Psalms 71:12,13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These verses recall Psalms 22:11; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 35:26; Psalms 38:21-22; Psalms 40:13-14.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 71:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 s...
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 o...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 wi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 hel...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Isaiah 22:11 ; Isaiah 40:13 .
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....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“My Trust from My Youth&rdquo Psalms 71:1-12 Some commentators ascribe this psalm to Jeremiah. His pensive, plaintive tone is certainly pre...
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....
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, w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 h...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Professes His Confidence in God; Believing Prayers. 1 In thee,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 plausibil...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 71:1-8 . In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteous, and cause me to escape: incline...
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 pre...
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....
The Biblical Illustrator

O God, be not far from me. God always near A busy woman entered her room hastily as twilight shades were falling--went directly to her desk, tu...
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, b...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer of an Aged Believer for God's Assistance. Prayer for Deliverance
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste for my help. Cf Psalms 22:11 ; Psalms 35:4-26 ; Psalms 38:21-22 ; Psalms 40:13-14 . In this way t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Psalms 71:12-13

¹² O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

¹³ Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 71:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 71:12-13