Psalm 71 - 10/20/2024 Sunday PM Study

The Tabernacle Today

Psalm 71 Worksheet

This is one of the 32 Psalms without any information before the Psalm. Interestingly, it is the ____________ Psalm like that in Book 2.

As we read this Psalm, look for the Psalmist speak of trusting God at different ages in his life.

Read Psalm 71

Based on what we just read, what age of life was the Psalmist when he wrote this Psalm?

The Psalmist prays for deliverance from ____________________ troubles and enemies V. 1-4

Notice in verse 1 the Psalmist declares that his _______________________ is in the Lord. Then He asks for God to intervene in his current troubles.

I like how verse 3 is stated – God is a strong refuge we can resort to continually. Even when there is not a place of safe refuge, God is to us a _________________________ of safe refuge – our Rock and our Fortress.

The good news is that a lot of the ________________________ we made when younger were based on relying too much on what we could do physically or mentally. As we age we hopefully learn like the Psalmist to trust more in the Lord.

The Psalmist reminds himself of God’s __________________________ since conception, and commits himself to praise God no matter how he feels V. 5-8

The Psalmist realizes that God was sustaining him even before he learned to trust God, even when he was a _________________________ newborn. Now that his physical strength is failing, he is asking God to continue to sustain him so he can continue to praise Him.

What is the Psalmists desire in verse 8 as an older man with many difficulties?

To praise and glorify the Lord __________________________ each day!

The Psalmist again prays for deliverance from troubles and enemies V. 9-13

The Psalmist knows he needs God’s help as he ages. Perhaps he is also going through the inevitable __________________________ crisis that goes with not being able to do all that he used to, and wondering how he is going to make it.

A lot of what is said here in verses 10-11 makes me think of King David’s experiences. I also think of the Rabshakeh’s arrogance on behalf of Assyrian king Sennacherib against Judah and King Hezekiah that we read about during the times of the Kings and repeated in Isaiah 36-39.

The Psalmist re-commits himself to praise God no matter what he faces and expresses hope to __________________________ to the next generation V. 14-18

I have always loved the exuberance of young people when they excitedly praise the Lord. But there is something so special when we hear ________________________ praise from those who have been through life’s ups and downs!

Oh the Psalmist is just getting started! Note his commitment going all the way back to his youth to take what he has ____________________________ and declare it to others (2 Timothy 2:1-2).

We see here in verse 18 the Psalmist lived with a sense of _____________________ we should have – to continually tell those coming after us about God’s power to save and sustain!

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The Psalmist expresses confidence of ______________________ life with God V. 19-21

Life doesn’t begin at birth and it doesn’t __________________ at death. Life begins at conception and goes on forever after this life in either Heaven or Hell.

“Since the Psalmist has described his life from youth to old age, what other deliverance could he anticipate except resurrection from the dead.” -Robert L. Alden

The Psalmist makes a ____________________ commitment to praise the Lord V. 22-24

Note the Psalm begin with the prayer that the godly Psalmist would not be put to shame, and ends with the knowledge that ultimately the ungodly who have acted to hurt the godly will be put to ________________________.