Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Psalm 71

^{1 a} He praieth to God with ful assurance of faith, that he wil deliuer him from his aduersaries.

^{1 !} He praieth in faith, established by the worde of the promes.

^{2 b} By declaring thy self true of promes.

^{3 c} Thou hast infinite meanes, & all creatures are at thy commandement: therefore shew some signe, whereby I shalbe deliuered.

^{4 d} That is, from Absolom, Ahithophel & that conspiracie.

^{5 !} And confirmed by the worke of God from his youth

^{5 e} He strengtheneth his faith by the experience of Gods benefites, who did not onely preserue him in his mothers belly, but toke him thence, & euer since hathe preserued him.

^{7 f} All the worlde wondereth at me because of my miseries, aswel thei in autoritie, as the common people, yet being assured of thy fauour I remained stedfast.

^{9 g} Thou that didst helpe me in my youth, when I had more strength, helpe me now so muche the more in mine olde age & weakenes.

^{10 !} He complaineth of the crueltie of his enemies.

^{11 h} Thus the wicked bothe blaspheme God & triumph against his Saints, as thogh he had forsaken them, if he suffer them to fall into their hands.

^{12 i} In calling him his God, he putteth backe the false reportes of the aduersaries, that said, God had forsaken him.

^{15 k} Because thy benefites toward me are innumberable, I can not but continually meditate & rehearse them.

^{16 l} I wil remaine stedfast being vpholden with the power of God.

^{17 !} And desireth God to continue his graces towarde him.

^{18 m} He desireth that as he hathe begonne, he wolde so continue his benefites, that his liberalitie maie haue perfite praise.

^{19 n} Thy just performance of thy promes.

^{19 o} His faith breaketh through all tentacions, & by this exclamation he praiseth the power of God.

^{20 p} As he confesseth that God is the onelie autor of his deliuerance: so he acknowledgeth that these euils were sent vnto him by Gods prouidence.

^{22 !} Promising to be mindeful and thaneful for the same.

^{22 q} He confesseth that his long tariance was wel recompensed, when God performed his promes.

^{23 r} For there is no true praising of God, except it come from the heart: and therefore he promiseth to delite in nothing, but wherein God mai be glorified.