Counseling through the Psalms: Psalm 71 - God's Help in Old Age

Psalm 71: God's Help in Old Age

Message Exposition
Looking Around: The psalmist offers a prayer for God’s help in his difficulties (Psalm 71:1-4)
1. He trusts that God is his refuge and prays that he will never be put to shame (Psalm 71:1)
2. He calls for God to rescue him, hear him, and deliver him (Psalm 71:2)
3. He sees God as his only security (Psalm 71:3)
4. He prays that God would rescue him from his enemies (Psalm 71:4)
Looking Back: The psalmist expresses his faith because of God’s lifelong care for him (Psalm 71:5-13)
1. He states that he has trusted in God from his youth (Psalm 71:5-6)
a. God providentially watched over him even in his mother’s womb
2. He praises God despite the difficulties (Psalm 71:7-8)
3. He prays that God would sustain him in the trials of old age (Psalm 71:9-13)
a. He prays that God would not set him aside (Psalm 71:9)
b. He cries out for God to rescue him (Psalm 71:10-11)
* His enemies plot against him (Psalm 71:10)
* His enemies assume that God has rejected him and that he can be easily captured (Psalm 71:11)
c. He requests that God be not far from him and hurry to help him (Psalm 71:12-13)
Looking Ahead: The psalmist will praise God and place in his confidence in God’s deliverance to come (Psalm 71:14-24)
1. He commits to place his hope in God and praise him passionately and persistently (Psalm 71:14-16)
a. He praises God for His righteous acts (Psalm 71:15)
b. He praises God for His mighty deeds (Psalm 71:16)
2. He vows to testify to God’s wondrous deeds to the next generation (Psalm 71:17-18)
3. He proclaims there is no one like God (Psalm 71:19-21)
a. God has done great and wonderful things; no one compares to God (Psalm 71:19)
b. God has rescued him from many times of suffering and hardship, and he believes God will do it again (Psalm 71:20)
c. God will restore him to even greater honor (Psalm 71:21)
4. He will sing praises and shout for joy because he is confident that God will deliver him (Psalm 71:22-24)
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