-
Verse Psalms 71:10. _LAY WAIT FOR MY SOUL_] They seek to destroy my
_life_....
-
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...
-
MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._...
-
Repeated deprecations and prayers....
-
_against me_ R.V. concerning me. Cp. Psalms 3:2; Psalms 41:5. What
they say follows in Psalms 71:11.
_they that lay wait for my soul_ Or, they that watch for my life....
-
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...
-
_FOR MINE ENEMIES SPEAK AGAINST ME; AND THEY THAT LAY WAIT FOR MY SOUL
TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER,_
For mine enemies speak against me ... God hath forsaken him:
persecute and take him. The ungodly persecu...
-
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....
-
כִּֽי ־אָמְר֣וּ אֹויְבַ֣י לִ֑י וְ
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י נ
-
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...
-
Tharsis. Bordering on "the sea," (Berthier) or in Cilicia, though we
find not that Solomon ever claimed any authority there, or that the
Mediterranean was under his control. He sent his fleet indeed t...
-
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...
-
10._For my enemies have said of me, etc. _He pleads, as an argument
with God to show him mercy, the additional circumstance, that the
wicked took greater license in cruelly persecuting him, from the
b...
-
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...
-
FOR MINE ENEMIES SPEAK AGAINST, ME,.... Or "say unto me" y what is
expressed in the following verse, "God hath forsaken him"; and so
these words are a reason of the above petitions: or "mine enemies
s...
-
_For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul
take counsel together,_
Ver. 10. _For mine enemies_] Who, rather than their lives, would
bereave me of mine; these would double...
-
_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...
-
For mine enemies speak against me, taking new courage now that the
believer has lost his youthful power and energy; AND THEY THAT LAY
WAIT FOR MY SOUL, eagerly watching for his destruction, TAKE COUNS...
-
LAY WAIT:
_ Heb._ watch, or observe...
-
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...
-
LAY WAIT FOR MY SOUL, or _watch it_, that they may find occasion to
destroy it, and that it may not escape their hands....
-
Psalms 71:10 enemies H341 (H8802) speak H559 (H8804) wait H8104
(H8802) life H5315 counsel H3289 ...
-
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 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 17:1; Jeremiah 20:10; Matthew 26:3; M