(KJV) Psalm 711

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⥃Be My Rock of Refuge

[1] In thee, O Lord, do I2 put my trust: let me3 never be put to confusion. [2] Deliver me in thy4 righteousness, and cause5 me to escape: incline6 thine ear unto me, and save me. [3] Be thou my strong habitation7, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast8 given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock9 and my fortress. [4] Deliver me, O my God, out of the10 hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. [5] For thou11 [art] my hope, O Lord God: [thou art] my trust12 from my youth. [6] By thee13 have I been holden up from the womb: thou art14 he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise15 [shall be] continually of thee. [7] I am as a wonder16 unto many; but thou [art17] my strong refuge.18192021222324 [8] Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.25 [9] Cast26 me not off in the time of old age27; forsake me not when28 my strength faileth. [10] For mine enemies speak against me; and they29 that lay wait for30 my soul take31 counsel together, [11] Saying, God32 hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there33 is] none to deliver [him]. [12] O God34, be not far from me: O my God, make35 haste for my help. [13] Let them be36 confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered37 [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. [14] But38 I will hope continually, and will yet praise39 thee more and more. [15] My mouth40 shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day41; for I know42 not the numbers [thereof]. [16] I will go43 in the strength of the Lord God: I will make44 mention of thy righteousness45, [even] of thine only. [17] O God, thou hast46 taught me from my youth: and hitherto47 have I declared thy wondrous works. [18] Now48 also when I am old and grayheaded49, O God, forsake me not; until I50 have shewed thy strength51 unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come. [19] Thy righteousness52 also, O God, [is] very high, who hast53 done great things: O God, who [is] like54 unto thee! [20] [Thou], which55 hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken56 me again, and shalt bring57 me up again from the depths of the earth. [21] Thou shalt increase58 my greatness, and comfort59 me on every side. [22] I will also praise thee with the psaltery60, [even61] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou62 Holy One of Israel. [23] My lips63 shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul64, which thou hast redeemed. [24] My tongue65 also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they66 are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

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  1. Ps 71:1, David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God’s favour, prays both for himself, and against the enemies of his soul; Ps 71:14, He promises constancy; Ps 71:17, He prays for perseverance; Ps 71:19, He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully. ↩

  2. Ps 22:5, Ps 25:2-3, Ps 31:1-3, Ps 125:1, Ps 146:5; 2Kgs 18:5; 1Chr 5:20; Rom 9:33; 1Pet 2:6 ↩

  3. Isa 45:17; Jer 17:18 ↩

  4. Ps 17:2, Ps 31:1, Ps 34:15, Ps 43:1, Ps 143:1, Ps 143:11; Dan 9:16 ↩

  5. 1Cor 10:13 ↩

  6. Ps 10:17-18, Ps 17:6, Ps 116:1-2 ↩

  7. Heb. to me for a rock of habitation, Ps 31:2-3, Ps 91:1-2; Prov 18:10; Isa 33:16 ↩

  8. Ps 44:4, Ps 68:28, Ps 91:11-12; Ezek 9:6; Rev 7:2-3 ↩

  9. Ps 18:2, Ps 144:2 ↩

  10. Ps 17:8-9, Ps 17:13, Ps 59:1-2, Ps 140:1-4; 2Sam 16:21-22, 2Sam 17:1-2, 2Sam 17:12-14, 2Sam 17:21 ↩

  11. Ps 13:5, Ps 39:7, Ps 42:11, Ps 119:81, Ps 119:166; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:13, Jer 17:17; Rom 15:13 ↩

  12. Ps 71:17, Ps 22:9-10; 1Sam 16:13, 1Sam 17:33-37, 1Sam 17:45-47; Eccl 12:1; Luke 2:40; 2Tim 3:15 ↩

  13. Ps 22:9-10; Prov 8:17; Isa 46:3-4; Jer 3:4 ↩

  14. Ps 139:15-16, Ps 145:1-2; Isa 49:1, Isa 49:5; Jer 1:5; Luke 1:31-32; Gal 1:15 ↩

  15. Ps 71:14, Ps 34:1; Eph 5:20 ↩

  16. Kemopaton, "as a prodigy," my low estate: ↩

  17. Ps 62:7, Ps 142:4-5; Jer 16:19 ↩

    • my slaying the lion and bear,

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    • conquering the Philistine,

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    • escaping the fury of Saul,

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    • being raised to the throne of Israel,

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    • enduring such uncommon trials and afflictions,

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    • and experiencing such wonderful deliverances.

