Psalms 71:2

2 Rescue me and free me because of your righteousness. Turn your ear toward me, and save me.

Psalms 71:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 71:2

Deliver me in thy righteousness
By it, or "for the sake of [it]" ^F17; (See Gill on Psalms 31:1);

and cause me to escape;
present danger, and out of the hands of enemies, as well as wrath to come, and eternal death; which nothing but the righteousness of God can deliver from, or cause to escape;

incline thine ear unto me; or "bow it"; (See Gill on Psalms 31:2);

and save me;
out of all troubles and afflictions, and from wicked and unreasonable men.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Ktqdub) "propter justitiam tuam", Pagninus, Piscator; so Schmidt.

Psalms 71:2 In-Context

1 I have taken refuge in you, O LORD. Never let me be put to shame.

2 Rescue me and free me because of your righteousness. Turn your ear toward me, and save me.

3 Be a rock on which I may live, a place where I may always go. You gave the order to save me! Indeed, you are my rock and my fortress.

4 My God, free me from the hands of a wicked person, from the grasp of one who is cruel and unjust.

5 You are my hope, O Almighty LORD. You have been my confidence ever since I was young.