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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
s...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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....
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Past mercies are the ground of hope alike for the Psalmist and for the
nation....
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_Now also when I am old and grayheaded_ Better, And even when I am old
and grayheaded: lit. _and even unto old age and gray hairs_. Cp. 1
Samuel 12:2; Isaiah 46:4.
_until_&c. Better with R.V.,
Until...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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_THIS_ GENERATION] RV '_the next_ generation.'...
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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...
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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 of...
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וְ גַ֤ם עַד ־זִקְנָ֨ה ׀ וְ שֵׂיבָה֮
אֱלֹהִ֪ים
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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WARNING AND THANKSGIVING...
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Now also, when I am old and gray-headed, showing the effects of old
age in his appearance, O GOD, FORSAKE ME NOT, UNTIL I HAVE SHOWED THY
STRENGTH, the arm of the Lord, as the symbol of His almighty p...
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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...
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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 i...
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Psalms 71:18 when H5704 old H2209 grayheaded H7872 God H430 forsake
H5800 (H8799) declare H5046 (H8686) strength...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I
declared Thy wondrous works._
THE OLD MAN’S SERMON
His scholarship. “O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth.”
1. The psalmist was an...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 71:18 The singer asks God to make his life
long. He wants to live to PROCLAIM YOUR MIGHT TO ANOTHER GENERATION.
⇐...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; Acts 13:36;...