Psalms 71:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now also whena 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. ”

Psalms 71:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 approa...
Psalms 71:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 h...
Psalms 71:18 - 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 71:1-3 . Quoted from Psa...
Psalms 71:18 - 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...
Psalms 71:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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. Old and grey-headed - In the nin...
Psalms 71:18 - 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:...
Psalms 71:18 - 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 gre...
Psalms 71:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 71:18 - 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 s...
Psalms 71:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 71:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Greatest of All Workers Psalms 71:13-24 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 tau...
Psalms 71:18 - 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...
Psalms 71:18 - 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...
Psalms 71:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 t...
Psalms 71:18 - 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 o...
Psalms 71:18 - 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....
Psalms 71:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joyful Praises; Rejoicing in Hope. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 My mout...
Psalms 71:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 da...
Psalms 71:18 - 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...
Psalms 71:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 71:18 - 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...
Psalms 71:18 - 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 )...
Psalms 71:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 71:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning and Thanksgiving
Psalms 71:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:10-30 ; 1 Samuel 4:15 ; 1 Samuel 4:18 ; Acts 13:36 ; Exodus 13:14-17 ; Exodus 13:8 ; Genesis 27:1 ; Isaiah 46:4 ; Isaiah 51:9 ; Isaiah 53:1 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 71:9 ; P...

Psalms 71:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 71:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 71:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 71:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 71:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 71:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 71:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 71:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 71:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 71:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 71:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 71:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 71:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 71:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 71:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge