“ I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. ”
I am as a wonder unto many - The word here rendered “wonder” - מופת môphêth - means properly a miracle, a prodigy; then things that are suited to excite wonder or admiration; then, a sign,...
I am as a (f) wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge. (f) All the world wonders at me because of my miseries: both those in authority and the common people, yet being assured of your favo...
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...
I am . I have become. art. Supply the Ellipsis , "hast been".
7. I have been as a prodigy to the great ones. He now makes a transition to the language of complaint, declaring that he was held in almost universal abhorrence by reason of the great calami...
DISCOURSE: 616 THE KING’S ACCESSION Psalms 71:7-9 . I am as a wonder unto many: but thou art my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. Cast me not...
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. I am as a wonder unto many - I am כמופת kemopheth "as a portent," or "type:" I am a typical person; and many of the things that happen to...
I am as a wonder— That is, "as a frightful spectacle to a great many, who were afraid to come near me;" As a gazing stock to the multitude, Green renders it.
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. -The prayer in Psalms 71:4 is followed, first, by the basis on which it rests ( Psalms 71:5-8 ); then by an expanded form o...
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...
A wonder — i.e., not a miracle of preservation, but a monster. Though men point at him as something to be avoided or mocked, God is his refuge.
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...
There is a beautiful correspondence in this verse between the experience of the believer and his glorious Head. If David was made an outlaw, and hunted as a partridge upon the mountain; if David's Lo...
I am as a wonder unto many ,.... To the multitude, to the populace, or "to the great" u and mighty; and indeed to both: which respects not his wonderful preservation from the womb, he had before obs...
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge. Ver. 7. I am a wonder unto many ] Or, unto the great ones, a monster to the mighty, quia credo quod non video, as Austin glosseth, be...
I am a wonder to many Hebrew, כמופת, chemopeth, as a prodigy , or monster , that is, as a frightful spectacle , which they are afraid to come near. Green renders it, as a gazing-stock to the mu...
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...
A wonder, or prodigy ; either, 1. Of mercy, for the wonderful protections and deliverances which God hath given me. Or rather, 2. Of judgment, for my many and sore calamities, as appears from...
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
1 Corinthians 4:9 ; 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 ; 2 Corinthians 6:8-10 ; Acts 4:13 ; Isaiah 8:18 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ; Luke 2:34 ; Psalms 142:4 ; Psalms 142:5 ; Psalms 62:7 ; Zechariah 3:6
A wonder — For my many and sore calamities.