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Verse Psalms 11:7. _THE RIGHTEOUS LORD LOVETH RIGHTEOUSNESS_] He loves
that which resembles himself. _His countenance _- his face - is ever
open and unclouded to the upright. They always enjoy his sal...
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FOR THE RIGHTEOUS LORD LOVETH RIGHTEOUSNESS - This would be more
correctly rendered, “For Jehovah is righteous; he loves
righteousness.” The idea is, that God is himself righteous, and,
consequently,...
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Psalms 11
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1. Faith's resources in the day of trouble (Psalms 11:1)
2. The recompense for the righteous and the wicked (Psalms 11:5)
Psalms 11:1. Their refuge is the Lord, in Him they trust as w...
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XI. YAHWEH THE SURE REFUGE.
Psalms 11:1. The problem stated. The wicked are bold: the righteous
cannot meet their attack. They can but flee like a little bird (the
habitual meaning of the word transla...
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HIS COUNTENANCE DOTH BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT. An upright one shall gaze
upon His face. One of the emendations of the _Sopherim._ See App-33,
and note on Exodus 34:20....
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For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteous deeds;
The upright shall behold his face.
The character of Jehovah is the ground of the judgement which has been
described; and the reward of the uprigh...
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HIS COUNTENANCE DOTH BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT— _His countenance beholds
equity; i.e._ with approbation and favour. Houb.
REFLECTIONS.—Temptation and prayer brighten the true believer's
soul; none, perhaps,...
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PSALMS 11
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Faith's Brave Answer to the Counsels of Fear.
ANALYSIS
Stanza, Psalms 11:1-3, Counsels of Despair, with an Expression of
Surprise Refused. Antistanza, Psalms 11:4-6,Con...
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_FOR THE RIGHTEOUS LORD LOVETH RIGHTEOUSNESS; HIS COUNTENANCE DOTH
BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT._ FOR THE RIGHTEOUS LORD LOVETH RIGHTEOUSNESS -
(God by His very nature cannot do otherwise than favour the saints...
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11:7 righteousness, (c-7) Lit. 'righteousnesses.' see Note, Revelation
19:8 . upright. (d-13) Or 'the upright shall see his face.'...
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of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are
either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10,
14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
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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...
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HIS COUNTENANCE. — Better, _the upright shall behold His
countenance._ This beautiful religious hope finds its highest
expression in the beatitude on the pure in heart. The beatific vision
in Dante is...
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כִּֽי ־צַדִּ֣יק יְ֭הוָה צְדָקֹ֣ות
אָהֵ֑ב יָ֝שָׁ֗ר יֶחֱז֥וּ פָנֵֽימֹו׃...
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Psalms 11:1
The correctness of the superscription is, in the present case,
defended by Ewald and Hitzig. Delitzsch refers the psalm to the eve of
Absalom's conspiracy, while other supporters of the D...
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GOD OUR REFUGE AND DEFENSE
Psalms 11:1; Psalms 12:1
The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from
Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, urged
him to...
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This psalm is the answer of faith to the advice of fear. Both are
alike conscious of immediate peril. Fear sees only the things that are
near. Faith takes in the larger distances. If the things fear s...
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_Pure words, very different from those of the deceitful, ver. 3.
(Calmet) --- Earth, dross, or in the crucible, or "for the ruler of
earth:" (Pagnin; Haydock) current money. If we alter the Hebrew a
l...
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Very awful must be the termination of a life of sin, to whatever age
protracted, or however lengthened. Tell ye the righteous it shall be
well with him. Woe unto the wicked! it shalt be ill with him....
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7._For the righteous Jehovah loveth righteousness. _The Psalmist has
just now reasoned from the office of God that he will punish the
wicked, and now, from the nature of God, he concludes, that he wil...
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What the righteous remnant are to do when the power of evil is thus
dominant in Emmanuel's land, Psalms 11 treats of. Psalms 11-15, as I
have already remarked, give the thoughts and feelings of the re...
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FOR THE RIGHTEOUS LORD LOVETH RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... The Lord is righteous
in himself, and in all his ways and works; and therefore
righteousness, as it lies both in punishing the wicked, and in
maintaini...
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For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth
behold the upright.
Ver. 7. _For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness_] _sc._ As a
reflection of himself, as a piece of his own im...
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_For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness_ This is mentioned as the
reason why God punishes the wicked so dreadfully. It is because, being
righteous, essentially righteous, himself, he cannot but _...
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DAVID'S REFUSAL TO FLEE WHEN IN DANGER OF LIFE.
There was a time when David's throne was in danger, when Absalom was
scheming to usurp the royal power in Israel, when David's very life
was no longer...
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This is given as the reason why God hateth and punisheth wicked men so
dreadfully, because he loves righteousness, and therefore must needs
hate wickedness and punish wicked men. Or, _but_, as this pa...
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Psalms 11:7 LORD H3068 righteous H6662 loves H157 (H8804)
righteousness H6666 countenance H6440 beholds H2372 (H8799) upright
H3477
For - Psalms 45:7, Psalms 99:4, Psalms 146:8; Isaiah 61:8
his -...
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YHWH tries the righteous,
But the unrighteous and him who loves violence his soul hates.
On the unrighteous he will rain snares,
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup...
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CONTENTS: The doom of the wicked.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: If we get the vision of God on His throne, governing all
creatures, rendering to all according to their works, we shall then
see...
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Psalms 11:1. _Flee as a bird to your mountain,_ the hill country of
Judea. When hiding from Saul, and when the wicked bent their bow
against him, it was prudent to shun the snares.
Psalms 11:3. _If t...
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_In the Lord put I my trust._
JEHOVAH THE PROTECTOR AND AVENGER OF THE PERSECUTED SAINT
The Psalmist, beset by malicious foes, is warned by some of his
adherents to seek refuge in flight. The Psalm...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 11:1. This psalm describes the confidence
that the faithful may have, even in times of severe crisis.
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INTRODUCTION
“The friends of David advise him in this psalm to flee unto the
mountainous parts of the land of Judah, in order to avoid the danger
which was threatening him, should he remain in the pl...
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EXPOSITION
ASCRIBED to David in the "title," this psalm is almost universally
allowed to be his. It "has all the characteristics of the earlier
Davidic psalms." No allusion enables us to assign it to...
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Psa 11:1-7 is to the chief musician. It is a psalm of David.
In the LORD put I my trust: how do you say to my soul, Flee as a bird
to your mountain? (Psalms 11:1)
My trust is in the Lord. Why should...
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1 Peter 3:12; Isaiah 61:8; Job 36:7; Psalms 146:8; Psalms 21:6; Psalms
33:18; Psalms 34:15; Psalms 42:5; Psalms 45:7; Psalms 5:12;...