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HEAR MY VOICE, O GOD, IN MY PRAYER - The use of the word voice here
would seem to imply that this was audible prayer, or that, though
alone, he gave utterance to his petitions aloud. We have this same...
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Psalms 64
The Wicked and their End
_ 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1)_
2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7)
This Psalm stands in contrast with the preceding ones. The outward
circum...
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LXIV. PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES.
Psalms 64:6. The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil
deeds: they have hidden a well-devised plot, for the inner man is
incurab...
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TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65.
OF DAVID. relating to David and the true David.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
PRAYER. musing....
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_in my prayer_ R.V., in my complaint. Cp. Psalms 55:2; Psalms 55:17; 1
Samuel 1:16.
_preserve_&c. From the enemy's terror the alarm which he excites thou
wilt guard my life ...
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Prayer for preservation from malicious enemies, who are plotting
against the Psalmist with subtle treachery and resolute determination....
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_David prayeth for deliverance, complaining of his enemies: he
promiseth himself to see such an evident destruction of them, that the
righteous shall rejoice at it._
To the chief musician, A Psalm of...
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PSALMS 64
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Prayer against the Evil Tongues of Conspirators, who are Destroyed
by Their Own Weapon.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 64:1-4 a, Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies, whose...
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_HEAR MY VOICE, O GOD, IN MY PRAYER: PRESERVE MY LIFE FROM FEAR OF THE
ENEMY._
Psalms 64:1.-Two strophes. He prays for preservation from the secret
counsels of the wicked (Psalms 64:1); the completion...
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This is a Ps. on a familiar theme. The Psalmist's life is in danger.
He describes the injurious words and malicious plans of his enemies,
and foretells how their overthrow will be a warning to all who...
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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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MY PRAYER. — Rather, _my cry, complaint,_ as in Psalms 55:2....
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְ דָוִֽד׃ ...
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Psalms 64:1
FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive
features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of their
words to arrows and swords, their concealed snares,...
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DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL FOES
Psalms 64:1
Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two
stanzas.
PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION, PSALMS 64:1
Insult, sarcasm, and slander still fall...
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This is the cry of distress, and yet not of despair. The singer is
beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with malicious and
persistent determination. In great detail he describes their m...
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"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." Hear my (a) voice, O God,
in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
(a) In that he calls to God with his voice, it is a sign that his
prayer wa...
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Of the captivity. That is, the people of the captivity of Babylon.
This is not in the Hebrew, but is found in the ancient translation of
the Septuagint. (Challoner) --- From the word canticle. (Haydoc...
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CONTENTS
This Psalm is very similar to many that we meet with. It contains the
cry of an awakened soul against the enemies of his salvation, in which
is contained an assurance of deliverance, from th...
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The Reader will hardly need the aid of a commentator to direct his
mind principally to the person of Christ, as being the persecuted soul
here complaining. The enemy here spoken of is one special char...
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_GOD THE DEFENCE OF THE PERSECUTED_
‘Preserve my life.’
Psalms 64:1
I. THIS IS THE CRY OF DISTRESS, AND YET NOT OF DESPAIR.—The
Psalmist is beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with...
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1._Hear my voice, O God! _He begins by saying that he prayed
earnestly, and with vehemence, stating, at the same time, what
rendered this necessary. The voice is heard in prayer, proportionally
to the...
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Psalms 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy
and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this
judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of...
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HEAR MY VOICE, O GOD, IN MY PRAYER,.... The prayer of the psalmist was
vocal and expressed in a mournful manner, with groans and cries, as
the word z used signifies, and with great ardour and fervency...
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Psalms 64:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » Hear my
voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
_A Psalm of David_] Of like argument with the former. The Arabic
p...
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_Preserve my life from fear_ That is, from danger: the act or passion
of fear being often put for its object, danger, as Psalms 14:5; 1
Peter 3:14, and frequently elsewhere. _Hide me from the secret
c...
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INVOCATION OF GOD AGAINST THE DECEIT OF MEN.
To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the
periods of his life when he was annoyed above the ordinary by the
trickery of men who prof...
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Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer, in his lamentation, in words of
pain; PRESERVE MY LIFE FROM FEAR OF THE ENEMY, from the danger
producing this terror and from its evil effects upon his body and
lif...
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1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from
disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great
things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they
cann...
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PSALM 64 THE ARGUMENT The matter of this Psalm plainly declares that
it was made in a time when David was greatly distressed and
reproached; which he was both under Saul, and in the time of Absalom's...
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Psalms 64:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 David H1732 Hear H8085
(H8798) voice H6963 God H430 meditation...
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HEADING.
‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.'
Once again the Psalm is dedicated to the Chief Musician, but we are
told nothing about it except that it is a Psalm of David.
The Psalm can be d...
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CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from the malicious designs of
enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God will turn the tables on the adversaries of His people
and defeat them at their ow...
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REFLECTIONS. This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations
of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel
against him, and he cried and prayed, on the contrary, that God w...
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_Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the
enemy._
MAN’S ENMITY TOWARDS MAN
We see this enmity here in three aspects.
I. Piously dreaded. David prays against it. He pray...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:1. This individual lament shares with
Psalms 63:1 a confidence in God’s victory over those who bring
troubles on the righteous. The psalm h
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to
Psalms 57. “_A Psalm of David_,” The structure and character of
the psalm confirm the title as to its Davidic authorship....
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EXPOSITION
AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten
insurrection (Psalms 64:2), the psalmist first complains to God, and
entreats his aid (Psalms 64:1); after which he boldly deno...
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Psa 64:1-10, another psalm of David.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from the fear of
the enemy (Psalms 64:1).
You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold...
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Acts 18:10; Acts 18:9; Acts 27:24; Lamentations 3:55; Lamentations 3