_LORD, HOW ARE THEY INCREASED THAT TROUBLE ME! MANY ARE THEY THAT RISE UP AGAINST ME._ Title. - A PSALM, х_ MIZMOWR_ (H4210), from the Piel conjugation of _ ZAAMAR_ (H2167), to sing]. Gesenius explains it 'a song cut or divided in rhythmical numbers.' Mendlessohn, 'a song accompanied by a musical in... [ Continue Reading ]
_MANY THERE BE WHICH SAY OF MY SOUL, THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD. SELAH._ Say of my soul, х_ LªNAPSHIY_ (H5315)] - better 'say TO my soul, There is no help for him in God.' Then Psalms 35:3 forms a beautiful contrast. For the Hebrew word for "help" and "salvation" is one [in both places _ YªSHU... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A SHIELD FOR ME; MY GLORY, AND THE LIFTER UP OF MINE HEAD._ But - against the enemy's denial of God's power and will to save him, which, indeed, seems confirmed by the trouble on every side in which he is, faith recalls past deliverances, and relies on God's Word. So the Anti... [ Continue Reading ]
_I CRIED UNTO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME OUT OF HIS HOLY HILL. SELAH._ I cried ... he heard me - `He answered х_ `AANAH_ (H6030)] me.' David's habit of "crying" to the Lord at all times, and the fact that the Lord is the continual answerer of his prayer, is the ground of hope that He w... [ Continue Reading ]
_I LAID ME DOWN AND SLEPT; I AWAKED; FOR THE LORD SUSTAINED ME._ I laid me down and slept. Thus this verse would be joined to Psalms 3:3; referring to past times, in which God had given him calm sleep amidst troubles. But the "Selah" at the end of Psalms 3:4 marks the break in the music and the sen... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF TEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THAT HAVE SET THEMSELVES AGAINST ME ROUND ABOUT._ Ten thousands - the "many" of Psalms 3:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARISE, O LORD; SAVE ME, O MY GOD: FOR THOU HAST SMITTEN ALL MINE ENEMIES UPON THE CHEEK BONE; THOU HAST BROKEN THE TEETH OF THE UNGODLY._ Arise ... save me. What thou hast done for me heretofore is the ground of MY confident prayer that thou wilt do so again. "Save me," and so show 'there is help... [ Continue Reading ]
_SALVATION BELONGETH UNTO THE LORD: THY BLESSING IS UPON THY PEOPLE. SELAH._ Salvation belongeth unto the Lord - as its sole Possessor and Dispenser (Jonah 2:9; Proverbs 21:31, end; Jeremiah 3:23). In opposition to the taunt (Psalms 3:2), "There is no help (Hebrew, salvation) for him in God," David... [ Continue Reading ]