Psalms 71:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Psalms 71:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 hims...
Psalms 71:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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 del...
Psalms 71:20 - 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 71:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

quicken me again . make me alive again. bring me up again: i.e. in resurrection.
Psalms 71:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 cala...
Psalms 71:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Multiplied...
Psalms 71:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 wh...
Psalms 71:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, sha...
Psalms 71:20 - 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 71:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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....
Psalms 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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...
Psalms 71:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 71:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 71:20 - 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 71:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. From the grave; for I was like one dead and buried, and past all hope of deliverance, without thy almighty assistance.
Psalms 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - 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 71:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning and Thanksgiving
Psalms 71:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:23-31 ; 2 Samuel 12:11 ; Acts 2:24 ; Acts 2:32-34 ; Ephesians 4:9 ; Ezekiel 37:12 ; Ezekiel 37:13 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Hosea 6:2 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; Isaiah 38:17 ; Jonah 2:6 ; Mar...
Psalms 71:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bring me — From the grave.

Psalms 71:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 71:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 71:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 71:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 71:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 71:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 71:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 71:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 71:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 71:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 71:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 71:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 71:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 71:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 71:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 71:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes