What does Psalms 71:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Now also whena I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come."
Verse Psalms 71:18. _OLD AND GREY-HEADED_] In the _ninth_ verse Psalms 71:9 he mentioned the circumstance of _old age_; here he _repeats_ it, with the addition of _hoary-headedness_, which, humanly sp...
NOW ALSO WHEN I AM OLD AND GREY-HEADED - Margin, “unto old age and grey hairs.” This does not necessarily mean that he was then actually old and grey-headed, but it would imply that he was approaching...
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 (Psalms 71:19) This Psalm, which bears no inscription wha...
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. U...
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....
Past mercies are the ground of hope alike for the Psalmist and for the nation....
O GOD, THOU HAST TAUGHT ME— _O God, thou hast conducted me from my youth, and thus far may I declare thy wondrous works;_ Psalms 71:18 _and even to old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not: So fa...
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...
_NOW ALSO WHEN I AM OLD AND GRAYHEADED, O GOD, FORSAKE ME NOT; UNTIL I HAVE SHEWED THY STRENGTH UNTO THIS GENERATION, AND THY POWER TO EVERY ONE THAT IS TO COME._ Now also when I am old and grey-head...
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. Some parts of it are undoubtedly national, but...
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...
NOW ALSO WHEN. — Literally, _yea, even to old age and grey hairs._ Psalms 129:1 shows that this may be a national as well as an individual prayer. THY STRENGTH. — Literally, _thine arm,_ the symbol o...
וְ גַ֤ם עַד ־זִקְנָ֨ה ׀ וְ שֵׂיבָה֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים אַֽל ־תַּעַ֫זְבֵ֥נִי עַד ־אַגִּ֣יד זְרֹועֲךָ֣ לְ דֹ֑ור...
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...
THE GREATEST OF ALL WORKERS Psalms 71:13 The singer glances both backward and forward. He goes back in thought to the time when he was cast on God at birth, and acknowledges that God has taught him...
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...
(m) Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come. (m) He desires that as he ha...
_The God. Hebrew repeats this word, (Haydock) as the Septuagint of St. Jerome did. (Ep. ad Sun.) (Calmet) --- Alone. Miracles can be wrought only by God's power. (Worthington)_...
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...
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...
NOW ALSO, WHEN I AM OLD AND GRAYHEADED, O GOD, FORSAKE ME NOT,.... A repetition of his request, Psalms 71:9; with a reason annexed to it, suggested in the following words: UNTIL I HAVE SHOWED THY STR...
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come. Ver. 18. _Now also when I am old...
_Now also when I am old, &c., forsake me not_ Do not abandon the care of me when I need it most: but continue the same kindness to me in my declining years which I experienced when I was a youth. Thos...
WARNING AND THANKSGIVING...
WHEN I AM OLD AND GRAY HEADED: _ Heb._ unto old age, and gray hairs THY STRENGTH: _ Heb._ thine arm...
14-24 The psalmist declares that the righteousness of Christ, and the great salvation obtained thereby, shall be the chosen subject of his discourse. Not on a sabbath only, but on every day of the we...
THY STRENGTH; either, 1. This further act or instance of thy strength. Or rather, 2. Thy great power, which will more eminently appear in this than it hath done in former deliverances, as my danger...
Psalms 71:18 when H5704 old H2209 grayheaded H7872 God H430 forsake H5800 (H8799) declare H5046 (H8686) strength H2220 generation H1755 power H1369 come H935 (H8799) Now - Psalms 71:9; Genesis 27:1;...
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...
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) Ge...
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. Psalms 71:9). These enemies c...
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 l...
1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; Acts 13:36; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 13:8; Genesis 27:1; Isaiah 46:4; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 53:1