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In this week’s study from Tehillim / Psalms 71:1-24, the psalm opens saying, א בְּךָ-יְהֹוָה חָסִיתִי אַל-אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם: ב בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תַּצִּילֵנִי וּתְפַלְּטֵנִי הַטֵּה-אֵלַי אָזְנְךָ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי: ג הֱיֵה לִי | לְצוּר מָעוֹן לָבוֹא תָמִיד צִוִּיתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי כִּי-סַלְעִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אָתָּה: ד אֱלֹהַי פַּלְּטֵנִי מִיַּד רָשָׁע מִכַּף מְעַוֵּל וְחוֹמֵץ: 71:1 In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed. 71:2 In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me. 71:3 Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress. 71:4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man, (NASB) As we had learned, “shame” is equated to sin, and therefore David is asking the Lord to keep him from sinning declaring the Lord’s righteousness delivers and rescues him. He continues saying, the Lord is his hope and confidence (71:5), the Lord has sustained him from birth (71:6), how many have marveled over David because of the Lord (71:7), and the result is his mouth is filled with praises for the Lord (71:8). David looks to the past, how the Lord has helped him and delivered him to seek God’s help for the future from his enemies that are working against him (71:9-12). Read more here: Tehillim 71-Part1
