Psalms 71:13

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. Let them be confounded - They shall be confounded: these are prophetic denunciations.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 71:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them be confounded and consumed - See the notes at the similar passage in Psalms 35:4 . The sentiment in this verse is the same; the languag...
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

While invoking the aid of God, he at the same time prays (verse 13) that his enemies may be filled with shame until they be consumed. These wor...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. Let t...
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 Psalms 35:4 ; Psalms 35:26 : cp. also Psalms 71:24 .
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 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hurt. — Literally, evil.
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

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...
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

Let them be confounded ,.... See Psalms 70:2 ; [and] consumed ; like smoke; see Psalms 37:20 ; as antichrist will be with the breath of Christ's...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Let them be confounded and consumed, heaped with disgrace and delivered to utter ruin, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered, comple...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning and Thanksgiving
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; Isaiah 41:11 ; Jeremiah 20:11 ; Psalms 109:29 ; Psalms 132:18 ; Psalms 35:26 ; Psalms 35:4 ; Psalms 40:14 ; Psalms 40:15 ; Ps...

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 71:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 71:13