“ O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. ”
O God, be not far from me - See the notes at Psalms 22:11 . O my God, make haste for my help - See the notes at Psalms 40:13 .
O God, be not far from me: O (i) my God, make haste for my help. (i) In calling him his God, he puts back the false reports of the adversaries who said God had forsaken him.
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 71:1-3 . Quoted from Psa...
12. O God! be not far from me. It is scarcely possible to express how severe and hard a temptation it was to David, when he knew that the wicked entertained the persuasion that he was reject...
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. O God, be not far from me - ( Psalms 22:11 .) O my God, make haste for my help - ( Psalms 40:13 .)
This Ps. of prayer ( Psalms 71:1-13 ) and praise ( Psalms 71:14-24 ) 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 undoubtedl...
These verses recall Psalms 22:11 ; Psalms 35:4 ; Psalms 35:26 ; Psalms 38:21-22 ; Psalms 40:13-14 .
Psalms 71:1-24 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 th...
“My Trust from My Youth&rdquo Psalms 71:1-12 Some commentators ascribe this psalm to Jeremiah. His pensive, plaintive tone is certainly present in it. But whoever the author, he must have w...
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...
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...
O God, be not far from me ,.... God is everywhere, at hand and afar off, with regard to his being, power, and providence; his glorious presence is in heaven, his gracious presence is with his people...
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. Ver. 12. O God, be not far from me ] The insolence of his enemies sets an edge upon his prayers Oratio sine malis est avis sine alis....
David Professes His Confidence in God; Believing Prayers. 1 In thee, O L ORD , do I put my trust: let me never be put t...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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. Psalm...
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...
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 )...
EXPOSITION Psalms 71:1-19 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 psa...
Prayer of an Aged Believer for God's Assistance. Prayer for Deliverance
Psalms 22:11 ; Psalms 22:19 ; Psalms 35:22 ; Psalms 38:21 ; Psalms 38:22 ; Psalms 69:18 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 70:1 ; Psalms 70:2