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Verse Psalms 64:5. _THEY COMMUNE OF LAYING SNARES_] They lay snares to
_entrap_ those whom they cannot slay by _open_ attack or private
_ambush_....
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THEY ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES - literally, they strengthen themselves, or
make themselves strong. That is, they take counsel; they encourage
each other; they urge one another forward; they suggest to each...
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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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EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ 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 encourage_&c. Lit., _They make strong for themselves an evil
scheme_, sparing no pains to make their plot successful.
_they say_ Lit. _they have said_, i.e. to themselves; they have made
up the...
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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 ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES IN AN EVIL MATTER: THEY COMMUNE OF LAYING
SNARES PRIVILY; THEY SAY, WHO SHALL SEE THEM?_
They encourage themselves in an evil matter - literally, 'They confirm
for themselv...
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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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MATTER] RV 'purpose.' THEY SAY, WHO SHALL SEE THEM?] cp. Psalms 10:11....
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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 ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES. — Literally, _they strengthen for
themselves an evil thing_ (or “word,” margin, LXX., and Vulg.,)
which evidently means that they take their measures carefully, and are
prep...
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_[Psalms 64:6]_ יְחַזְּקוּ ־לָ֨מֹו ׀
דָּ֘בָ֤ר רָ֗ע יְֽ֭סַפְּרוּ...
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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 (f) encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of
laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
(f) The more the wicked set God's children in misery, the more bold
and impuden...
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_To thee, by predestination. --- House, adorned with exterior graces.
(St. Hilary) --- Happy the man, whom thou hast ordained, by faith and
good works, to eternal life! David speaks in the name of the...
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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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5_They assure themselves in an evil work. _He proceeds to complain of
the perverse determination with which they pursued their wickedness,
and of their combinations amongst themselves; remarking, at t...
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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 ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES [IN] AN EVIL MATTER,.... Or "strengthen him"
c; that is, Saul, by making use of arguments and reasonings to induce
him to go on in his wicked persecution of David; or they st...
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They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying
snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Ver. 5. _They encourage themselves in an evil matter_] Thus he riseth
in his compla...
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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 encourage themselves in an evil matter, using every means to
secure their wicked object; THEY COMMUNE OF LAYING SNARES PRIVILY,
carefully going over each part of their plans to make them successf...
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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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MATTER:
Or, speech
LAYING SNARES:
_ Heb._ to hide snares...
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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 ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES, Heb. _they strengthen or fortify
themselves_, by firm resolutions, by assured confidence of success, by
uniting their counsels and forces together, and by mutual
encourageme...
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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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_They say, Who shall see them?_
OMNISCIENCE IGNORED
I. It is a fact that this notion has great influence upon the conduct
of man. They like to cherish such notion, finding it convenient.
Because the...
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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 Samuel 23:19; Exodus 15:9; Ezekiel 8:12; Isaiah 41:6; Matthew 23:15