English Standard Version
Psalms 71:11
11and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."
Psalms 71:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
- New International Version (NIV)They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)They say, “God has abandoned him. Let’s go and get him, for no one will help him now.”
Context of Psalms 71:11
9Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent. 10For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him." 12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! 13May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.
Read all of Psalms 71Psalms 71:11 word by word
לֵ֭אמֹר אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֲזָב֑וֹ רִֽדְפ֥וּ וְ֝תִפְשׂ֗וּהוּ כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 71:11
- Psalms 3:2many are saying of my soul, "There is no salvation for him in God." Selah
- Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
- Psalms 41:7All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
- Psalms 42:10As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
- Matthew 27:42"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
- Psalms 7:2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
- Psalms 50:22"Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
- 2 Chronicles 32:13Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
- Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?"
Commentaries on Psalms 71:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11God hath forsaken him - "God, who has been his special help all through life, and who has guarded him so that no hand could be raised successfully against him, has now cast him off; therefore we shall easily prevail against him. His present adversity shows that God is no longer his friend." Thus men judge. "Secular prosperity is a proof of God's favor: adversity is a proof of his displeasure." But this is not God's way, except in especial judgments, etc…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Saying, God hath forsaken him - That is, God has given him over; he no longer protects him; he regards him as a wicked man, and we shall therefore, not only be “safe” in our attempts upon his life, but we shall be “justified” in those attempts. Persecute and take him - It can be done safely now; it can be done with propriety. For there is none to deliver him - He has no one now to whom to look; no one on whom he can rely. Abandoned by God and by man, he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18The aging believer turns to the Lord for hope. As questions from his adversaries get under his skin and his own strength fails, he asks God to answer his prayers. He does not seek answers to prayer for himself but so that he can tell the story to the next generation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1110-11. The craft and malicious taunts of his enemies now led him to call for aid (compare the terms used, 2Sa 17:12; Psa 3:2; 7:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 71
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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