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  24. These all mark me out as the subject of "wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong Refuge." Isa 8:18; Zech 3:6; Luke 2:34; Acts 4:13; 1Cor 4:9; 2Cor 4:8-12, 2Cor 6:8-10 ↩

  25. Ps 71:15, Ps 71:24, Ps 35:28, Ps 51:14-15, Ps 145:1-2, Ps 146:2 ↩

  26. Ps 71:18, Ps 92:13-15; Isa 46:4; 2Tim 1:12, 2Tim 4:18 ↩

  27. This determines the period when this Psalm was composed; for it was in David's old age that the rebellion of Absalom took place. ↩

  28. Ps 73:26, Ps 90:10; 2Sam 19:35, 2Sam 21:15-17; Eccl 12:1-7 ↩

  29. Ps 10:9, Ps 56:6; Prov 1:11 ↩

  30. Heb. watch or observe, Ps 37:32-33; 1Sam 19:11; Jer 20:10 ↩

  31. Ps 2:2, Ps 83:3; 2Sam 17:1-14; Matt 26:3-4, Matt 27:1 ↩

  32. Ps 3:2, Ps 37:25, Ps 37:28, Ps 41:7-8, Ps 42:10; Matt 27:42-43, Matt 27:46, Matt 27:49 ↩

  33. Ps 7:2, Ps 50:22; 2Chr 32:13-14; Dan 3:15 ↩

  34. Ps 22:11, Ps 22:19, Ps 35:22, Ps 38:21-22, Ps 69:18 ↩

  35. Ps 70:1-2, Ps 143:7 ↩

  36. etc. "They shall be confounded," etc.. These are prophetic denunciations. Ps 71:24, Ps 6:10, Ps 35:4, Ps 35:26, Ps 40:14-15; Isa 41:11; Jer 20:11 ↩

  37. Ps 109:29, Ps 132:18; 1Pet 5:5 ↩

  38. Ps 43:5; Job 13:15; Lam 3:21, Lam 3:26; Heb 10:35; 1Pet 1:13; 1John 3:3 ↩

  39. Ps 71:6; Phil 1:9; 1Thess 4:10; 2Pet 3:18 ↩

  40. Ps 71:8, Ps 71:24, Ps 22:22-25, Ps 30:12, Ps 40:9-10, Ps 145:2, Ps 145:5-14 ↩

  41. Ps 35:28, Ps 89:16 ↩

  42. Ps 40:5, Ps 40:12, Ps 139:17-18 ↩

  43. Ps 29:11; Deut 33:25; Isa 40:31, Isa 45:24-25; Zech 10:12; Eph 3:16, Eph 6:10; Phil 4:13; 2Tim 2:1 ↩

  44. Isa 26:13, Isa 63:7 ↩

  45. Ps 71:2, Ps 71:15, Ps 71:19, Ps 71:24, Ps 51:14; Matt 6:33; Rom 1:17, Rom 3:21, Rom 10:3; Phil 3:9; 2Thess 1:6 ↩

  46. Ps 71:5, Ps 119:9, Ps 119:102 ↩

  47. Ps 66:16; 1Sam 17:36-37; 2Sam 4:9, 2Sam 22:1-51; 1Chr 16:4-36 ↩

  48. Ps 71:9; Gen 27:1; 1Sam 4:15, 1Sam 4:18; Isa 46:4 ↩

  49. Heb. until old age and grey hairs ↩

  50. Ps 78:4, Ps 78:6, Ps 145:4-5; Exod 13:8, Exod 13:14-17; 1Chr 29:10-30; Acts 13:36 ↩

  51. Heb. arm, Isa 51:9, Isa 53:1 ↩

  52. Ps 36:5-6, Ps 57:10, Ps 139:6; Prov 15:24, Prov 24:7; Isa 5:16, Isa 55:9 ↩

  53. Ps 72:18, Ps 126:2-3; Job 5:9 ↩

  54. God is alone - who can resemble Him? He is that eternal, illimitable, unimpartible, unchangeable, incomprehensible, uncompounded, ineffable Being, whose essence is hidden from all created intelligences, and whose counsels cannot be fathomed by any creature. Ps 35:10, Ps 86:8, Ps 89:6-8; Exod 15:11; Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25; Jer 10:7 ↩

  55. Ps 40:1-3, Ps 60:3, Ps 66:10-12, Ps 88:6-18, Ps 138:7; 2Sam 12:11; Mark 14:33-34; Mark 15:34; 2Cor 11:23-31; Rev 7:14 ↩

  56. Ps 80:18; Isa 26:19; Hos 6:1-2; Acts 2:24, Acts 2:32-34 ↩

  57. Ps 16:10, Ps 40:2, Ps 86:13; Isa 38:17; Ezek 37:12-13; Jonah 2:6; Eph 4:9 ↩

  58. Ps 72:11; 2Sam 3:1; Isa 9:7, Isa 49:6; Rev 11:15 ↩

  59. Ps 32:10; 2Cor 1:4-5, 2Cor 2:14, 2Cor 7:6, 2Cor 7:13; 1Thess 3:9 ↩

  60. Heb. instrument of psaltery, Ps 92:1-3, Ps 150:3-5; Hab 3:18-19 ↩

  61. Ps 25:10, Ps 56:4, Ps 89:1, Ps 98:3, Ps 138:2; Mic 7:20; Rom 15:8 ↩

  62. Ps 89:18; 2Kgs 19:22; Isa 5:16, Isa 5:19, Isa 5:24, Isa 12:6, Isa 30:11-12, Isa 43:3, Isa 57:15, Isa 60:9 ↩

  63. Ps 63:5, Ps 104:33; Luke 1:46-47 ↩

  64. Ps 103:4; Gen 48:16; 2Sam 4:9; Rev 5:9 ↩

  65. Ps 71:8, Ps 71:15, Ps 37:30; Deut 11:19; Prov 10:20-21; Matt 12:35; Eph 4:29 ↩

  66. Ps 71:13, Ps 18:37-43, Ps 92:11; 1Cor 15:25 ↩