saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
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saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
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Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
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Saying: 'God hath forsaken him; pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.'
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Passages linked to Psalms 71:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 7:2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.
- Psalms 3:2 Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.”
- Psalms 50:22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
- Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
- 2 Chronicles 32:13-14 Don’t 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 in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand? Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
- Psalms 37:25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
- Psalms 37:28 For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 41:7-8 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me. “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
- Psalms 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
- Daniel 3:15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god that will deliver you out of my hands?”
- Matthew 27:42-43 “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
- Matthew 27:49 The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Thus the wicked both blaspheme God, and triumph against…
Thus the wicked both blaspheme God, and triumph against his Saints, as though he had forsaken them, if he suffer them to fall into their hands.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and…
Psa 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
Ver. 11. God hath forsaken him] For his late sin against Uriah; and as may appear by his present distress, his forlorn proscribed condition.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain God hath forsaken him, for his adultery, and murder,…
God hath forsaken him, for his adultery, and murder, and other wickednesses, and therefore we shall certainly prevail against him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Saying, God hath forsaken him,.... Good men may seem…
Saying, God hath forsaken him,.... Good men may seem to others to be forsaken of God; and they themselves may sometimes think they are; and they may be forsaken for a small moment, when God withdraws his gracious presence, or does not afford immediate help; but never finally and totally. This David's enemies concluded, from the distressed condition he was in, being obliged to leave his family and court, and flee from his son, and wander up and down with a small retinue; and this they said to one another, to encourage themselves to lay violent hands upon him, which they thought they might do with ease and impunity; wherefore it follows,
persecute and take him; pursue after him eagerly and diligently; lose no time; and, when come up to him, seize upon him, without any fear of God or man;
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for there is none to deliver him; out of our hands. God will not, for he has forsaken him; and men cannot, for he has not an army sufficient to defend him or recover him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. God hath forsaken him] "God, who has…
Verse 11. God 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 favour: adversity is a proof of his displeasure." But this is not God's way, except in especial judgments, &c. He never manifests his pleasure or displeasure by secular good or ill.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Saying, God hath forsaken him - That is, God…
Saying, 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.
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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 will be an easy prey. Compare the notes at Psa 41:7-8.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Saying, God hath forsaken him—This his enemies reported…
11. Saying, God hath forsaken him—This his enemies reported of him, and thus they reasoned that if God had withdrawn his protection they could attack him with impunity and make him a prey. But they did not penetrate the deep designs of God connected with his marvellous history, and did not consider they were fighting against God. See on Mat_27:43, and Act_5:38-39
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. God hath forsaken him] Cp. Psa_22:1; Psa_38:21 b.
11. God hath forsaken him] Cp. Psa_22:1; Psa_38:21 b.
persecute] R.V. pursue. But cp. Psa_69:26; Jer_15:15; Jer_17:18; Jer_20:11.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him;…
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. Compare the words of Ahithophel, "Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue alter David this night; and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only". (2Sa_17:1, 2Sa_17:2) It no doubt appeared to Absalom"s party generally, as it did to Shimei, that God had "forsakes" David, and turned against him. (2Sa_16:8)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 11. Saying, God hath forsaken him. O bitter…
Ver. 11. Saying, God hath forsaken him. O bitter taunt! There is no worse arrow in all the quivers of hell. Our Lord felt this barbed shaft, and it is no marvel if his disciples feel the same. Were this exclamation the truth, it were indeed an ill day for us; but, glory be to God, it is a barefaced lie.
Persecute and take him. Let loose the dogs of persecution upon him, seize him, worry him,
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for there is none to deliver him. Down with him, for he has no friends. It is safe to insult him, for none will come to his rescue. O cowardly boasts of a braggart foe, how do ye wound the soul of the believer: and only when his faith cries to his Lord is he able to endure your cruelty.
Ver. 11. All kinds of distresses are obnoxious to the worst of misjudgings from malevolent minds. The sufferings of Christ produced this censorious scoff, "Let God deliver him, if he will have him." (Mt 27:43.) David's trouble easily induced his adversaries to conclude that God had forsaken him, and that there was none to deliver him. But in troubles of this nature, where especially there are frightful complainings against themselves, men are more easily drawn out to be peremptory in their uncharitable judgments concerning them, because the trouble itself is somewhat rare, and apt to beget hideous impressions, and, withal, the vent which the afflicted parties give by their bemoaning of their estate, in hope to ease themselves thereby, is but taken as a testimony against themselves and the undoubted echoes of their real feelings. Richard Gilpin (1625-1700), in "Daemonologia Sacra; or, a Treatise of Satan's Temptations." (In Nichols Series of Puritan Divines.)
Ver. 11-12. Two great lies and two sweet prayers.
Psalms 71:12*
Ver. 11-12. Two great lies and two sweet prayers.
Psalms 71:13*
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