Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
2. Deliver me &c.] In thy righteousness wilt thou deliver me and rescue me: an expansion of the simpler rescue me in Psa 31:1. In thy righteousness stands emphatically at the beginning of the sentence in the Heb. The righteousness of God is a thought upon which this Psalmist loves to dwell ( Psa 71:2 ; Psa 71:15-16 ; Psa 71:19 ; Psa 71:24). In virtue of that unchanging rectitude which is an inalienable attribute of Deity, He cannot desert His servant. He must be true to His promise. Cp. 2Ti 2:13.
incline ] Or, bow down, as in Psa 31:2: i.e. ‘bend a listening ear.’
save me ] In Psa 31:2, deliver me speedily.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Deliver me in thy righteousness – See the notes at Psa 31:1. The first three verses of this psalm seem in fact to have been taken, with slight variations, from the first three verses of Ps. 31.
And cause me to escape – That is, from impending dangers; from the power of my enemies.
Incline thine ear unto me – In Psa 31:2, this is, Bow down thine ear to me. The idea is the same. See the notes at that place. Compare the notes at Psa 17:6.
And save me – In Psa 31:2, this is, Deliver me speedily.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Deliver me in thy righteousness,…. By it, or “for the sake of [it]” q; [See comments on Ps 31:1];
and cause me to escape; present danger, and out of the hands of enemies, as well as wrath to come, and eternal death; which nothing but the righteousness of God can deliver from, or cause to escape;
incline thine ear unto me; or “bow it”; [See comments on Ps 31:2];
and save me; out of all troubles and afflictions, and from wicked and unreasonable men.
q “propter justitiam tuam”, Pagninus, Piscator; so Schmidt.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Psa 71:2. Deliver me, &c. Of thy clemency rescue me, and deliver me: Incline, &c.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Ver. 2. Deliver me in thy righteousness ] Let my deliverance be the fruit of thy promise and of my prayer; and so it will be much the sweeter.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
ear. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
in thy: Psa 17:2, Psa 31:1, Psa 34:15, Psa 43:1, Psa 143:1, Psa 143:11, Dan 9:16
cause: 1Co 10:13
incline: Psa 10:17, Psa 10:18, Psa 17:6, Psa 116:1, Psa 116:2
Reciprocal: Psa 25:20 – let Psa 31:2 – Bow Psa 71:16 – thy righteousness Psa 102:2 – incline Isa 37:17 – Incline
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
71:2 Deliver me in thy {b} righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
(b) By declaring yourself true to your promises.