(KJV) Psalm 71

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⥃I Take Refuge in You

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words2 of Cush3 the Benjamite.

[1] O4 Lord my God, in5 thee do I put my trust: save6 me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: [2] Lest7 he tear my soul like8 a lion, rending9 [it] in pieces, while10 [there is] none to deliver. [3] O Lord my God, if I11 have done this; if there12 be iniquity in my hands; [4] If I13 have14 rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without15 cause is mine enemy:) [5] Let16 the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread17 down my life upon the earth, and lay18 mine honour in the dust. Selah19. [6] Arise20, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up21 thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake22 for me [to] the23 judgment [that] thou hast commanded. [7] So24 shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return25 thou on high. [8] The Lord26 shall judge27 the people: judge me, O Lord, according28 to my righteousness, and according to mine29 integrity [that is] in me. [9] Oh30 let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but31 establish the just: for32 the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. [10] My33 defence [is] of God, which34 saveth the upright in heart. [11] God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.35 [12] If36 he turn not, he will37 whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. [13] He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth38 his arrows against the persecutors39. [14] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.40 [15] He made41 a pit, and digged it, and is42 fallen into the ditch [which] he made. [16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.43 [17] I will praise the Lord according44 to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most45 high.

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  1. Ps 7:1, David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocency; Ps 7:10, By faith he sees his defence, and the destruction of his enemies. Shiggaion probably denotes a mournful song or, elegy, from the Arabic shaga , to be anxious, sorrowful. Hab 3:1 ↩

  2. or, business, 2Sam 16:1-23 ↩

  3. Cush signifies black, an epithet, in all languages, when applied to the mind, expressive of moral turpitude; and therefore probably here applied to Shimei, denoting that he was a calumniator and villain. ↩

  4. Ps 13:3, Ps 13:5, Ps 18:28, Ps 30:2, Ps 30:12, Ps 43:4, Ps 89:26; Josh 14:8; Jer 31:18; Dan 9:4, Dan 9:19-20; Zech 14:5 ↩

  5. Ps 11:1, Ps 18:2, Ps 25:2, Ps 26:1, Ps 31:1, Ps 32:10, Ps 146:3-6; Isa 50:10; 1Pet 1:21 ↩

  6. Ps 3:7, Ps 17:7-9, Ps 31:15, Ps 35:1-3; Jer 15:15, Jer 20:11; 1Pet 4:19 ↩

  7. Ps 35:15; Isa 38:13 ↩

  8. Ps 10:9, Ps 17:12, Ps 22:13; Deut 33:20; Prov 19:12; 2Tim 4:17; 1Pet 5:8 ↩

  9. Ps 50:22; Hos 13:7-8 ↩

  10. Judg 18:28; 2Sam 14:6 *marg. Job 10:7, not to deliver, Heb. not a deliverer ↩

  11. Ps 59:3; Josh 22:22; 1Sam 20:8, 1Sam 22:8, 1Sam 22:13, 1Sam 24:9, 1Sam 26:18-19; 2Sam 16:7-8; Job 16:17-19 ↩

  12. Ps 66:18; 1Sam 24:11; Job 11:14 ↩

  13. Ps 55:20, Ps 109:5; Gen 44:4; Prov 17:3; Jer 18:20-21 ↩

  14. 1Sam 24:7, 1Sam 24:10-11, 1Sam 26:9-17, 1Sam 26:24 ↩

  15. 1Sam 19:4-5, 1Sam 20:1, 1Sam 22:14, 1Sam 24:11-15, 1Sam 24:17-19, 1Sam 25:28-29, 1Sam 26:21 ↩

