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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LORD *. One of the 134 alterations of Jehovah to Adonai by the
_Sopherim._ App-32....
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_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...
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A confident expectation of deliverance and vow of thanksgiving....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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WITH THEM... — Better, _is a supporter of my life._ So LXX. and
Vulgate....
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_[Psalms 54:6]_ הִנֵּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים עֹזֵ֣ר
לִ֑י אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י...
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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...
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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,
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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...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 54:4 God H430 helper H5826 (H8802) Lord H136 uphold H5564
(H8802) life H5315...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul
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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,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 12:18; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 42:1; Isa