Geneva Bible Notes: Psalms 71

Psalms 71:1 ^a He praieth to God with ful assurance of faith, that he wil deliuer him from his aduersaries.

Psalms 71:1 ^! He praieth in faith, established by the worde of the promes.

Psalms 71:2 ^b By declaring thy self true of promes.

Psalms 71:3 ^c Thou hast infinite meanes, & all creatures are at thy commandement: therefore shew some signe, whereby I shalbe deliuered.

Psalms 71:4 ^d That is, from Absolom, Ahithophel & that conspiracie.

Psalms 71:5 ^! And confirmed by the worke of God from his youth

Psalms 71:5 ^e He strengtheneth his faith by the experience of Gods benefites, who did not onely preserue him in his mothers belly, but toke him thence, & euer since hathe preserued him.

Psalms 71:7 ^f All the worlde wondereth at me because of my miseries, aswel thei in autoritie, as the common people, yet being assured of thy fauour I remained stedfast.

Psalms 71:9 ^g Thou that didst helpe me in my youth, when I had more strength, helpe me now so muche the more in mine olde age & weakenes.

Psalms 71:10 ^! He complaineth of the crueltie of his enemies.

Psalms 71:11 ^h Thus the wicked bothe blaspheme God & triumph against his Saints, as thogh he had forsaken them, if he suffer them to fall into their hands.

Psalms 71:12 ⁱ In calling him his God, he putteth backe the false reportes of the aduersaries, that said, God had forsaken him.

Psalms 71:15 ^k Because thy benefites toward me are innumberable, I can not but continually meditate & rehearse them.

Psalms 71:16 ^l I wil remaine stedfast being vpholden with the power of God.

Psalms 71:17 ^! And desireth God to continue his graces towarde him.

Psalms 71:18 ^m He desireth that as he hathe begonne, he wolde so continue his benefites, that his liberalitie maie haue perfite praise.

Psalms 71:19 ⁿ Thy just performance of thy promes.

Psalms 71:19 ^o His faith breaketh through all tentacions, & by this exclamation he praiseth the power of God.

Psalms 71:20 ^p As he confesseth that God is the onelie autor of his deliuerance: so he acknowledgeth that these euils were sent vnto him by Gods prouidence.

Psalms 71:22 ^! Promising to be mindeful and thaneful for the same.

Psalms 71:22 ^q He confesseth that his long tariance was wel recompensed, when God performed his promes.

Psalms 71:23 ^r For there is no true praising of God, except it come from the heart: and therefore he promiseth to delite in nothing, but wherein God mai be glorified.