Tree of Life Version
Psalms 71:11
11saying: “God has forsaken him— Pursue and take him, for no one will deliver.”
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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”
Context of Psalms 71:11
9Do not cast me away in the time of old age. When my strength fails, do not forsake me. 10For my enemies speak against me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together, saying: “God has forsaken him— Pursue and take him, for no one will deliver.” 12O God, be not far from me! My God, come quickly to help me. 13Let the accusers of my soul be disgraced and destroyed. Let those who seek to harm me be covered with scorn and confusion.
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 3:2Adonai, how many are my foes! Many are rising up against me!
- Psalms 37:25I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous one forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
- Psalms 41:7And if someone of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely. He stores up evil in his heart, then he goes out and chatters.
- Psalms 42:10I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”
- Matthew 27:42“He saved others,” they were saying, “but He can’t save Himself? He’s the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the stake, and we’ll believe in Him!
- Psalms 7:2Adonai my God, in You I have taken refuge. Save me from each of my persecutors, and deliver me.
- Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God. Or else I will tear you in pieces with no one to rescue you.
- 2 Chronicles 32:13Do not you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands ever able to deliver their land out of my hand?
- Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and pipes and all kinds of music you must fall down and worship the image that I have made. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire! Then what god will be able to 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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