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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 54:4

The Lord is with them that uphold my soul— These words are capable of a double sense, each applicable to the context. Either "God is with them who uphold me, as their friend and helper, to assist and prosper them;" or, "God is amongst them; he is one of the number of those who support me, and will preserve me in safety."

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See also Psalms 54:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 54:4. _BEHOLD, GOD_ IS _MINE HELPER_] This would naturally occur to him when he saw that Saul was obliged to leave the pursuit, and go to defend his territories, when he was on the very...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, GOD IS MINE HELPER - That is, God alone can aid me in these circumstances, and to him I confidently look. THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT UPHOLD MY SOUL - My friends; those who have rallied around...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 54 The Prayer of the Godly _ 1. The prayer for salvation (Psalms 54:1)_ 2. The assurance of faith (Psalms 54:4) During that final apostasy when the man of sin is revealed, the saints among...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LIV. THE PSALMIST PRAYS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL AND BITTER FOES. He trusts in God who will destroy his enemies. When that is done, he will offer sacrifice in thanksgiving. His enemies are Jews f...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD *. One of the 134 alterations of Jehovah to Adonai by the _Sopherim._ App-32....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _God_is _mine helper_ Taught by his past experience he can say not merely that God _will_help him, but that God _is_on his side, so that the issue cannot be doubtful. _the Lord_is _with them that upho...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A confident expectation of deliverance and vow of thanksgiving....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 54 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer Prompted by the Hostile Action of the Zephites. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 54:1-2, Prayer for Salvation and Vindication; supported by a _Refrain, vet._ 3, descr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BEHOLD, GOD IS MINE HELPER: THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT UPHOLD MY SOUL._ Behold. He already, with the eye of faith, sees God advancing as his "helper," though to the eye of sense nothing presented it...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?' Whatever be the value of the title there...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LORD] here 'Adonai,' not 'Jehovah.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WITH THEM... — Better, _is a supporter of my life._ So LXX. and Vulgate....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 54:6]_ הִנֵּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים עֹזֵ֣ר לִ֑י אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 54:1 THE tone and language of this psalm have nothing special. The situation of the psalmist is the familiar one of being encompassed by enemies. His mood is the familiar one of discouragement...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SINNERS ALL-GOD ALONE CAN HELP Psalms 53:1; Psalms 54:1 That Psalms 53:1 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1, with very few variations,

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The burden of the psalm is expressed in the first two verses. Its reason is described in verse Psalms 54:3, while assurance is the song of what remains. Taking the second and third sections first, the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with (d) them that uphold my soul. (d) No matter how few, as he was with Jonathan....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Upon me. When a person has fallen into distress, the world is ever ready to attribute it it some fault. Absalom accused his father of neglecting to judge, &c., 2 Kings xv. 2. The Jews calumniated and...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader, do observe how Christ, in the days of his flesh, found support and confidence in resting himself wholly upon his Father; so have the faithful done, so must the faithful do, in all ages. The cl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._Behold! God is my helper _Such language as this may show us that David did not direct his prayers at random into the air, but offered them in the exercise of a lively faith. There is much force in...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 54 is the cry to God to deliver according to the value of His name, the subject of trust. The double character of the enemies is spoken ofstrangers, enemies from without; and oppressors, the pr...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, GOD [IS] MINE HELPER,.... This being a matter of wonder to be helped in so extraordinary a manner, and a sure and certain case, and what was deserving the attention of others; for the encourag...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul. Ver. 4. _Behold, God is mine helper_] And that mine enemies might have seen, had they set God before them. The Dutch have a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, God is my helper_ Consider it, and see the vanity of all your wicked practices against me. _The Lord is with them that uphold my soul_ He fights for them, and on my behalf, and therefore agai...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, God is mine Helper, taking his part against the enemies; THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT UPHOLD MY SOUL, not merely one among many who support his soul in this extremity, but their only representat...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRAYER AND CONSOLATION AT THE TIME OF PERSECUTION. To the chief musician on Neginoth, the music to be played on stringed instruments as the psalm was rendered in the liturgical service, Maschil, a did...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-7 Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BEHOLD; consider it, and see the vanity of all your wicked practices against me. THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT UPHOLD MY SOUL; he fights for them, and on my behalf, and therefore against all mine enemies...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 54:4 God H430 helper H5826 (H8802) Lord H136 uphold H5564 (H8802) life H5315...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE AND ASSURES HIM THAT HE WILL NOT BE SHORT ON GRATITUDE (PSALMS 54:4). Psalms 54:4 ‘Behold, God is my helper, The Sovereign Lord is...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prayer for rescue from oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we are for God, we may be assured God will be for us and that we will have such care from Him that we need never s...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 54:1. _By thy name._ See note on Proverbs 18:10. Psalms 54:7. _Mine eye hath seen_ his desire upon _mine enemies._ The words, _his desire,_ are not in the Hebrew. David says merely that his ene...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul _ GOD OUR HELPER I. When God is the helper of His people. 1. In the great crisis of their conversion. He raiseth from the pit,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength._ PHASES OF PIETY I. Piety praying. The prayer has respect to-- 1. The character of God (Psalms 54:1). 2. The entreatability of God (Psal...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 54:1. This is an individual lament, asking for God’s help against those who threaten the lives of the faithful. The title connects the song to the events of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician on Neginoth.” There is very little doubt that “_Neginoth_” is “the general term denoting all stringed instruments whatsoever, whether played with...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS is a short psalm, written in a time of great trouble, and containing, first, an earnest prayer for deliverance (Psalms 54:1); and then an expression of confidence in God's aid, and of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 54:1-7 is to the chief musician on a stringed instrument. A prayer of David. When the Ziphims came and said to Saul, "David is hiding down in the wilderness of Ziph." And so, even as he didn't car...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 12:18; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 42:1; Isa

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