Psalms 71:2

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

in thy: Psalms 17:2, Psalms 31:1, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 143:1, Psalms 143:11, Daniel 9:16

cause: 1 Corinthians 10:13

incline: Psalms 10:17, Psalms 10:18, Psalms 17:6, Psalms 116:1, Psalms 116:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 25:20 - let Psalms 31:2 - Bow Psalms 71:16 - thy righteousness Psalms 102:2 - incline Isaiah 37:17 - Incline

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Deliver me in thy righteousness,.... By it, or "for the sake of [it]" q; :-;

and cause me to escape; present danger, and out of the hands of enemies, as well as wrath to come, and eternal death; which nothing but the righteousness of God can deliver from, or cause to escape;

incline thine ear unto me; or "bow it"; :-;

and save me; out of all troubles and afflictions, and from wicked and unreasonable men.

q בצדקתך "propter justitiam tuam", Pagninus, Piscator; so Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deliver me in thy righteousness - See the notes at Psalms 31:1. The first three verses of this psalm seem in fact to have been taken, with slight variations, from the first three verses of Psalms 31:0.

And cause me to escape - That is, from impending dangers; from the power of my enemies.

Incline thine ear unto me - In Psalms 31:2, this is, “Bow down thine ear to me.” The idea is the same. See the notes at that place. Compare the notes at Psalms 17:6.

And save me - In Psalms 31:2, this is, “Deliver me speedily.”