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Verse Psalms 71:20. Thou, _WHICH HAST SHOWED ME GREAT AND SORE
TROUBLES_] _Multiplied straits_ and difficulties. And thou hast only
_showed_ them. Hadst thou permitted them to have _fallen upon me_ wi...
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THOU, WHICH HAST SHOWED ME GREAT AND SORE TROUBLES - Or rather, who
hast caused us to see or experience great trials. The psalmist here,
by a change from the singular to the plural, connects himself w...
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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 (Psalms 71:19)
This Psalm, which bears no inscription wha...
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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. U...
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QUICKEN ME AGAIN. make me alive again.
BRING ME UP AGAIN: i.e. in resurrection....
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Past mercies are the ground of hope alike for the Psalmist and for the
nation....
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AND SHALT BRING ME UP AGAIN, &C.— This is an allusion to men who are
fallen into a deep pit of water. The meaning is, "Thou shalt draw me
out of the extreme danger in which I am plunged, and wherein I...
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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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_THOU, WHICH HAST SHEWED ME GREAT AND SORE TROUBLES, SHALT QUICKEN ME
AGAIN, AND SHALT BRING ME UP AGAIN FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH._
(Thou), which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt qui...
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71:20 us (a-5) us (a-12) us (a-17) Or 'me.'...
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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. Some parts of it are undoubtedly national, but...
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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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QUICKEN ME. — According to the written text, _quicken us,_ an
indication that the psalm is a hymn for congregational use. As for the
change from singular to plural, that is common enough.
DEPTHS... —...
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אֲשֶׁ֤ר _הִרְאִיתַ֨נִי_† ׀ צָרֹ֥ות
רַבֹּ֗ות וְ רָ֫עֹ֥ות תָּשׁ֥וּב
_תְּחַיֵּ֑ינִי_† וּֽ מִ תְּהֹמֹ֥ות
הָ֝ אָ֗רֶץ תָּשׁ֥וּב...
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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...
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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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[Thou], which hast shewed me great and (p) sore troubles, shalt
quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the
earth.
(p) As he confesses that God is the only author of his deli...
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Are ended. By this it appears that this psalm, though placed here, was
in order of time the last of those which David composed, (Challoner)
as he died soon after. (Menochius) --- The subject which he...
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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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20._Thou hast made me to see great and sore troubles. _The verb _to
see _among the Hebrews, as is well known, is applied to the other
senses also. Accordingly, when David complains that calamities had...
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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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[THOU], WHICH HAST SHOWED ME GREAT AND SORE TROUBLES,.... Or, "made
[him] to see" g; that is, to experience. David had his troubles, and
these were great, both as to quantity and quality; and very gri...
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Psalms 71:20 [Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles,
shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of
the earth.
Ver. 20. _Thou which hast showed me great and sore...
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_Thou, who hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me
again_ I never was in such straits and distresses, (and yet I have
been in such as were very great and sore,) but I found relief in...
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WARNING AND THANKSGIVING...
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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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i.e. From the grave; for I was like one dead and buried, and past all
hope of deliverance, without thy almighty assistance....
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Psalms 71:20 shown H7200 (H8689) great H7227 severe H7451 troubles
H6869 revive H2421 (H8762) again H7725 (H8799) up H5927 (H8686) again
H7725 (H8799) depths H8415 earth H776
which - Psalms 40:1-3,...
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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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_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...
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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. Psalms 71:9). These enemies c...
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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 l...
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2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Samuel 12:11; Acts 2:24; Acts 2:32; Ephesians
4:9; Ezekiel 37:12; Ezekiel 37:13; Hosea 6:1; Hosea 6:2; Isaiah 26:19;
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Bring me — From the grave....