  16. Job 31:5-10, Job 31:38-40 ↩

  17. Ps 44:5, Ps 60:12; Job 40:12; Isa 10:6, Isa 63:3; Zech 10:5; Mal 4:3 ↩

  18. Ps 49:12; Job 16:15, Job 40:13; Jer 17:13 ↩

  19. Ps 3:2; Hab 3:13 ↩

  20. Ps 3:7, Ps 12:5, Ps 35:1, Ps 35:23, Ps 44:26, Ps 68:1-2; Isa 3:13 ↩

  21. Ps 74:3, Ps 94:1-2; Isa 33:10, Isa 37:20 ↩

  22. Ps 44:23, Ps 59:5, Ps 73:20, Ps 78:65; Isa 51:9 ↩

  23. Ps 76:8-9, Ps 103:6; 2Sam 17:14 *marg. ↩

  24. Ps 48:11, Ps 58:10-11; Rev 11:17-18, Rev 16:5-7, Rev 18:20, Rev 19:2 ↩

  25. Ps 93:4, Ps 113:5-6, Ps 138:6; Isa 57:15 ↩

  26. Ps 9:8, Ps 11:4, Ps 82:1, Ps 96:13, Ps 98:9; Gen 18:25; Acts 17:31; Rom 14:10-12; 1Cor 4:4-5 ↩

  27. Ps 26:1, Ps 35:24, Ps 43:1; Gen 31:53; 2Chr 20:12 ↩

  28. Ps 17:2-3, Ps 18:20-24, Ps 35:24-27; 2Cor 1:12 ↩

  29. Ps 25:21, Ps 26:11, Ps 41:12, Ps 78:72; Prov 19:1; 1Thess 2:10 ↩

  30. Ps 9:5-6, Ps 10:15, Ps 10:18, Ps 58:6, Ps 74:10-11, Ps 74:22-23; Isa 37:36-38; Dan 11:45; Acts 12:23 ↩

  31. Ps 37:23 *marg. Ps 40:2; 1Sam 2:9; Rom 16:25; 1Thess 3:13; 1Pet 5:10; Jude 1:1 ↩

  32. Ps 17:3, Ps 44:21, Ps 139:1; 1Sam 16:7; 1Chr 28:9; Jer 11:20, Jer 17:10, Jer 20:12; Rev 2:23 ↩

  33. etc. Heb. My buckler is upon God, Ps 3:3, Ps 18:1-2, Ps 84:11, Ps 89:18; Gen 15:1 ↩

  34. Ps 112:2, Ps 125:4; Job 8:6; Prov 2:21, Prov 11:20, Prov 28:18 ↩

  35. or, God is a righteous Judge, Ps 7:8, Ps 94:15, Ps 140:12-13 ↩

  36. Ps 85:4; Isa 55:6-7; Jer 31:18-19; Ezek 18:30, Ezek 33:11; Matt 3:10; Acts 3:19 ↩

  37. Deut 32:41; Isa 27:1, Isa 34:5; Ezek 21:9-11, Ezek 21:23 ↩

  38. Ps 11:2, Ps 45:5, Ps 64:3, Ps 64:7, Ps 144:6; Deut 32:23, Deut 32:42; Job 6:4; Lam 3:12-13; Hab 3:11, Hab 3:13 ↩

  39. 2Thess 1:6; Rev 6:10, Rev 16:6 ↩

  40. Job 15:20, Job 15:35; Isa 33:11, Isa 59:4-5; Jas 1:15 ↩

  41. Heb. hath digged, Ps 35:7, Ps 119:85; Job 6:27; Jer 18:20 ↩

  42. Ps 9:15-16, Ps 10:2, Ps 35:8, Ps 94:13, Ps 140:9-10, Ps 141:10; Esth 7:10; Job 4:8; Prov 5:22, Prov 26:27; Eccl 10:8-9 ↩

  43. Ps 36:4, Ps 36:12, Ps 37:12-13; 1Sam 23:9, 1Sam 24:12-13, 1Sam 26:10, 1Sam 28:19, 1Sam 31:3-4; 1Kgs 2:32; Esth 9:25; Mal 2:3-5 ↩

  44. Ps 35:28, Ps 51:14, Ps 71:15-16, Ps 98:2, Ps 111:3, Ps 145:7 ↩

  45. Ps 9:2, Ps 92:1, Ps 92:8; Dan 4:17, Dan 4:25, Dan 4:34; Acts 7:48 ↩