Cast thy burden upon the Lord, the word referring to every believer's lot in life, whatever may be laid upon him according to the gracious will of his heavenly Father, and He shall sustain thee; He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved, preventing the believer's sinking to the ground under the burden assigned him.
Verse Psalms 55:22. _CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD_] Whatever cares, afflictions, trials, c., they may be with which thou art oppressed, lay them upon him. _AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN THEE_] He shall bear...
CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD - This may be regarded as an address of the psalmist to himself, or to his own soul - an exhortation to himself to roll all his care upon the Lord, and to be calm. It is...
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...
CAST, &C.. Commit unto. Quoted in 1 Peter 5:7. BURDEN. gift, or lot. Here. those very words of Psalms 55:21. SUSTAIN THEE. hold thee up. THE RIGHTEOUS. the righteous one (singular)...
Conclusion. The Psalmist's exhortation to himself and everyone in like case, assuring himself and them that God will uphold the righteous and judge the wicked. It has been suggested that in the liturg...
In this division of the Psalm the storm of indignation dies away, and the Psalmist's trustful confidence revives....
_Cast thy burden_ The word rendered _burden_is of uncertain meaning. The LXX, from which St Peter borrows (1 Peter 5:7), renders _thy care_. But for this explanation there is no philological ground, a...
CAST THY BURTHEN UPON THE LORD— _Cast thou thy cares and projects upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee, and bring them to perfection: He will not permit the righteous to be moved for ever._ Chandl...
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...
_CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD, AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN THEE: HE SHALL NEVER SUFFER THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE MOVED._ The Psalmist's confidence in the Lord suggests the encouraging self-exhortation to cast his...
55:22 burden (i-3) Or 'the portion assigned to thee.'...
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...
BURDEN. — A word peculiar to this passage, probably meaning “gift,” hence “lot” or “condition.” The Talmud, however, uses the word as meaning “burden” and the LXX. by rendering “care” have prepared th...
_[Psalms 55:23]_ הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עַל ־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ יְהָבְךָ֮ וְ...
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...
FRIENDS MAY FORSAKE, BUT GOD ABIDETH Psalms 55:12 The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators. Violence, strife, deceit, and oppression trampled the virtuous and helpless un...
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...
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall (q) never suffer the righteous to be moved. (q) Though for their bettering and trial, he permits them to slip for a time....
Here is another view of the enemies of David; and still more so of the enemies of David's Lord. How smooth were the words of Judas when he said, Hail, Master! and kissed him. But how was the prophecy...
_A BURDEN-BEARING GOD_ ‘Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.’ Psalms 55:22 A great part of the burden of daily life is the sin that is in it. Take out the sin, and there will n...
22_Cast thy giving upon Jehovah. _The Hebrew verb יהב, _yahab, _signifies _to give, _so that יהבע, _yehobcha, _according to the ordinary rules of grammar, should be rendered _thy giving, _or _thy gift...
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...
CAST THY BURDEN UPON THE LORD,.... These are either the words of the Holy Ghost to David, according to Jarchi; or of David to his own soul in distress, and may be directed to any good man in like circ...
_Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved._ Ver. 22. _Cast thy burden upon the Lord_] _Dare tuum, vel donum tuum,_ that is, whatsoever...
_Cast thy burden upon the Lord_ Whoever thou art that art burdened, and whatever the burden is; whatever affliction God sendeth to thee; all thy trials and troubles, thy crosses and distresses, thy ca...
BURDEN: Or, gift...
16-23 In every trial let us call upon the Lord, and he will save us. He shall hear us, and not blame us for coming too often; the oftener the more welcome. David had thought all were against him; but...
THY BURDEN, or _portion_, Heb. _gift_; whatsoever affliction God giveth or sendeth to thee; for even the sufferings of good men are called God's gifts in Scripture, PHILIPPIANS 1:29 1 THESSALONIANS 18...
Psalms 55:22 Cast H7993 (H8685) burden H3053 LORD H3068 sustain H3557 (H8770) never H5769 permit H5414 ...
DAVID NOW EXHORTS ALL WHO HEAR THESE WORDS TO DO WHAT HE DOES, BY CASTING THEIR BURDEN ON YHWH, WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT HE CAN BE TRUSTED AND WILL CERTAINLY SUSTAIN THE RIGHTEOUS (PSALMS 55:22) As so...
Psalms 55:22 A great part of the burden of daily life is the sin that is in it. Take out the sin, and there will not be much burden left. I. As regards those common burdens which every one bears, God...
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...
_Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain thee._ GRACE TO BEAR THE BURDEN LAID ON US I. See that your burdens are all of the Lord’s appointment. How many are the burdens that we make for ou...
_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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:22 The singer addresses each of his fellow singers (YOUR), and then God (YOU, O GOD). The reason the faithful can CAST their burd
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...
1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 5:7; 1 Samuel 2:9; Isaiah 50:10; John 10:27;...
Burden — All thy crosses, and cares, and fears, lay them upon the Almighty, by faith and prayer. He directs this speech to his own soul, and to all good men in like circumstances. Suffer — As he doth...