Psa 71:10-11 | KingComments | STEP | As the years climb, strength declines, but not the enmity of the wicked. The God-fearing aged one finds himself in the midst of enemies who talk about him and plot against him ( ). They want to kill him. There is no patience to wait for the day of his death which, given his age, will not be long in coming. They see the waning strength as a sign that God has forsaken the God-fearing ( ). This makes them feel free and even strengthened to pursue and seize him. They see that he is on his own. There is no one, they believe, who will stand up for him and save him, not God and certainly not man. Thus, in the end time, the unbelieving part of the people, led by the antichrist, their false king, will pursue the believing remnant without fear of God to seize and exterminate them. They will do so under the assumption that God has forsaken them. The circumstances will also be such that it will indeed look like that God has forsaken them. The God-fearing feels the pressure his enemies are putting on him and cries out to God not to be far from him ( ). He needs the close proximity of God now that the enemies are pressing so hard on him. He knows God as “my God”, the God with Whom he has a personal relationship, and asks Him to come to his aid soon. For his adversaries, he asks that God cause them to be ashamed and consumed ( ). They seek to injure him. Therefore, he asks that God let them be covered with reproach and dishonor. Their portion is in every way the opposite of what he expects for himself from his God. This is not selfishness, but a proper understanding of what is evil in the eyes of God.

‏ Psalms 71:10-11

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As the years climb, strength declines, but not the enmity of the wicked. The God-fearing aged one finds himself in the midst of enemies who talk about him and plot against him (Psa 71:10). They want to kill him. There is no patience to wait for the day of his death which, given his age, will not be long in coming.

They see the waning strength as a sign that God has forsaken the God-fearing (Psa 71:11). This makes them feel free and even strengthened to pursue and seize him. They see that he is on his own. There is no one, they believe, who will stand up for him and save him, not God and certainly not man.

Thus, in the end time, the unbelieving part of the people, led by the antichrist, their false king, will pursue the believing remnant without fear of God to seize and exterminate them. They will do so under the assumption that God has forsaken them. The circumstances will also be such that it will indeed look like that God has forsaken them.

The God-fearing feels the pressure his enemies are putting on him and cries out to God not to be far from him (Psa 71:12). He needs the close proximity of God now that the enemies are pressing so hard on him. He knows God as “my God”, the God with Whom he has a personal relationship, and asks Him to come to his aid soon.

For his adversaries, he asks that God cause them to be ashamed and consumed (Psa 71:13). They seek to injure him. Therefore, he asks that God let them be covered with reproach and dishonor. Their portion is in every way the opposite of what he expects for himself from his God. This is not selfishness, but a proper understanding of what is evil in the eyes of God.