Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
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.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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.
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.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
God hath forsaken him, for his adultery, and murder, and other wickednesses, and therefore we shall certainly prevail against him.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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;
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
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
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
I think it would be wrong to break the thread of this most beautiful address, and therefore I have preserved it entire. In any, and in every sense, whether we behold it as the words of Christ, or of David, or of any other follower of Jesus, the doctrine is the same; Christ and his righteousness, Christ and his salvation, are the righteousness and salvation of Jehovah. My righteousness (saith Jehovah) shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation; Isa 51:8 . And elsewhere Christ is said to be Jehovah’s salvation, unto the end of the earth; Isa 49:6 . And what a blessed confirmation is this to the faith of the believer! Christ and his Father are one, in will, design, worship, salvation, and glory. Oh! Reader! may the Lord grant that you and I may feel truly interested in this divine truth, and manifest whose we are, agreeably to the words of the prophet: Surely shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength, even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. Isa 45:24-25 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
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.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
God: Psa 3:2, Psa 37:25, Psa 37:28, Psa 41:7, Psa 41:8, Psa 42:10, Mat 27:42, Mat 27:43, Mat 27:46, Mat 27:49
for there: Psa 7:2, Psa 50:22, 2Ch 32:13, 2Ch 32:14, Dan 3:15
Reciprocal: Exo 14:3 – They are entangled 1Sa 23:7 – God hath 2Ki 18:30 – make you 2Ch 32:11 – The Lord our God Psa 22:1 – why hast Psa 22:8 – let him Psa 35:15 – in mine Psa 119:42 – So shall Isa 36:4 – What Jer 33:24 – thus Mar 15:34 – why Luk 23:35 – derided Rom 7:24 – who
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
71:11 Saying, {h} God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
(h) Thus the wicked both blaspheme God and triumph against his saints, as though he had forsaken them if he permits them to fall into their hands.