Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 17:11
Us] The Psalmist mentions his companions along with himself.
Bowing down] RV 'to cast us down.'
Us] The Psalmist mentions his companions along with himself.
Bowing down] RV 'to cast us down.'
Verse Psalms 17:11. _THEY HAVE NOW COMPASSED US IN OUR STEPS_] Instead of אשרנו _ashshurenu_, "our steps," Dr. _Kennicott_ and others recommend אשרינו _ashreynu_, "O lucky we, at last we have compasse...
THEY HAVE NOW COMPASSED US - Myself, and those who are associated with me. It would seem from this that the psalmist was not alone. It is to be observed, however, that there is a difference of reading...
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 ...
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...
STEPS. ways, or goings, as in Psalms 17:5....
The character of his enemies....
It has come to this that they beset the Psalmist and his adherents at every step. See 1 Samuel 23:26. _They have set_&c. R.V., They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. They watch intently for...
THEY HAVE NOW COMPASSED US IN OUR STEPS— Mudge renders this and the preceding verse differently: Psalms 17:10. _They draw close their cords; with their mouth they speak exultingly: "We have succeeded...
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,...
_THEY HAVE NOW COMPASSED US IN OUR STEPS: THEY HAVE SET THEIR EYES BOWING DOWN TO THE EARTH;_ They have now compassed us in our steps. So the Qeri' reads х_ CªBAABUWNUW_ (H5437)]. But the harder read...
17:11 us (h-5) Or 'me.' earth. (i-18) Or 'they set their eyes to cast [us] down to the earth.'...
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...
THEY HAVE NOW... — Evidently the meaning is, _Wherever we go they surround us like curs, i.e.,_ they dog our footsteps. But the text is confused. THEY HAVE SET. — Literally, _they fix their eyes to ca...
אַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּ עַתָּ֣ה _סְבָב֑וּנוּ_† עֵינֵיהֶ֥ם יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּ לִ...
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...
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...
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...
Winds. God mounts his chariot, as it were, (Ezechiel i. 4., &c.) to come speedily to David's assistance. \'c6scylus, and other pagan authors, seem to have imitated his description. (Eusebius, præp. ev...
It is impossible to read these verses but with an eye to Christ. For though his people, as his people, do partake in the afflictions which the enemies of their salvation excite, yet eminently so in th...
11._They have now compassed me round about in our steps. _The Psalmist confirms what he has said before concerning the furious passion for doing mischief with which his enemies were inflamed. He says...
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...
THEY HAVE NOW COMPASSED US IN OUR STEPS,.... The sense is, they could not stir a step but they were at their heels, surrounding them on every side. This was true of David, when he was pursued by Saul,...
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; Ver. 11. _They have now compassed us in our steps_] i.e. Me and my company; so that we cannot stir any whit...
_They have compassed us in our steps_ In all our ways. We go from place to place: we flee for safety to rocks, caves, and woods; but whithersoever we go they are at hand, and ready to surround us. See...
They have now compassed us in our steps, so that the believers cannot make a move without their knowledge; THEY HAVE SET THEIR EYES BOWING DOWN TO THE EARTH, they were eagerly watching in order to tak...
DAVID CALLS UPON GOD FOR HELP...
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,...
IN OUR STEPS, i. e. in all our ways. We go from place to place, to rocks, and caves, and woods; but wheresoever we go they are at hand, and ready to surround us; of which see an example, 1 SAMUEL 23:2...
Psalms 17:11 surrounded H5437 (H8804) steps H838 set H7896 (H8799) eyes H5869 down H5186 (H8800) earth...
‘They are enclosed in their own fat (midriff?), With their mouth they speak proudly. They have now encompassed us in our steps, They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.' It may be that he...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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,...
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,...
1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Samuel 24:2; 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 26:2; 1 Samue
Steps — In all our ways. We go from place to place, to rocks, and caves, and woods; but wheresoever we go they are at hand, and ready to surround us. Eyes — They keep their eyes fixed upon us. Bowing...