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Psalms 71:1 open_in_new
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
do. put my trust. have. fled for refuge. Hebrew. hasah. App-69.
confusion. shame.
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Psalms 71:2 open_in_new
ear. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
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Psalms 71:3 open_in_new
strong habitation. rock of habitation. Hebrew. zur,. fortified place. Some codices, with six early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "a rock of refuge".
whereunto. may continually resort, &c. Septuagint reads "a place of security to save me".
rock. Hebrew. sela '. See note on Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2.Exodus 17:6; Deuteronomy 32:13.
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Psalms 71:4 open_in_new
Deliver. Cause me to escape.
the wicked. lawless one. Hebrew. rash a'. App-44.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Psalms 71:5 open_in_new
hope. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the object of hope.
Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.
trust. confidence. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
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Psalms 71:6 open_in_new
from the womb. Compare Jeremiah 1:5. Some have supposed that this Psalm was written by Jeremiah. See note on Psalms 71:22. But even then it points to Christ.
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Psalms 71:7 open_in_new
I am. I have become.
art. Supply the Ellipsis, "hast been".
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Psalms 71:10 open_in_new
my soul. me (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh.
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Psalms 71:15 open_in_new
the numbers. Compare Psalms 40:5.
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Psalms 71:16 open_in_new
strength. strengths. Plural of majesty. great strength.
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Psalms 71:18 open_in_new
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 by it.
every one that is to come.. special reading called. Sevir (App-34) reads "all who are to come".
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Psalms 71:19 open_in_new
who is like unto Thee. This is the cry of all God's saints. See note on Exodus 15:11.
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Psalms 71:20 open_in_new
quicken me again. make me alive again.
bring me up again: i.e. in resurrection.
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Psalms 71:22 open_in_new
with. with the aid of.
sing. sing praise.
Holy One of Israel. Occurs only three times in the Psalms (here, Psalms 78:41; Psalms 89:18). In Isaiah we find it thirty times. In Jeremiah twice (Psa 50:29. Psalms 51:5). See note on Psalms 78:41.
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Psalms 71:23 open_in_new
redeemed. Hebrew. padah. See note on Exodus 13:13 with Exodus 6:6.