Psalm 71:17-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 71:17

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Hitherto, i.e; have I always had thy guidance and instruction, and hitherto have I always had occasion to praise thy Name. Hence I am confident with respect to the future. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 71:18

Now also when! am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not. Surely, then, thou wilt not forsake me when my youth has fled, and my time of weakness and decay has arrived, so that I need thee all the more. At the time of Adonijah's rebellion, David was "old and stricken in years" ( 1 Kings 1:1 )—nearly, if not quite, seventy years of age ( 2 Samuel 5:4 ). Until I have showed thy strength (literally, thine own ) unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come . The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 71:17

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth - See Psalms 71:5-6. That is, God had guided and instructed him from his earliest years. He had made known to him his own being and perfections; he had made his duty plain; he had led him along the dangerous path of life.And hitherto have I declared - I have made known. That is, he had done this by public praise; he had done it by his writings; he had done it by maintaining and defending the truth. In all situations of life, up to that time, he had been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 71:18

Now also when I am old and grey-headed - Margin, “unto old age and grey hairs.” This does not necessarily mean that he was then actually old and grey-headed, but it would imply that he was approaching that period, or that he had it in prospect. The time of youth was past, and he was approaching old age. The literal rendering would be, “And also unto old age and grey hairs, do not forsake me.” This is the prayer of one who had been favored in youth, and in all his former course of life, and who... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 71:17

Psalms 71:17. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth By the instruction of my parents, by thy word and Spirit enlightening and convincing me, and also by my own experience, namely, concerning thy righteousness last mentioned, the wondrous effects whereof I have received and declared from time to time. Observe here, reader, as it is a great blessing to be taught of God from our youth, from our childhood to know the Holy Scriptures, and the important truths revealed, the privileges... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 71:18

Psalms 71:18. Now also when I am old, &c., forsake me not Do not abandon the care of me when I need it most: but continue the same kindness to me in my declining years which I experienced when I was a youth. Those that have been taught of God from their youth, and have made it the business of their lives to honour him, may be sure he will not leave them when they are old and gray-headed, will not leave them helpless and comfortless, but will make the evil days of old age their best... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 71:1-24

Psalms 70-71 A lifetime of faithful servicePsalms 70:0 is the same as Psalms 40:13-17 (see notes). It appears in the collection as a separate psalm probably because it was short and suitable for use in temple services on certain occasions.In Psalms 71:0 the believer is pictured looking back on a long life and recalling how the wicked always have opposed him. But just as God has protected him since childhood, so he will continue to do so now (71:1-6). The psalmist’s life has been a constant... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 71:18

Now also = Yea also. when I am old and grayheaded = to old age and gray hairs. Thy strength = Thine arm; "arm" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the wonders wrought by it. every one that is to come. A special reading called. Sevir ( App-34 ) reads "all who are to come". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 71:17

PLEADING A LIFE SPENT IN GOD'S SERVICE"O God, thou hast taught me from my youth;And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not,Until I have declared thy strength to the next generation,Thy might to every one that is to come.Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;Thou hast done great things,O God, who is like unto thee."In these verses there is a dramatic shift to the past tense, thence to the present, and again into the future.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 71:17-18

Psalms 71:17-18. O God, thou hast taught me— O God, thou hast conducted me from my youth, and thus far may I declare thy wondrous works; Psa 71:18 and even to old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not: So far, that I may declare thy arm to every generation that is to come: Mudge. read more

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