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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55 - Introduction

* Prayer to God to manifest his favour. (1-8) The great wickedness and treachery of his enemies. (9-15) He is sure that God would in due time appear for him. (16-23)

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See also Psalms 55 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm is entitled “A Psalm of David,” and there is every reason to believe that it is properly ascribed to him. It is addressed to “the chief Musician” - to be by him set to appropriate music, th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Despair, sorrow, indignation, faith, find expression by turns in this pathetic record of persecution embittered by the treachery of an intimate friend, which is a companion to Psalms 41, and should be...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    LV. This is one of the most passionate odes of the whole collection — bursts of fiery invective alternating with the most plaintive and melancholy reflections: it has supplied to Christianity and the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 55 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN ON NEGINOTH, MASCHIL [A PSALM] OF DAVID. The occasion of this psalm was either the persecution of Saul, or the conspiracy of Absalom. Some think it was...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ From the complaint which the psalmist makes in the middle of this Psalm, that his greatest confidant proved treacherous to him, it seems probable that it was composed when Abs...

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