Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 140:2
To execute those bloody enterprises which they had devised in the first clause of this verse.
To execute those bloody enterprises which they had devised in the first clause of this verse.
Verse Psalms 140:2. _THEY GATHERED TOGETHER_] He and his courtiers form plots and cabals against my life....
WHICH IMAGINE MISCHIEFS IN THEIR HEART - Here the language is changed to the plural number in the Hebrew, implying that while there was one man who was eminent in his wickedness and his wrong-doing, t...
PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war...
WHICH. Who. MISCHIEFS. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:9, but the same word as "evil" in Psalms 140:1....
Prayer for deliverance from the machinations of calumnious enemies....
Who have devised evils _in_their _heart_ Secretly and deliberately. _continually_&c. Every day do they stir up strife: lit. _wars_. They are perpetually trying to pick a quarrel with me....
ARE THEY GATHERED TOGETHER, &C.— _Are they creating wars:_ forming and occasioning quarrels and contentions....
PSALMS 140 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought. Stanza II., Psalms 1...
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. CONTINUALLY ARE THEY GATHERED TOGETHER (FOR) WAR - Hebrew, wars; not mere personal, disputes, but wars in the...
A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss....
'Continually do they stir up wars': cp. Proverbs 15:18....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ POISON! PSALMS 140 Jesus said, "Children of *vipers, how can you say anything that is good? You are *evil people" ...
IMAGINE... — Or, _contrive, plot._ GATHERED TOGETHER. — This translation follows the analogy of Psalms 56:6. Others render, “dwell with wars.” But it is preferable to derive from a root meaning _to in...
_[Psalms 140:3]_ אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָעֹ֣ות בְּ לֵ֑ב...
Psalms 140:1 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar words, and...
CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who al...
The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
Which imagine mischiefs in [their] (b) heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war. (b) That is, by their false accusations and lies, they kindle the hatred of the wicked against me....
As. May be understood. "My prayer is an evening sacrifice," or equally acceptable. (Haydock) --- Sacrifice. Hebrew, "offering," which may be the same with the incense, or the evening holocaust. (Calme...
It will be truly profitable in this, as in similar psalms, describing the soul under exercises, to view Christ, our pattern, our example, our surety. It is he who hath carried our griefs, as well as b...
2._Who imagine mischief’s in their heart_. Here he charges them with inward malignity of heart. And it is plain that the reference is not to one man merely, for he passes to the plural number (in a ma...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
WHICH IMAGINE MISCHIEFS IN [THEIR] HEART,.... This shows that not a single person barely is meant but more, as Saul's courtiers; who were secretly and continually meditating mischief against David, tr...
Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war. Ver. 2. _Which imagine mischief in their heart_] Where the devil worketh night and day as a mintman; as a s...
_Deliver me from the evil man_ Either Saul, or Doeg, or some other malicious enemy, or rather enemies; the word _man_ being taken collectively for _men_, as appears from the next verse. _Continually,...
which, that is, such people as a class, IMAGINE MISCHIEFS IN THEIR HEART, ever planning evil and wickedness; CONTINUALLY ARE THEY GATHERED TOGETHER FOR WAR, stirring up strife at every opportunity....
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM MALICIOUS ENEMIES. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm of David, in which he presents to the Lord the usual complaint, adding to this a ferve...
1-7 The more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects. If he be for us, who can be against us? We should especially watch and pray, that the...
Psalms 140:2 plan H2803 (H8804) evil H7451 hearts H3820 continually H3117 together H1481 (H8799) war H4421...
To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He there...
CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may count upon security against all real enemies....
This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, _a psalm of David,_ is undisputed. Psalms 140:1. _From the evil man,_ Doëg the Edomite: _from the violent man,_ Saul, w...
_Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man._ GOD PRESERVES HIS SERVANT To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of Wartbur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:1. This lament comes from those threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays fo...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4,
Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. T...
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