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This Psalm is without a title, which is not very usual. Perhaps, being intended for general use, it was on that account omitted. It hath much the same strain as the former, for it professeth sure confidence in God; and therefore concludes with an assurance of finally rejoicing in God.
PSALM LXXI _The prophet, in confidence, prays for God's favour_, 1-5; _recounts God's kindness to him from youth to old age_, 6-9; _shows what his adversaries plot against him, and prays for_ _the...
IN THEE, O LORD, DO I PUT MY TRUST - See the notes at Psalms 25:2. Compare Psalms 22:4; Psalms 31:1. LET ME NEVER BE PUT TO CONFUSION - Let me never be ashamed; that
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...
LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. DO. PUT MY TRUST. have. fled for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah_. App-69. CONFUSION. shame....
_In thee … do I put my trust_ Better, In thee … have I taken refuge. See note on Psalms 57:1, and cp. Psalms 7:1; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 16:1;...
The prayer of faith in the midst of danger. These verses are taken, with but little change, from Psalms 31:1-3....
_David, in confidence of faith and experience of God's favour, prayeth both for himself, and against the enemies of his soul: he promiseth constancy: he prayeth for perseverance: he praiseth God, and...
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...
_IN THEE, O LORD, DO I PUT MY TRUST: LET ME NEVER BE PUT TO CONFUSION._ Psalms 71:1.-Introduction, from Psalms 31:1. Prayer for deliverance on the ground of God's righteousness (Psalms 71:1); as God h...
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...
(1-3) These verses are borrowed, with some verbal alterations, from Psalms 31:1, where see Note....
בְּךָֽ ־יְהוָ֥ה חָסִ֑יתִי אַל ־אֵבֹ֥ושָׁה 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...
In (a) thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. (a) He prays to God with full assurance of faith, that he will deliver him from his adversaries....
Psalm. Some copies add, "of David." But the Hebrew has only Lishlomo, "to Solomon;" (St. Jerome; Haydock) or, composed by Solomon. The former sense is more generally adopted, (Berthier) though the Cha...
1._In thee, O Jehovah! do I put my trust. _It has been thought that the occasion of the composition of this psalm was the conspiracy of Absalom; and the particular reference which David makes to his o...
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...
IN THEE, O LORD, DO I PUT MY TRUST,.... The Targum is, "in thy Word;'' Psalms 31:1; LET ME NEVER BE PUT TO CONFUSION; or "be ashamed"; see the note as before....
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Ver. 1. _In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust_] See Psalms 31:1, _see Trapp on "_ Psa 31:1 _"_ It appeareth by Psalms 71:9; Psalms...
_In thee, O Lord_, &c. See notes on Psalms 31:1. _Thou hast given commandment to save me_ By which he understands God's purpose and promise, and his providence watching to execute them, all which are...
PRAYER OF AN AGED BELIEVER FOR GOD'S ASSISTANCE. Prayer for Deliverance...
In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, resting secure in Jehovah's care; LET ME NEVER BE PUT TO CONFUSION, to become the laughing-stock of the enemies on account of his trust in Jehovah....
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...
PSALM 71 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm plainly showeth that it was written in a time of David's great distress, and his old age, mentioned PSALMS 71:9 and PSALMS 71:18 which proves that it bel...
Psalms 71:1 LORD H3068 trust H2620 (H8804) never H408 H5769 shame H954 (H8799) do I -...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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
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...
1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Peter 2:6; 2 Kings 18:5; Isaiah 45:17; Jer