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Psalms 55:2
Attend unto me, marking closely what he had to say, and hear me. I mourn in my complaint, reeling to and fro in painful meditation, which seemed to lead to no solution, and make a noise, groaning with pain,
Attend unto me, marking closely what he had to say, and hear me. I mourn in my complaint, reeling to and fro in painful meditation, which seemed to lead to no solution, and make a noise, groaning with pain,
Verse Psalms 55:2. _I MOURN IN MY COMPLAINT_] בשיחי _besichi_, in my _sighing_; a strong _guttural_ sound, expressive of the natural accents of sorrow. _AND MAKE A NOISE_] I am in a _tumult _- I am s...
ATTEND UNTO ME, AND HEAR ME - This also is the language of earnest supplication, as if he was afraid that God would not regard his cry. These varied forms of speech show the intense earnestness of the...
Psalms 55 In the Throes of the Great Tribulation _ 1. Prayer for help (Psalms 55:1)_ 2. Longings to escape (Psalms 55:4) 3. The great tribulation ...
LV. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 55:1. The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness. Psalms 55:12. A description of...
HEAR. answer. make. noise. moan....
_hear me_ Answer me. _I mourn_&c. Render, I am restless in my complaint, and am distracted (R.V. moan). A word used in Genesis 27:40 of a roving life, in Jeremiah 2:31 of impatience of restraint (R.V...
I MOURN IN MY COMPLAINT— _I bathe myself with tears in my complaint._ Chandler. Compare Isaiah 16:2.; Lamentations 1:16. The next words are rendered by Chandler, _and am in the greatest consternation....
PSALMS 55 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Bitter Complaint of the Treachery of an Intimate Friend. ANALYSIS (Of the Psalm as Reconstructed.) Stanza I., Psalms 55:1-7, Invocation of God under great Nervous Exc...
_ATTEND UNTO ME, AND HEAR ME: I MOURN IN MY COMPLAINT, AND MAKE A NOISE;_ Development of the prayer generally set forth in the introduction; two strophes (Psalms 55:2, and Psalms 55:9). I MOURN IN M...
55:2 about (k-9) Or 'am restless.'...
The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is real...
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...
I MOURN. — A verb found in this form only in three other passages, always with the idea of _restlessness_ — _e.g.,_ Genesis 27:40, of the roving life of a Bedouin; Jeremiah 2:31, of moral restlessness...
_[Psalms 55:3]_ הַקְשִׁ֣יבָה לִּ֣י וַ עֲנֵ֑נִי אָרִ֖יד...
Psalms 55:1 THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel is natur...
FLEEING THE CITY'S ILLS Psalms 55:1 This psalm was suggested by Absalom's rebellion and Ahithophel's treachery. But it contains references which, in their full extent, are chiefly applicable to Judas...
This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fri...
_Man. All combine against me. (Calmet) --- The sins of every man oppressed Jesus Christ. (Berthier) --- All who live piously, must suffer many attacks. (Worthington)_...
This beautiful Psalm will be rendered exceedingly profitable to our souls in the reading, if the Holy Ghost, who hath given it by inspiration for the church's profit, shall, by his divine teaching, gi...
Psalms 55 is a distressing picture of wickedness in Jerusalem. The speaker is outside, but has experienced this wickedness in the treachery of his dearest friends. His resource is in God: Jehovah will...
ATTEND UNTO ME, AND HEAR ME,.... So as to answer, and that immediately and directly, his case requiring present help; I MOURN IN MY COMPLAINT; or "in my meditation" p; solitary thoughts, and melancho...
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Ver. 2. _Attend unto me, and hear me_] Heb. answer me, that is, grant me deliverance from this death which threateneth me. This...
_Hide not thyself from my supplication_ Either as one unconcerned and not regarding it, or as one displeased, and resolved not to hear nor help. _I mourn and make a noise_ I cannot forbear such sighs...
1-8 In these verses we have, 1. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden. 2. David weeping. Griefs are thus, in some measure, lessened, while tho...
For my misery is very great, and forceth tears and bitter cries from me....
Psalms 55:2 Attend H7181 (H8685) hear H6030 (H8798) restless H7300 (H8686) complaint H7879 noisily H1949 ...
A DESPERATE PLEA FOR GOD TO HEAR HIM IN THE LIGHT OF THE TERRIBLE OPPRESSION AND PERSECUTION THAT HE IS FACING (PSALMS 55:1). David calls on God to hear his cries for help as he faces the threatening...
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm up...
CONTENTS: Complaint concerning false friends. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The best salve for every sore is prayer. One of the greatest griefs is to find ourselves deceived in some who have m...
Psalms 55:6. _Oh that I had wings like a dove,_ to outfly the hawks which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart before...
_Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication._ THE COMPASSIONABLE, THE COMMENDABLE, AND THE CENSURABLE IN LIFE I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for pit...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:1. Like many other individual laments, this psalm prays for God’s help against dangerous enemies. There is a unique twist here. The danger comes from betrayal by a close...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician on Neginoth_.” See introduction to Psalms 54 “_Maschil_,” an instruction. Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation of...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to an unknown writer of the seventh century B.C. But no solid grounds have been shown for setting aside the traditionary ev...
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppre...
Isaiah 38:14; Psalms 102:10; Psalms 102:9; Psalms 13:1; Psalms 13:2;...