Psalms 71:1

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.²In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me. ³Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. ⁴Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless. ⁵For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. ⁶I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother's womb. My praise is always for You. ⁷I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge. ⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long. ⁹Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. ¹⁰For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

do I: Psalms 22:5, Psalms 25:2, Psalms 25:3, Psalms 31:1-3, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 146:5, 2 Kings 18:5, 1 Chronicles 5:20, Romans 9:33, 1 Peter 2:6

let me: Isaiah 45:17, Jeremiah 17:18

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 21:14 - deliver Nehemiah 6:9 - Now therefore Psalms 25:20 - let

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust,.... The Targum is,

"in thy Word;''

:-;

let me never be put to confusion; or "be ashamed"; see the note as before.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust - See the notes at Psalms 25:2. Compare Psalms 22:4-5; Psalms 31:1.

Let me never be put to confusion - Let me never be ashamed; that is, Let me not be so disappointed in the trust that I repose in thee as to have occasion to feel ashamed that I have done it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM LXXI

The prophet, in confidence, prays for God's favour, 1-5;

recounts God's kindness to him from youth to old age, 6-9;

shows what his adversaries plot against him, and prays for

their confusion, 10-13;

promises fidelity, and determines to be a diligent preacher of

righteousness even in old age, 16-19;

takes encouragement in God's mercy, and foresees the confusion

of all his adversaries, 20-24.

NOTES ON PSALM LXXI

There is no title to this Psalm either in the Hebrew or Chaldee; and the reason is, it was written as a part of the preceding Psalm, as appears by about twenty-seven of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. The Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic, and Arabic, have, "A Psalm of David for the sons of Jonadab, and the first of those who were led captives." For the first, second, and third verses, see the notes on their parallels, Psalms 31:1-3.