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PSALM CXX
_The psalmist, in great distress, calls on the Lord for_
_deliverance from calumny and defamation_, 1, 2;
_shows the punishment that awaits his persecutor_, 3, 4;
_deplores the necessity...
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IN MY DISTRESS - In my suffering, as arising from slander, Psalms
120:2. There are few forms of suffering more keen than those caused by
slander:
“Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXX. PRAYER AGAINST CALUMNIATORS. Here begin the Psalms of Ascents,
_i.e._ Pss. intended to be sung by the pilgrims at the three great
feasts on their way up to Jerusalem, which stood on a height. Psa...
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_David prayeth against Doeg, and reproveth his tongue. He complaineth
of his necessary conversation with the wicked._
A Song of Degrees.
_Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth. A song of
degrees_]...
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PSALMS 120
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Peace _versus_ War.
ANALYSIS
(See Inserted Headlines.)
(Lm.) Song of the Steps.
(A GRATEFUL KING'S MEMORIAL.)
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Unto Jehovah in the distress that befell me
I calle...
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In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Psalms
120:1.-The first of the fifteen "Songs of degrees."
The Septuagint, not probably, translate, 'Songs of the steps' [toon
anabathmoon] - n...
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120:1 degrees. (d-4) Perhaps in the sense of 'going up.' see Psalms
122:4 ; 1 Kings 12:27 . Others take it morally....
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A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by
an exile under foreign oppression....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We will go up to Jerusalem" (Luke 18:31
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שִׁ֗יר הַֽ מַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות אֶל ־יְ֭הוָה
בַּ †...
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Psalms 120:1
THE collection of pilgrim songs is appropriately introduced by one
expressive of the unrest arising from compulsory association with
uncongenial and hostile neighbours. The psalmist lamen...
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WHERE TO FIND HELP
Psalms 120:1; Psalms 121:1
This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested
that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of
the country to...
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The next fifteen psalms appear to have formed a book of themselves
bearing the title, "The Songs of Ascents." That collection is
incorporated by the editor at this point not without purpose.
The title...
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"A Song of (a) degrees." In my (b) distress I cried unto the LORD, and
he heard me.
(a) That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing.
(b) Even though the children of God should rejoice when...
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Canticle. David wrote this during his flight from Absalom; (Grotius)
and de Muis judges from the martial air, that it was composed in the
midst of danger. It relates to the captives, (Origen; Calmet)...
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CONTENTS
Here are the breathings of a devout soul under distress; and the soul
finding confidence at the mercy-seat, reproves some ungodly person
that assaulted him.
A Song of degrees.
Psalms 120:1...
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_A CASE OF DISTRESS_
‘My distress.’
Psalms 120:1
The first of the Songs of Ascents, sung by the devout Hebrews, as they
gathered from the farthest parts of the land to the great annual
feasts. Ah, y...
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1._I cried to Jehovah in my distress. _The name of the author of the
Psalm is not expressed, but the style of it throughout presents David
to our view. Although, therefore, I cannot positively affirm,...
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We now come, Psalms 120-134, to the songs of degrees, which depict, I
doubt not, the outward circumstances of the same period, when Israel
is in the land, but the power of Gog not yet destroyed. The f...
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IN MY DISTRESS I CRIED UNTO THE LORD,.... Being at a distance from his
own country, or, however, from the house of God; persecuted by men,
under the lash of their tongues; reproached, abused, and beli...
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Psalms 120:1 «A Song of degrees. » In my distress I cried unto the
LORD, and he heard me.
_A Song of degrees_] A most excellent song, Tremellius rendereth it;
and so indeed this and the fourteen foll...
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PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM SLANDER AND DECEIT.
A song of degrees, literally, "of ascents," the first of fifteen
psalms designated by that name, the reference being either to the fact
that these hymns...
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In my distress, when he was in tribulation at some former time, I
CRIED UNTO THE LORD, turning to Him alone for deliverance, AND HE
HEARD ME, graciously affording help, for it pleases Him to have His...
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1-4 The psalmist was brought into great distress by a deceitful
tongue. May every good man be delivered from lying lips. They forged
false charges against him. In this distress, he sought God by ferv...
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PSALM 120 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed, either,
1. By David in the time of his persecution by Saul, when he was
exposed both to the swords and to the calumnies of his enemies;...
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Psalms 120:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 distress H6869 cried H7121
(H8804) LORD H3068 heard H6030 (H8799)...
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A SONG OF DEGREES
Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up
to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms
112:2)....
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Psalms 120:1. _In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me._
Slander occasions distress of the most grievous kind. Those who have
felt the edge of a cruel tongue know assuredly that it is s...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from the mischief designed by false
and malicious tongues.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: It is often the lot of the innocent that there are those
who carry...
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This and the fourteen psalms which follow, are entitled, “Songs of
Mahaloth, or degrees.” Kimchi, and some of the rabbins say, they
were so called because they were sung on the steps of the second
tem...
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_In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me._
THE SONGS OF DEGREES
How came this and fourteen following psalms to be put together, and to
receive their distinctive title? It has been sugge...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 120:1. Psalms 120:1 is the first of the
“Songs of Ascents” ...
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THE SONGS OF DEGREES
PSALMS 120-134
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The principal hypotheses on which to account for the “Songs of
Degrees,” “Songs of Ascents,” “Pilgrim Psalms,” and to each
of which great na...
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EXPOSITION
THE_ _SONGS_ _OF_ _ASCENTS_._
THE next fifteen psalms have a common heading, which is translated
"Songs of Degrees," "Songs of Ascents," or "Songs of Steps." They
constitute together "a Li...
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This time let's turn in our Bibles to Psalms 120:1-7 to begin our
Bible study this evening. Now you'll notice these psalms have a
heading. The psalm, "A song of degrees." The word literally is
ascents...
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Hebrews 5:7; Isaiah 37:14; Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 37:4; Isaiah 38:2;...