Psalms 71:5

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 71:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou art my hope, O Lord God - The ground of my hope and my expectation is in thee. (1) I have no other help; no other defense; but (2) I...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my (e) trust from my youth. (e) He strengthens his faith by the experience of God's benefits, who not...
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

5. For thou art my expectation, O Lord Jehovah! The Psalmist here repeats what he had said a little before concerning his trust or confidenc...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. My trust from my youth - When I was born into the world, thou didst receive me...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 r...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-6) These verses are manifestly founded on Psalms 31:8-10 ; but the variations are more marked than usual, and indicate a definite purpose of adap...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My hope. — Comp. Jeremiah 14:8 ; Jeremiah 1:7 . Also in New Testament, 1 Timothy 1:1 , “The Lord Jesus Christ our hope.” Shakespeare, with his...
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

Of all the subjects to arrest the tenderest affection of the true believer, Jesus's incarnation, and Jesus's condescension in the years of childhood,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou [art] my hope, O Lord God ,.... The object, ground, and foundation of it, even of present deliverance, and of future and eternal salvation;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth. Ver. 5. For thou art my hope ] Helpless I may seem, but hopeless I am not.
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
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

Thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou art my trust from my youth. God our hope in youth It was a man well advanced in life who uttered these words...
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

For Thou Art my Hope, O Lord God, the All-powerful, Jehovah; Thou art my Trust from my youth, the firm foundation of the believer's confidence duri...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:13 ; 1 Samuel 17:33-37 ; 1 Samuel 17:45-47 ; 2 Timothy 3:15 ; Ecclesiastes 12:1 ; Jeremiah 17:13 ; Jeremiah 17:17 ; Jeremiah 17:7...

⁵ For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 71:5

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Scofield Reference Notes

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

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