John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 71:6
By thee have I been holden up from the womb ,.... Supported in being, upheld in life, and sustained with food and raiment, and followed with the mercies and blessings of life from thence to this present moment; which the psalmist takes notice of, as he does of what goes before and follows after, to encourage his faith and hope in God as to present deliverance; thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels ; See Gill on Psalm 22:9 ; the Syriac version is, "thou art my hope from my... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 71:1-13
Two things in general David here prays for?that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and persecutors might be confounded. I. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God nor disappointed in his believing expectations from him. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace; for God will never disappoint the hope that is of his own raising. Now observe here, 1. How David professes his confidence in God, and with what pleasure... read more