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Verse Psalms 56:2. _O THOU MOST HIGH._] מרום _marom_. I do not
think that this word expresses any attribute of God, or indeed is at
all addressed to him. It signifies, literally, _from on high_, or
_f...
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MINE ENEMIES - Margin, “mine observers.” The Hebrew word here used
means properly to twist, to twist totogether; then, to be firm, hard,
tough; then, “to press together,” as a rope that is twisted - a...
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Psalms 56
The Faithfulness of God, the Comfort of His People
_ 1. Trust and Comfort (Psalms 56:1)_
2. Praise for anticipated deliverance (Psalms 56:10)
These five Psalms which are grouped together...
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LVI. A PRAYER AGAINST STRONG, NUMEROUS, AND CRAFTY FOES.
Psalms 56:2. For enemies read they that lie in wait for me (_mg.),_
PROUDLY: read bitterly.
Psalms 56:4. Will praise his word, _i.e._ the fulf...
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ENEMIES. watchers, or observers.
O THOU MOST HIGH. Hebrew. _marom,_ lofty, or exalted (not _Elyon)_....
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They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up [or, crush me] all
the day long:
For many are they that fight against me haughtily.
For _they that lie in wait for me_see note on Psalms 54:5. The wo...
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However fiercely his enemies may assault him, he will trust in God,
Who will surely be true to His promise....
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THEY BE MANY THAT FIGHT AGAINST ME, &C.— The word מרום _marom,_
rendered _O thou most High,_ is not found any where singly applied to
_God._ It generally signifies a _high place;_ and when applied to...
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PSALMS 56
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Song by David in Captivity.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 56:1-3, In a few words, David Describes his Captive
Condition, and Composes a _Refrain_ of Praise, Stanza II., P...
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_MINE ENEMIES WOULD DAILY SWALLOW ME UP: FOR THEY BE MANY THAT FIGHT
AGAINST ME, O THOU MOST HIGH._
Mine enemies - literally, 'my watchers;' 'those who lie in wait for
me' (Psalms 5:8).
FOR THEY BE...
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56:2 up (n-6) Strictly, 'pant after me,' like a wild beast thirsting
for blood; and so Psalms 57:3 ; Amos 8:4 . haughtily. (o-19) Or 'O
Most High!' as Psalms 92:8 ....
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Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A
_Psalm_ of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.' For
Michtam see on Psalms 16. JONATH ELEM REHOKIM ('the dove of th...
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AGAINST ME, O THOU MOST HIGH] RV 'proudly against me.'...
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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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SWALLOW ME UP. — The root idea of the Hebrew word so rendered is by
no means clear. In many passages where it is used the meaning given
here by the LXX., “trample on,” will suit the context quite as
w...
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_[Psalms 56:3]_ שָׁאֲפ֣וּ שֹׁ֭ורְרַי כָּל
־הַ יֹּ֑ום...
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Psalms 56:1
THE superscription dates this psalm from the time of David's being in
Gath. Probably his first stay there is meant, during which he had
recourse to feigned insanity in order to secure his...
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“WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME?”
Psalms 56:1
This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1.
See 1 Samuel 21:1. What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning
madness and composing...
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The keynote of this psalm is the concluding declaration of the
previous one, "I will trust in Thee." Here again are evident the same
circumstances of oppression (verses Psa 56:5-7). The song opens and...
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_In thee. This obliges God to take pity, Psalm xlvi. 11. --- Wings, as
a chicken retires to the hen, Ruth ii. 12., and Matthew xxiii. 37._...
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I cannot begin this Psalm without first taking notice of the title. It
is addressed to the chief musician. I have already thrown out my views
of who this chief musician is. The next object is what it...
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Psalms 56 expresses the sense of the bitter and relentless enmity of
the wicked, but the tears of the godly are put in God's bottle. God is
owned as the Most High, the title of promise but not of cove...
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MINE ENEMIES WOULD DAILY SWALLOW [ME] UP,.... For not one man only,
but many, were his enemies; who observed and watched him, and were
eagerly desirous of his ruin. The believer has many enemies, sin,...
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Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that
fight against me, O thou most High.
Ver. 2. Mine enemies (or observers) would daily swallow me up]
_Anhelant observatores mei._ To se...
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_Be merciful unto me, O God_ This petition includes all the good we
can come unto the throne of grace for: if we obtain mercy there, we
obtain all we can desire, and need no more to make us happy. It...
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MINE ENEMIES:
_ Heb._ mine observers...
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1-7 Be merciful unto me, O God. This petition includes all the good
for which we come to throne of grace. If we obtain mercy there, we
need no more to make us happy. It implies likewise our best plea...
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MINE ENEMIES, Heb. _my observers_, that narrowly look to all my paths,
and watch for my haltings, and for an opportunity to destroy me. MANY
THAT FIGHT AGAINST ME: they trust to their great numbers, w...
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Psalms 56:2 enemies H8324 (H8802) hound H7602 (H8804) day H3117 many
H7227 fight H3898 (H8802) High...
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THE HEADING (PSALMS 56:1 A).
‘For the Chief Musician; set to Yonath elem rehokim (‘the silent
dove of far off places (or ‘men')'). A Psalm of David. Michtam; when
the Philistines took him in Gath.
Th...
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To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam (a golden
Psalm) of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Psalms 56:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up:
he figh...
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Psalms 56:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God for man would swallow me up;
he fighting daily oppresseth me._
«Man has no mercy upon me, but, O God, be thou merciful unto me! If
thy justice doth for a whil...
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CONTENTS: David pours out complaint about enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When we are surrounded on all sides with difficulties and
dangers because of enemies, we have but one retreat t...
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The title of this psalm, which relates to the manner of singing and
playing, is upon the remote and silent dove. To which _michtam_ is
added, the golden ode of David. In the LXX, the title of this and...
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_Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up._
THE DEPRECABLE AND THE DESIRABLE
I. The deprecable in relation to man.
1. Craven-heartedness. A man whose heart is morally sound is bold a...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 56:1. Many take this to be an individual
lament, but it could also be a psalm of anticipated thanksgiving. The
description of troubles and prayer changes into gratitude that...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician upon
Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.” The phrase “_Jonath-Elem-Rechokim_”
occurs nowhere else in the Bible; and Biblical critics are by no means
agreed as t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS and the following have been called "twin psalms." They begin with
the same words, are nearly of the same length, and have each a refrain
which divides them into two portions. Formally,...
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Psa 56:1-13. This is the prayer of David when he heard a mourning
dove. That is, a mourning: m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g dove, out in the distant
terebinth trees. He no doubt heard these doves cooing off in the
d...
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Acts 4:25; Daniel 5:18; Isaiah 57:15; Micah 6:6; Psalms 118:10;...