Psalms 71:2

Deliver me in thy righteousness ,.... By it, or "for the sake of it " F17 בצדקתך "propter justitiam tuam", Pagninus, Piscator; so Schmidt. ; See Gill on Psalm 31:1 ;

and cause me to escape ; present danger, and out of the hands of enemies, as well as wrath to come, and eternal death; which nothing but the righteousness of God can deliver from, or cause to escape;

incline thine ear unto me ; or "bow it"; See Gill on Psalm 31:2 ;

and save me ; out of all troubles and afflictions, and from wicked and unreasonable men.