... The Lord never casts off nor casts away his people, whom he foreknew; they are near unto him; they are on his heart, and are engraven on the palms of his ha...
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. Ver. 9. _Cast me not off in the time of old age_] For now I have most need of thee. The white rose is soonest cankered...
_Let my mouth be filled with thy praise_ Give me occasion to multiply praises to thee for delivering me out of my present distress. _Cast me not off in my old age_ When I am most feeble, and most need...
PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE. Prayer for Deliverance...
Cast me not off in the time of old age, for the faithfulness and kindness of God in youth and early manhood gives the believer courage to ask for His assistance in the declining years; FORSAKE ME NOT...
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...
When I am most feeble, and most need thy help, and one who is grown old in thy service....
Psalms 71:9 off H7993 (H8686) time H6256 age H2209 forsake H5800 (H8799) strength H3581 fails H3615 ...
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...
_Cast me not off in the time of old age: forsake me not when my strength faileth._ THE CRY OF THE AGED This is the cry of trembling, tottering age to man as well as God. Among the very saddest of hu...
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 71:9 DO NOT CAST ME OFF IN THE TIME OF OLD AGE. The benefits of the covenant are not automatic. They are for those who are faithful to
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 19:35; 2 Samuel 21:15; 2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 4:18;...