“ Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. ”
Thou shalt increase my greatness - Thou wilt not merely restore me to my former condition, but wilt enlarge my happiness, and wilt do still greater things for me. And comfort me on every side...
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...
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Thou shalt increase my greatness - Thou wilt restore me to my throne and kingdom; and it shall be done in such a way that all shall see...
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Thou shalt increase my greatness - even to a greater height than it attained before. The Septuagint, Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Ara...
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...
Comfort me on every side. — Literally, either thou wilt compass with comfort, or wilt turn with comfort. The LXX. adopts the latter.
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...
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...
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...
Thou shalt increase my greatness ,.... His temporal greatness, as he did, by crushing the rebellion of his son; returning him to his palace and family; and giving him rest from his enemies all aroun...
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. Ver. 21. Thou shall increase my greatness ] Meam, id est Tuam, quam mihi dedisti, saith the Arabic gloss here; my greatness, that...
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...
Joyful Praises; Rejoicing in Hope. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 My mout...
I am assured that thou wilt not only restore to me that royal majesty which my son hath invaded, but also increase my honour and power.
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...
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...
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...
Warning and Thanksgiving
1 Thessalonians 3:9 ; 2 Corinthians 1:4 ; 2 Corinthians 1:5 ; 2 Corinthians 2:14 ; 2 Corinthians 7:13 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 ; 2 Samuel 3:1 ; Isaiah 49:6 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; Psalms 32:10 ; Psalms...