Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 140:9
[As for] (g) the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
(g) It seems that he alludes to Saul.
[As for] (g) the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
(g) It seems that he alludes to Saul.
AS FOR THE HEAD OF THOSE THAT COMPASS ME ABOUT - Luther renders this, “The calamity which my enemies design against me must fall upon their own heads.” The passage stands in contrast with Psalms 140:7...
PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war...
THOSE THAT COMPASS ME ABOUT. one word in Hebrew. MISCHIEF. labour, toil Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44. COVER. overwhelm. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:7....
A word seems to be wanting at the beginning of the verse, and if the last word of Psalms 140:8, with the change of a single letter (ירימו for ירומו), is prefixed to this verse, it reads, _When those t...
May retribution overtake my enemies!...
PSALMS 140 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought. Stanza II., Psalms 1...
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. AS FOR THE HEAD OF THOSE THAT COMPASS ME ABOUT (NAMELY, TO DESTROY ME), LET THE MISCHIEF OF THEIR OWN...
A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ POISON! PSALMS 140 Jesus said, "Children of *vipers, how can you say anything that is good? You are *evil people" ...
HEAD. — Ewald, who keeps to the text, takes _rôsh_ in the sense of poison (see Psalms 69:22, Note): — “The poison of those encircling me, Let them be covered with the perdition of their lips. This br...
_[Psalms 140:10]_ רֹ֥אשׁ מְסִבָּ֑י עֲמַ֖ל שְׂפָתֵ֣ימֹו _יְכַסֵּֽימֹו_†׃
Psalms 140:1 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar words, and...
CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who al...
The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
This is a blessed appeal to the Lord! Where shall an exercised soul go in his affliction, but to a throne of grace? And how sure shall be the Lord's condemnation of the ungodly, when the cry of the su...
9._As for the head, etc_. There may be a doubt whether, under the term head, he refers to the chief of the faction opposed to him; for we call suppose an inversion in the sentence, and a change of the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
[AS FOR] THE HEAD OF THOSE THAT COMPASS ME ABOUT, LET THE, MISCHIEF OF THEIR OWN LIPS COVER THEM. Meaning either their natural head, put for their whole persons; and the sense is, let the mischief th...
Psalms 140:9 [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Ver. 9. _As for the head_] The chieftain, the ringleader, Doeg, or Saul himself. Or thus,...
_As for the head of those_, &c. Bishop Hare connects this clause with the preceding, and translates the passage thus; _Let not those that beset me lift up the head. Let the mischief of their own lips...
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM MALICIOUS ENEMIES. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm of David, in which he presents to the Lord the usual complaint, adding to this a ferve...
As for the head of those that compass me about, if they lift up their heads to carry out their wicked plans, LET THE MISCHIEF OF THEIR OWN LIPS COVER THEM, that is, the trouble or suffering which they...
8-13 Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon themselves, even the burning coals of Divine vengea...
THE HEAD; or, _heads_; the singular number put for the plural, as is frequent. By which he understands either, 1. Their politic heads, their chiefs or ringleaders, who were most malicious, and by who...
Psalms 140:9 head H7218 surround H4524 evil H5999 lips H8193 cover H3680 (H8762) let the mischief -...
To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He there...
CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may count upon security against all real enemies....
This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, _a psalm of David,_ is undisputed. Psalms 140:1. _From the evil man,_ Doëg the Edomite: _from the violent man,_ Saul, w...
_Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man._ GOD PRESERVES HIS SERVANT To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of Wartbur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:1. This lament comes from those threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays fo...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:9 These verses pray that the evil schemes would happen to those who plot them. The success of such people would defile the LAND....
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4,
Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. T...
Esther 5:14; Esther 7:10; Matthew 27:25; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 10:6
Mischief — The mischief which they design against me, shall fall upon themselves....