Psalms 55:1
Title. Maschil . Instruction. The eighth of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32:1, and App-65. The occasion of this Psalm is seen in 2 Samuel 15. Hence 934BC. GOD. Hebrew _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Title. Maschil . Instruction. The eighth of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32:1, and App-65. The occasion of this Psalm is seen in 2 Samuel 15. Hence 934BC. GOD. Hebrew _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. answer. make. noise. moan.... [ Continue Reading ]
OPPRESSION: or outcry. The Hebrew word _'akah_ occurs only here. INIQUITY. iniquitous words or devices. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SORE PAINED... UNTO DEATH. Compare the words ot the true David (John 13:21) in reference to the Antitype (Psalms 55:18; Matthew 26:38).... [ Continue Reading ]
REMAIN. lodge. The Septuagint renders it by _aulizomai,_ the word used in Matthew 21:17. Compare Luke 21:37. See also Jeremiah 9:2. WILDERNESS. Compare 2 Samuel 15:28; 2 Samuel 17:16. SELAH. Connecting his despondency with his escape from the cause of it. It was not merely comfort he desired, but... [ Continue Reading ]
HASTEN MY ESCAPE. Compare 2 Samuel 15:14. WINDY STORM. wind (Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.) of storm.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD *. One of the 134 alterations of Jehovah to Adonai by the _Sopherim._ App-32. DIVIDE THEIR TONGUES. cleave (as in Genesis 10:25; Genesis 11:1) their counsels; "tongues" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for counsels given by them. This prayer was literally answered (2... [ Continue Reading ]
MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKEDNESS. pravities (plural) Hebrew. _havah =_ cupidity. DECEIT. Oppression, or violence.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN. a mortal. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. MINE EQUAL. as mine equal: i.e. esteemed by David as such; refers to Ahithophel. MY GUIDE: or counselor. Compare 2 Samuel 16:23 and Acts 1:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN COMPANY. with the multitude. Hebrew. _regesh._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
QUICK. alive. Compare Numbers 16:30. HELL. Hebrew. _Sheol._ App-35. wickedness. Hebrew. _raa_ (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAY. meditate. CRY ALOUD. Hebrew. _hamah_. to make. noise. Onomatopoetic, like bees, or the cooing of. dove in Ezekiel 7:16. See note on sub-scription.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVERED. plucked (with power). Hebrew. _padah._ See notes on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13. MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. IN PEACE. Note Ellipsis: "[and set it] in peace". MANY WITH ME. many [in conflict] with me. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. The mighty Creator. because in conflict with His creatures. HEAR. hear me. AFFLICT THEM. answer them. EVEN, &C. Figure of speech _Parenthesis._ App-6. SELAH. Connecting the _true confidence_ of David with the _false confidence_ of the ungodly. David's true confidence was b... [ Continue Reading ]
HE: i.e. Ahithophel. BROKEN HIS COVENANT: by his disloyalty.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAR WAS IN HIS HEART. Compare 2 Samuel 14:33 with 2 Samuel 15:5; 2 Samuel 15:6. Referring to Psalms 55:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAST, &C.. Commit unto. Quoted in 1 Peter 5:7. BURDEN. gift, or lot. Here. those very words of Psalms 55:21. SUSTAIN THEE. hold thee up. THE RIGHTEOUS. the righteous one (singular)... [ Continue Reading ]
BLOODY AND DECEITFUL MEN. men of bloods and deceit. Genitive of Character. Hebrew bloods. great bloodshed. HALF THEIR DAYS. Referring to Absalom's untimely death. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. UPON. relating to. JONATH-ELEM-RECHOKIM. The dove of the... [ Continue Reading ]