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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 71:23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto Thee, composing and declaiming psalms in His honor; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed, the deliverance from the troubles of this present life being the believer's guarantee of his final redemption.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 71:23. _MY LIPS SHALL GREATLY REJOICE - AND MY SOUL_] My _lips_ shall use words expressive of my _soul's_ happiness and gratitude. Thou hast _redeemed_ me; and thou shalt have the eternal...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    MY LIPS SHALL GREATLY REJOICE ... - My lips will seem to be happy in the privilege of celebrating the praises of God. AND MY SOUL, WHICH THOU HAST REDEEMED - Compare Psalms 34:22. The word soul here s...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REDEEMED. Hebrew. _padah._ See note on Exodus 13:13 with Exodus 6:6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Repeated prayers and vows of thanksgiving....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    My lips shall sing aloud when I make melody unto thee. P.B.V. -my lips shall be _fain_," i.e. _glad:_Vulg. _exultabunt_. _my soul_ His whole self and personality, delivered from danger, will join in...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. -Promise of thanks for the deliverance anticipated by faith. Ve...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    71:23 I (e-6) Or 'exult; for I will.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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.

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MY LIPS SHALL... — Rather, _my lips shall sing while I play to thee, i.e.,_ a hymn should accompany the harp. There is, therefore, no thought of the union of the bodily and spiritual powers in praise...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    תְּרַנֵּ֣נָּ֣ה שְׂ֭פָתַי כִּ֣י אֲזַמְּרָה ־לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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 f...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my (r) soul, which thou hast redeemed. (r) For there is no true praising of God, unless it comes from the heart: and therefore he promises to...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    23._My lips shall rejoice _(118) _when I sing to thee. _In this verse David expresses more distinctly his resolution not to give thanks to God hypocritically, nor in a superficial manner, but to engag...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    MY LIPS SHALL GREATLY REJOICE WHEN I SING UNTO THEE,.... Both with vocal and instrumental music; this is praising the Lord with joyful lips, Psalms 63:5; AND MY SOUL, WHICH THOU HAST REDEEMED; signif...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. Ver. 23. _And my soul, which thou hast redeemed_] Hearts and lips shall concur in this work. The voice whic...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I will also praise thee_, &c. And then surely I shall be no less forward to bless thee than thou art to bestow thy benefits on me. _My lips shall greatly rejoice, and my soul_, &c. It is not possible...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 71:23 lips H8193 rejoice H7442 (H8762) sing H2167 (H8762) soul H5315 redeemed H6299 (H8804)...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will also praise Thee with the psaltery, even Thy truth, O my God: unto Thee will I sing with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel._ THE PRAISES OF A HEBREW SAINT Dr. Sanday has remarked that, “on...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 71:22 The singer looks forward to joyful songs in worship. He expects to TALK OF God’s RIGHTEOUS HELP ALL THE DAY LONG (wherever he is)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 4:9; Genesis 48:16; Luke 1:46; Luke 1:47; Psalms 104:33;...

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