Psalms 71:20

“[Thou], which hast showed me great and sore troubles, etc.] Or, “made [him] to see” f970; that is, to experience. David had his troubles, and these were great, both as to quantity and quality; and very grievous and hard to be borne, and were very trying and afflictive: some outward, such as he endured when persecuted by Saul; and afterwards in his own family, though the incest of Ammon, the murder of him by Absalom, and Absalom’s rebellion against him; the curses of Shimei, and the bickerings of the sons of Zeruiah; with many others: and some inward, arising from the corruptions of his heart, the hidings of God’s face, and the temptations of Satan. His experience of all which he ascribes,…”

“Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles - Or rather, who hast caused us to see or experience great trials. The psalmist here, by a change from the singular to the plural, connects himself with his friends and followers, meaning that he had suffered with them and through them. It was not merely a personal affliction, but others connected with him had been identified with him, and his personal sorrows had been increased by the trials which had come upon them also. Our severest trials often are those which affect our friends. Shalt quicken me again - literally, “Shalt return and make us live.” The word “quicken” in the Scriptures has always this sense of “making to live again.” See…”

“Bring me - From the grave. Next: Psalms Chapter 72”

“71:20 lift me up from the depths: The psalmist hopes for the renewal of an abundant earthly life. This later became grounds for belief in the resurrection of the dead.”

“which: Psa 40:1-3, Psa 60:3, Psa 66:10-12, Psa 88:6-18, Psa 138:7; Sa2 12:11; Mar 14:33, Mar 14:34; Mar 15:34; Co2 11:23-31; Rev 7:14 quicken: Psa 80:18; Isa 26:19; Hos 6:1, Hos 6:2; Act 2:24, Act 2:32-34 shalt bring: Psa 16:10, Psa 40:2, Psa 86:13; Isa 38:17; Eze 37:12, Eze 37:13; Jon 2:6; Eph 4:9 Psalms 71:21”