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Verse Psalms 64:6. _THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES; THEY ACCOMPLISH A
DILIGENT_ _SEARCH_] The word חפש _chaphash_, which is used _three_
times, as a noun and a verb, in this sentence, signifies _to strip...
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THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES - They search deep; they examine plans;
they rack their invention to accomplish it. The original word -
חפשׂ _châphaś_ - is a word which is used to denote the act of
explo...
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Psalms 64
The Wicked and their End
_ 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1)_
2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7)
This Psalm stands in contrast with the preceding ones. The outward
circum...
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LXIV. PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES.
Psalms 64:6. The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil
deeds: they have hidden a well-devised plot, for the inner man is
incurab...
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INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'aval._ App-44....
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Prayer for preservation from malicious enemies, who are plotting
against the Psalmist with subtle treachery and resolute determination....
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They plan deeds of iniquity; We have perfected (say they) a consummate
plan;
And each man's innermost thought and heart is deep.
The form of the verb is anomalous, and it is uncertain whether it is...
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THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES, &C.— _They disguise their iniquities,
and hide them with deep dissimulation: the inside and heart of every
one of them is deep._ See Mudge and Schultens....
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PSALMS 64
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Prayer against the Evil Tongues of Conspirators, who are Destroyed
by Their Own Weapon.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 64:1-4 a, Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies, whose...
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_THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES; THEY ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT SEARCH: BOTH
THE INWARD THOUGHT OF EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THE HEART, IS DEEP._
-When all the plot is ripe, then ensues sudden destruction of th...
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This is a Ps. on a familiar theme. The Psalmist's life is in danger.
He describes the injurious words and malicious plans of his enemies,
and foretells how their overthrow will be a warning to all who...
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THEY ACCOMPLISH, etc.] better, 'we have perfected, say they, a careful
device.'...
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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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THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES — _i.e., they plan wicked schemes._
THEY ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT SEARCH. — See margin, which indicates the
difficulty in this clause. The versions and some MSS. also suggest...
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_[Psalms 64:7]_ יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ ־עֹולֹ֗ת
תַּ֭מְנוּ חֵ֣פֶשׂ מְחֻפָּ֑שׂ
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Psalms 64:1
FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive
features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of their
words to arrows and swords, their concealed snares,...
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DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL FOES
Psalms 64:1
Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two
stanzas.
PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION, PSALMS 64:1
Insult, sarcasm, and slander still fall...
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This is the cry of distress, and yet not of despair. The singer is
beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with malicious and
persistent determination. In great detail he describes their m...
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They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both
the inward [thought] of every one (g) [of them], and the heart, [is]
deep.
(g) There is no way so secret and subtle to do hurt, whi...
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_Justice. Because there thou wilt fulfil thy promises, and requirest
the greatest composure and attention, Ephesians ii. 12, 22. (Berthier)
--- Nothing defiled can enter into heaven, Apocalypse xxi.
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Here are marked the deep-laid schemes of the wicked. And when we read
the history of Christ's trial, and mockings, and scourgings, the
preludes to his death; who but must see the great and sacred Obje...
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Psalms 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy
and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this
judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of...
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THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES,.... The Targum adds,
"to destroy the just.''
Either occasions against them, by charging them with sin and hiring
false witnesses against them, as did the enemies both of...
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_They encourage themselves_ Hebrew, יחזקו, _jechazeku, they
strengthen_, or _fortify themselves_, by firm resolutions, by assured
confidence of success, by uniting their counsels and forces together,...
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They search out iniquities, inventing, planning, evil acts; THEY
ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT SEARCH, completing the plan which they have
conceived. BOTH THE INWARD THOUGHT OF EVERYONE OF THEM AND THE HEART...
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INVOCATION OF GOD AGAINST THE DECEIT OF MEN.
To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the
periods of his life when he was annoyed above the ordinary by the
trickery of men who prof...
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THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES, THEY ACCOMPLISH:
Or, we are consumed by that which they have thoroughly searched
A DILIGENT SEARCH:
_ Heb._ a search, searched...
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1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from
disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great
things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they
cann...
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THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES; they study diligently and constantly to
find out either matter, which they may lay to my charge, or new ways
and means of doing me mischief. THEY ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT SEAR...
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Psalms 64:6 devise H2664 (H8799) iniquities H5766 perfected H8552
(H8804) shrewd H2664 (H8794) scheme H2665 inward...
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THE PSALMISTS DESCRIPTION OF THE WHISPERERS (64-5-6).
Here we have a description of ‘things done by them in secret'
(Ephesians 5:12). They carefully prepare an evil scheme, seeking to
ensure that it i...
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CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from the malicious designs of
enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God will turn the tables on the adversaries of His people
and defeat them at their ow...
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REFLECTIONS. This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations
of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel
against him, and he cried and prayed, on the contrary, that God w...
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_Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the
enemy._
MAN’S ENMITY TOWARDS MAN
We see this enmity here in three aspects.
I. Piously dreaded. David prays against it. He pray...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:1. This individual lament shares with
Psalms 63:1 a confidence in God’s victory over those who bring
troubles on the righteous. The psalm h
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to
Psalms 57. “_A Psalm of David_,” The structure and character of
the psalm confirm the title as to its Davidic authorship....
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EXPOSITION
AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten
insurrection (Psalms 64:2), the psalmist first complains to God, and
entreats his aid (Psalms 64:1); after which he boldly deno...
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Psa 64:1-10, another psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from the fear of
the enemy (Psalms 64:1).
You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold...
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1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 25:10; D
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Iniquities — They study diligently, to find new ways of doing
mischief. Deep — Cunning, both to contrive and conceal, and to
execute their plots....