Psalms 71:3

"Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me."

Key Reflection

This verse expresses a plea for divine intervention, emphasizing both God's justice and His ability to provide salvation. The psalmist asks not just for deliverance but specifically through God’s righteousness, highlighting the intertwining of moral integrity and divine rescue in his faith journey.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Be thou my strong habitation -Margin, as in Hebrew, “Be thou to me for a rock of habitation.” That is, a rock where I may safely make my abode, or to which I may resort and feel safe. InPsalms 31:2, this is, “Be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me.” The idea is the same. See the notes at that passage, and compare the notes atPsalms 18:2. Whereunto I may continually resort -Where I may take refuge at all times, in all circumstances of danger. Thou hast given commandment to save me -There was some command, or some promise, on which the psalmist relied, or which he felt he might plead as the ground of his appeal.

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