Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
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.
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.
PSALM LV _David, in great danger and distress from the implacable malice_ _of his enemies, calls on God for mercy_, 1-5; _wishes he had the wings of a dove, that he might flee away,_ _and be at re...
GIVE EAR TO MY PRAYER - See the notes at Psalms 5:1; Psalms 17:6. This is the language of earnestness. The psalmist was in deep affliction, and he pleaded, therefore, that God would not turn away from...
Psalms 55 In the Throes of the Great Tribulation _ 1. Prayer for help (Psalms 55:1)_ 2. Longings to escape (Psalms 55:4) 3. The great tribulation ...
LV. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 55:1. The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness. Psalms 55:12. A description of...
1 3 _A_. The Psalmist's passionate appeal to God for a hearing in his distress. 1. _Give ear_&c. Cp. Psalms 54:2. _hide not thyself_ As the unmerciful man turns away from misfortune and suffering whi...
_David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case: he prayeth against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complaineth: he comforteth himself in God's preservation of him, and confusio...
PSALMS 55 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Bitter Complaint of the Treachery of an Intimate Friend. ANALYSIS (Of the Psalm as Reconstructed.) Stanza I., Psalms 55:1-7, Invocation of God under great Nervous Exc...
_GIVE EAR TO MY PRAYER, O GOD; AND HIDE NOT THYSELF FROM MY SUPPLICATION._ Psalms 55:1.-Introduction (Psalms 55:1); prayer grounded on his deaperate condition (Psalms 55:2); such is the wickedness in...
The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is real...
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...
לַ † מְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּ נְגִינֹ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ...
Psalms 55:1 THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel is natur...
FLEEING THE CITY'S ILLS Psalms 55:1 This psalm was suggested by Absalom's rebellion and Ahithophel's treachery. But it contains references which, in their full extent, are chiefly applicable to Judas...
This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fri...
"To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David." Give ear to (a) my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. (a) The earnestness of his prayer declares the vehemency...
Geth. Before (Berthier) or after his escape to the cave of Odollam, (Calmet) he composed this psalm, to comfort his followers with the consideration of God's protection. (Haydock) --- See 1 Kings xxii...
This beautiful Psalm will be rendered exceedingly profitable to our souls in the reading, if the Holy Ghost, who hath given it by inspiration for the church's profit, shall, by his divine teaching, gi...
CONTENTS The Psalmist is still at the mercy-seat, praying for strength against his enemies; and for strength and grace in his own soul. Here are some sweet things in this Psalm, typically considered,...
1._Give ear to my prayer, O God! _From the language with which the psalm opens, we may conclude that David at this time was laboring under heavy distress. It could be no ordinary amount of it which pr...
Psalms 55 is a distressing picture of wickedness in Jerusalem. The speaker is outside, but has experienced this wickedness in the treachery of his dearest friends. His resource is in God: Jehovah will...
GIVE EAR TO MY PRAYER, O GOD,.... Which was for that which is just and right, and equitable to be given, as the word n used signifies; being promised in the covenant of grace, ratified and confirmed b...
Psalms 55:1 «To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. » Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. _A Psalm of David_] Whether made upon occasion...
_Hide not thyself from my supplication_ Either as one unconcerned and not regarding it, or as one displeased, and resolved not to hear nor help. _I mourn and make a noise_ I cannot forbear such sighs...
Give ear to my prayer, O God, as usual, a strong expression for listening attentively; AND HIDE NOT THYSELF FROM MY SUPPLICATION, pretending to withhold His answer to David's earnest and importunate p...
A COMPLAINT OF FALSE FRIENDS. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a psalm of David....
1-8 In these verses we have, 1. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden. 2. David weeping. Griefs are thus, in some measure, lessened, while tho...
PSALM 55 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was certainly composed by David, when he was greatly distressed and persecuted, either by Saul, or rather by Absalom, and betrayed by some pretended or former friend....
Psalms 55:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) instruments H5058 Contemplation H4905 (H8688) David H1732 ear H238 (H8685) prayer...
A DESPERATE PLEA FOR GOD TO HEAR HIM IN THE LIGHT OF THE TERRIBLE OPPRESSION AND PERSECUTION THAT HE IS FACING (PSALMS 55:1). David calls on God to hear his cries for help as he faces the threatening...
HEADING (PSALMS 55:1 A). ‘For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David.' As with Psalms 54 we have a Psalm dedicated to the Choirmaster, or chief musician, which was to be played...
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm up...
CONTENTS: Complaint concerning false friends. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The best salve for every sore is prayer. One of the greatest griefs is to find ourselves deceived in some who have m...
Psalms 55:6. _Oh that I had wings like a dove,_ to outfly the hawks which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart before...
_Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication._ THE COMPASSIONABLE, THE COMMENDABLE, AND THE CENSURABLE IN LIFE I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for pit...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:1. Like many other individual laments, this psalm prays for God’s help against dangerous enemies. There is a unique twist here. The danger comes from betrayal by a close...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician on Neginoth_.” See introduction to Psalms 54 “_Maschil_,” an instruction. Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation of...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to an unknown writer of the seventh century B.C. But no solid grounds have been shown for setting aside the traditionary ev...
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppre...
1 Peter 3:12; Lamentations 3:8; Psalms 143:7; Psalms 17:1; Psalms 28:1