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Psalms 17:13-14

from the wicked, which is thy sword: from menwhich are thy hand This rendering, which is in part that of Jerome, is retained in R.V. marg. For the thought that God uses even the wicked as His instruments see Isaiah 10:5, where the Assyrian is called the rod of Jehovah's anger. But R.V. text is preferable: from the wicked by thy sword; from men, by thy hand. Cp. Psalms 7:12.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ARISE, O LORD - See the notes at Psalms 3:7. DISAPPOINT HIM - Margin, “prevent his face.” The marginal reading expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The word used in the original means “to anticipate, to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XVII. THE PRAYER OF A GODLY MAN FOR DELIVERANCE FROM HIS FOES. These foes are not foreign enemies but worldly Jews who persecute their pious and innocent neighbours. The cry for Divine help is made in...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DISAPPOINT. anticipate. MY SOUL. me myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. SWORD. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DELIVER MY SOUL FROM THE WICKED, WHICH IS THY SWORD— _Let thy sword deliver me from the wicked: thy hand, O Lord, from men:_ Psalms 17:14. _From those men who are of this world;_ &c. Houbigant....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 17 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE One who is Righteous Prays, in Great Trouble, for Divine Deliverance and Manifestation. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 17:1-2, The Prayer of Righteousness. Stanza II., vers,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ARISE, O LORD, DISAPPOINT HIM, CAST HIM DOWN: DELIVER MY SOUL FROM THE WICKED, WHICH IS THY SWORD:_ Arise, O Lord, disappoint him - literally, 'anticipate his presence,' for it threatens me with des...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    17:13 sword; (k-15) Or '[by] thy sword.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God (Psalms 17:1), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence (Psalms 17:3) and an account of the eager cruelty of his enemies ...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISAPPOINT] RV 'confront.' FROM THE WICKED, _which is,_ etc.] RV 'from the wicked by thy sword.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    קוּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה קַדְּמָ֣ה פָ֭נָיו הַכְרִיעֵ֑הוּ פַּלְּטָ֥ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Arise, O LORD, (k) disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword: (k) Stop his rage....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a beautiful verse, and the doctrine of it is as important as the verse is beautiful. Jesus eyes the hand of the Father in his afflictions. Satan will advance; the enemies of salvation will ari...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._Arise, O Jehovah. _The more furiously David was persecuted by his enemies, he beseeches God the more earnestly to afford him immediate aid; for he uses the word _face _to denote the swift impetuos...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The key to Psalms 16 was in the words, "In thee do I put my trust"; to Psalms 17, "Hear the right." In Psalms 16 we have seen the blessed path and working of that spirit of confidence. It is, though t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ARISE, O LORD,.... See Psalms 3:7; DISAPPOINT HIM, or "prevent his face" k; be beforehand with him, and so disappoint him, when he is about to seize his prey; who is comparable to the lion, or to the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

    _Arise, O Lord, disappoint him_ Hebrew, קדמה פניו, _kadmah panaiv, prevent his face;_ that is, Go forth against him, and meet and face him in battle, as enemies are wont to do. Or, prevent the executi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID CALLS UPON GOD FOR HELP...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Arise, O Lord, again David's ringing appeal, DISAPPOINT HIM, going forth to meet the adversary and to anticipate his wicked move, CAST HIM DOWN; DELIVER MY SOUL FROM THE WICKED, from all the unrighteo...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DISAPPOINT HIM: _ Heb._ prevent his face WHICH IS THY SWORD: Or, by thy sword...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DISAPPOINT HIM, Heb. _prevent his face_, i.e. go forth against him, and meet and face him in battle, as enemies use to do. Or, prevent the execution of his mischievous designs against me; stop him in...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 17:13 Arise H6965 (H8798) LORD H3068 Confront H6923 (H8761) him H6440 down H3766 (H8685) Deliver...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Arise, O YHWH. Confront him, make him bow down, Deliver my soul from the unrighteous by your sword, From men by your hand, O YHWH, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 17:13 I. If any are tempted to ask why the ungodly sometimes have such power and do so much evil, here is an answer. The ungodly in power is a sort of public hangman or executioner, who is app...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 17:1. _Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips._ Good men are often slandered and misunderstood; and, at such times, the first v...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David prays for relief from the pressure of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we are abused and misrepresented, we have a righteous God to go to whose judgment is according t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 17:1. This is an individual lament, dealing especially with cases in which a person considers himself unjustly accused of wrong (compare Psalms 7:1

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm is termed "a prayer"—"a Prayer of David." It consists, no doubt, mainly of a series of petitions (Psalms 17:1, Psalms 17:2, Psalms 17:6,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The seventeenth psalm is another prayer of David. And it is, again, one of those prayers where David is sort of pleading his own cause, his own righteousness before the Lord. Hear the right, O LORD,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 4:28; Habakkuk 1:12; Isaiah 10:15; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 13:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sword — Thy instrument to execute vengeance upon thine enemies. Do not punish me with this rod: let me fall into thy hands, and not into the hands of men....

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