Old Testament Commentary - Psalms 71

by Don R. Hender


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       CHAPTER 71          

David praises God with thanksgiving—Who is like unto the Lord!

  1 IN thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
  2 Deliver mea in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
  3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my arock and my fortress.
 2a Deliver me He is direct allusion to the purpose and statement of the name of God, that being Jehoshua, meaning 'Jehovah Delivers'. And as restated in verse 4, 'Deliver me, O my God' it is even more direction so associated. Certainly the scripture to witness and testify him by name and by the meaning and intent of that name, which in the Greek is Jesus, the very name which the angel did proclaim him to be so named in the flesh after that name given him by the Father from the foundation of the earth.
  4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and acruel man.
  5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
  6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
  7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
  8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
  9 Cast me not off in the time of aold age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
  10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
  11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
  12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
  13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with areproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
  14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
  15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
  16 I will go in the astrength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
  17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
  18 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.
  19 Thy arighteousness also, O God, is very bhigh, who hast done great things: O God, who is clike unto thee!
  20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt aquicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and acomfort me on every side.
  22 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.
  23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
  24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto ashame, that seek my hurt.