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Verse Psalms 54:5. _HE SHALL REWARD EVIL_] Saul and his courtiers,
instead of having God's approbation, shall have his curse.
_CUT THEM OFF IN THY TRUTH._] Thou hast _promised_ to save me; these
hav...
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HE SHALL REWARD EVIL UNTO MINE ENEMIES - Margin, “those that observe
me.” The original word here means literally “to twist, to twist
together;” then, to press together; then, to “oppress,” or to
treat...
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Psalms 54
The Prayer of the Godly
_ 1. The prayer for salvation (Psalms 54:1)_
2. The assurance of faith (Psalms 54:4)
During that final apostasy when the man of sin is revealed, the saints
among...
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LIV. THE PSALMIST PRAYS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL AND BITTER FOES.
He trusts in God who will destroy his enemies. When that is done, he
will offer sacrifice in thanksgiving. His enemies are Jews f...
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EVIL. the evil. Hebrew. _ra'a'_ (with Art.) App-44....
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A confident expectation of deliverance and vow of thanksgiving....
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He shall requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me:
Destroy thou them in thy truth.
God will cause the evil which they are plotting to recoil upon their
own heads: or, according to the _K't...
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HE SHALL REWARD EVIL UNTO MINE ENEMIES— לשׁררי _leshoreri, to
them who, with a hostile mind, watch and observe me._ This was the
conduct of the Ziphites to David: they acted as Saul's spies, and
watch...
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PSALMS 54
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Prayer Prompted by the Hostile Action of the Zephites.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 54:1-2, Prayer for Salvation and Vindication;
supported by a _Refrain, vet._ 3, descr...
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_HE SHALL REWARD EVIL UNTO MINE ENEMIES: CUT THEM OFF IN THY TRUTH._
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies. So the Qeri' reads х_
YAASHIYB_ (H7725)]; but the Khethibh reads better, 'the evil shall
r...
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Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments.
Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not
David hide himself with us?' Whatever be the value of the title there...
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REWARD EVIL] RV 'requite the evil' that they have done. THY TRUTH] thy
faithfulness, or righteous self-consistency....
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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CUT THEM OFF. — Or, _put them to silence._
IN THY TRUTH. — Or, _according to thy faithfulness.
_...
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_[Psalms 54:7]_ _יָשִׁ֣יב_† הָ֭ רַע לְ
שֹׁרְרָ֑י...
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Psalms 54:1
THE tone and language of this psalm have nothing special. The
situation of the psalmist is the familiar one of being encompassed by
enemies. His mood is the familiar one of discouragement...
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SINNERS ALL-GOD ALONE CAN HELP
Psalms 53:1; Psalms 54:1
That Psalms 53:1 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1, with very few
variations,
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The burden of the psalm is expressed in the first two verses. Its
reason is described in verse Psalms 54:3, while assurance is the song
of what remains.
Taking the second and third sections first, the...
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He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy (e) truth.
(e) According to your faithful promise for my defence....
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_Troubled, like a woman in labour, (Menochius) as yachil implies,
(Calmet) in Hiphel. (Menochius)_...
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Reader, do observe how Christ, in the days of his flesh, found support
and confidence in resting himself wholly upon his Father; so have the
faithful done, so must the faithful do, in all ages. The cl...
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5._He shall reward evil unto mine enemies _As the verb ישיב _,
yashib, _may be rendered _he shall cause to return, _(292) it seems to
point not only at the punishment, but the kind of punishment, whic...
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Psalms 54 is the cry to God to deliver according to the value of His
name, the subject of trust. The double character of the enemies is
spoken ofstrangers, enemies from without; and oppressors, the pr...
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HE SHALL REWARD EVIL UNTO MINE ENEMIES,.... That eyed him as Saul did;
that observed his haunts, where he resorted, and who were with him, as
the Ziphites did under Saul's direction; as the Word m her...
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He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
Ver. 5. _He shall reward evil unto mine enemies_] Or, mine observers,
that watch me a mischief. I shall escape out of trouble, and t...
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_Behold, God is my helper_ Consider it, and see the vanity of all your
wicked practices against me. _The Lord is with them that uphold my
soul_ He fights for them, and on my behalf, and therefore agai...
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MINE ENEMIES:
_ Heb._ those that observe me...
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4-7 Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and
if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and
no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time...
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IN THY TRUTH; or, _for_ or _according to thy truth_; whereby thou art
engaged to fulfil thy promises made to me, and thy threatenings
denounced against thine and mine implacable enemies....
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Psalms 54:5 repay H7725 (H8686) (H8675) H7725 (H8799) enemies H8324
(H8802) evil H7451 off...
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DAVID EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE AND
ASSURES HIM THAT HE WILL NOT BE SHORT ON GRATITUDE (PSALMS 54:4).
Psalms 54:4
‘Behold, God is my helper,
The Sovereign Lord is...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for rescue from oppressors.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: If we are for God, we may be assured God will be for us
and that we will have such care from Him that we need never s...
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Psalms 54:1. _By thy name._ See note on Proverbs 18:10.
Psalms 54:7. _Mine eye hath seen_ his desire upon _mine enemies._ The
words, _his desire,_ are not in the Hebrew. David says merely that his
ene...
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_Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul
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GOD OUR HELPER
I. When God is the helper of His people.
1. In the great crisis of their conversion. He raiseth from the pit,...
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_Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength._
PHASES OF PIETY
I. Piety praying. The prayer has respect to--
1. The character of God (Psalms 54:1).
2. The entreatability of God (Psal...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 54:1. This is an individual lament,
asking for God’s help against those who threaten the lives of the
faithful. The title connects the song to the events of...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician on Neginoth.” There is
very little doubt that “_Neginoth_” is “the general term
denoting all stringed instruments whatsoever, whether played with...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is a short psalm, written in a time of great trouble, and
containing, first, an earnest prayer for deliverance (Psalms 54:1);
and then an expression of confidence in God's aid, and of...
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Psa 54:1-7 is to the chief musician on a stringed instrument. A prayer
of David. When the Ziphims came and said to Saul, "David is hiding
down in the wilderness of Ziph." And so, even as he didn't car...
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2 Timothy 4:14; Psalms 137:8; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 5:8;
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Thy truth — Whereby thou art engaged to fulfil thy promises and
threatenings....