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Verse Psalms 17:14. _FROM MEN OF THE WORLD_, WHICH HAVE] ממתים
מחלד _mimethim_ _mecheled, from mortal men of time_; temporizers;
men who shift with the times, who have no fixed principle but one,
tha...
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FROM MEN WHICH ARE THY HAND - Margin, “From men by thy hand.” Here
the rendering in the common version would be still more harsh than in
the previous verse, since it is at least unusual to call men “t...
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Psalms 17
The Prayer of Christ Against the Enemy
_ 1. The Righteous Intercessor (Psalms 17:1)_
2. Prayer for deliverance (Psalms 17:6)
3. The deliverance ...
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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...
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_from the wicked_, which is _thy sword: from men_which 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 in...
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_from men of the world_ Men whose aims and pleasures belong to the
-world that passeth away": those who in N.T. language are -of the
world" (John 15:19), -sons of this age" (Luke 16:8; Luke 20:34-35),...
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FROM MEN OF THE WORLD, WHICH HAVE THEIR PORTION IN THIS LIFE— If we
did enough remember, what it concerns wicked men to forget, _That they
have their portion in this life,_ and are therefore _filled w...
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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,...
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_FROM MEN WHICH ARE THY HAND, O LORD, FROM MEN OF THE WORLD, WHICH
HAVE THEIR PORTION IN THIS LIFE, AND WHOSE BELLY THOU FILLEST WITH THY
HID TREASURE: THEY ARE FULL OF CHILDREN, AND LEAVE THE REST OF...
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17:14 are] (l-4) Or '[by].' age. (m-13) _ Cheled_ or 'world.' so
Psalms 49:1 ; 'life,' Psalms 89:47 and Job 11:17 ; also 'lifetime,' Ps...
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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 ...
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FROM MEN _which are,_ etc.] RV 'from men by thy hand.' FROM MEN OF THE
WORLD, etc.] RM 'from men whose portion in life is of the world,'
whose ideal is animal gratification, a numerous offspring, and...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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OF THE WORLD. — Literally, _of time._ Heb., _cheled,_ “that which
creeps on,” an expression anticipating the New Testament use of
_world._ (Comp. Job 21:7.)
THEIR PORTION IN THIS LIFE — contrasts wit...
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מִֽ מְתִ֥ים יָדְךָ֨ ׀ יְהוָ֡ה מִֽ
מְתִ֬ים מֵ
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Psalms 17:1
THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual
conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic,
say another, without venturing on closer definition; lat...
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GOD'S TRUE SERVANTS SAFELY KEPT
Psalms 17:1
This also dates from the Sauline persecutions. In the earlier verses
David protests his innocence, pleads for deliverance from his foes,
and ends with glad...
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This psalm is generally conceded to be closely linked with the
preceding one. There is an evident similarity of outlook. In each case
the singer declares his abstention from complicity with ungodly me...
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From men [which are] thy (l) hand, O LORD, from men of the world,
[which have] their (m) portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou
fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and le...
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What a beautiful contrast is drawn here between men of the world and
the followers of the Lord! The former have their portion in this life.
It is all they wish; all they covet; all they can enjoy. Fro...
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14._From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, from men who are from an age. _I
connect these words thus: O Lord, deliver me by thy hand, or by thy
heavenly aid, from men; I say from men whose tyranny has preva...
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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...
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FROM MEN [WHICH ARE] THY HAND, O LORD,.... Some understand these
words, with what follows, as independent of the former, and of another
set of men, even of good men; so the Targum,
"and the righteous...
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From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which
have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with
thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the...
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_From men which are thy hand_ Wherewith thou dost correct me. _From
men of the world_ Who prosper in, and set their hearts upon, this vain
and transitory world, and neither have, nor choose, nor desir...
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DAVID CALLS UPON GOD FOR HELP...
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from men which are Thy hand, rather, delivering from the wicked
projects of these people with His hand, O LORD, FROM MEN OF THE WORLD,
whose entire interest is in this life, WHICH HAVE THEIR PORTION,...
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FROM MEN WHICH ARE THY HAND:
Or, from men by thine hand
THEY ARE FULL OF CHILDREN:
Or, their children are full...
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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,...
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WHICH ARE THY HAND, wherewith thou dost correct me. MEN OF THE WORLD,
i. e. who prosper in and set their hearts upon this vain and
transitory world, and neither have, nor choose, or desire any other
p...
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Psalms 17:14 hand H3027 men H4962 LORD H3068 men H4962 world H2465
portion H2506 life H2416 belly H990 fill...
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‘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...
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Psalms 17:14
The general purport of the expression "a man of the world" will be
allowed to be that which is evidently David's meaning in the text: a
man who has no spiritual yearnings, no holy aspira...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 17:3. _Thou hast tried me._ Vulgate, _Igne me examinâsti,_
Thou hast proved or tested me with fire, referring to the test of
metals.
Psalms 17:14. _Men which have their portion in this life,_ a...
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_Which have their portion in this life._
THE UNCERTAINTY OF WORLDLY PROSPERITY
Like many other passages (such as Job 21:7; Psalms 73:12), these
verses clearly show how little “the old Fathers looked,...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 17:13 Amid such threats, when it seems unlikely
that the attacker will repent (v. Psalms 17:10), the proper response
is prayer for the enemy’s defeat....
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 17:14 The text describes these attackers as
people whose only reward is in this life (their TREASURE and their
CHILDREN). They leave all their wealth behind when they die. This
co...
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INTRODUCTION
“David pours forth to God in this psalm an earnest prayer for
deliverance from his inveterate enemies, who were bent on taking away
his life. We find in it his opinion of the character of...
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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,...
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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,...
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1 John 4:4; 1 John 4:5; James 5:5; Job 12:6; Job 12:9;...
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Thy hand — Wherewith thou dost correct me. World — Who set their
hearts upon this world, and neither have, nor desire any other
portion. Belly — Mind or appetite, as that word is used, Job 20:20.
Prov...