Psalms 71:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked - (cf. title, Psalms 18:1-50.)

Out of the hand - `the grasp ( mikap (H3709)); a different Hebrew word from the previous "hand" ( miyad (H3027)).

Of the ... cruel man - primarily, 'sour, Hengstenberg translates, 'the abandoned;' but Gesenius translates, 'the violent man.'

Psalms 71:4

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.