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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 71:18

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 speaking, was calculated to make a deeper impression in his favour. Though all these things are well known to God, and he needs not our information, yet he is pleased to say, "Come now, and let us reason together." And when his children plead and reason with him, they are acting precisely as he has commanded.

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See also Psalms 71:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Past mercies are the ground of hope alike for the Psalmist and for the nation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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.

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _THIS_ GENERATION] RV '_the next_ generation.'...

  • 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

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ גַ֤ם עַד ־זִקְנָ֨ה ׀ וְ שֵׂיבָה֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים

  • 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

    (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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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)_...

  • 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 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

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING AND THANKSGIVING...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WHEN I AM OLD AND GRAY HEADED: _ Heb._ unto old age, and gray hairs THY STRENGTH: _ Heb._ thine arm...

  • 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

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 71:18 when H5704 old H2209 grayheaded H7872 God H430 forsake H5800 (H8799) declare H5046 (H8686) strength...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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 71:18 The singer asks God to make his life long. He wants to live to PROCLAIM YOUR MIGHT TO ANOTHER GENERATION. ⇐...

  • 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

    1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Samuel 4:18; Acts 13:36;...

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