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Verse Psalms 55:21. _WERE SMOOTHER THAN BUTTER_] He was a complete
courtier, and a deep, designing hypocrite besides. His words _were as
soft as_ _butter, and as smooth as oil_, while he meditated wa...
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THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH WERE SMOOTHER THAN BUTTER - Prof. Alexander
renders this, “Smooth are the butterings of his mouth.” This is in
accordance with the Hebrew, but the general meaning is well expres...
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Psalms 55
In the Throes of the Great Tribulation
_ 1. Prayer for help (Psalms 55:1)_
2. Longings to escape (Psalms 55:4)
3. The great tribulation (Psalms 55:9)
4. The comfort of hope (Psalms 55:...
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LV. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TREACHEROUS FOES.
Psalms 55:1. The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His
desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness.
Psalms 55:12. A description o...
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WAR WAS IN HIS HEART. Compare 2 Samuel 14:33 with 2 Samuel 15:5; 2
Samuel 15:6. Referring to Psalms 55:19....
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In this division of the Psalm the storm of indignation dies away, and
the Psalmist's trustful confidence revives....
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THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH WERE SMOOTHER THAN BUTTER, &C.— _Smooth and
deceitful are the buttery words of his mouth; but war is in his heart:
his speeches are softer than oil; but they are drawn swords._...
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PSALMS 55
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Bitter Complaint of the Treachery of an Intimate Friend.
ANALYSIS
(Of the Psalm as Reconstructed.)
Stanza I., Psalms 55:1-7, Invocation of God under great Nervous
Exc...
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_AS FOR ME, I WILL CALL UPON GOD; AND THE LORD SHALL SAVE ME._
-Third strophe. His confident hope, resting upon the grounds stated in
the previous prayer.
Verse 16,17. AS FOR ME ... EVENING, AND MORN...
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55:21 mouth, (h-8) Or '[The words of] his mouth were smooth as
butter.'...
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The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen
of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom
he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is real...
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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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THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH. — The ancient versions and the grammatical
anomalies point to a corruption of the text. Read, _Smoother than
butter is his face._ The reading _face_ for _mouth_ is suggested by...
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_[Psalms 55:22]_ חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮
וּֽ קֲרָב ־לִ֫בֹּ֥ו רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו
מִ שֶּׁ֗מֶן וְ הֵ֣מָּה...
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Psalms 55:1
THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that
of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification
of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel is natur...
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FRIENDS MAY FORSAKE, BUT GOD ABIDETH
Psalms 55:12
The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators.
Violence, strife, deceit, and oppression trampled the virtuous and
helpless un...
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This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional
nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge
through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fri...
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Here is another view of the enemies of David; and still more so of the
enemies of David's Lord. How smooth were the words of Judas when he
said, Hail, Master! and kissed him. But how was the prophecy...
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Psalms 55 is a distressing picture of wickedness in Jerusalem. The
speaker is outside, but has experienced this wickedness in the
treachery of his dearest friends. His resource is in God: Jehovah will...
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[THE WORDS] OF HIS MOUTH WERE SMOOTHER THAN BUTTER,.... Such were the
words of Ahithophel, when in counsel with David; and such the words of
Judas, when he said to Christ, "hail, master", and kissed h...
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Psalms 55:21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but
war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were]
they drawn swords.
Ver. 21. _The words of his mouth were smooth...
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_He_, &c. I speak especially of “that perfidious person, who hath
not only violated all the laws of friendship, but profanely broken his
promise and oath of fidelity, wherein he was engaged to me.” Bi...
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A COMPLAINT OF FALSE FRIENDS.
To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the
accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a
psalm of David....
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16-23 In every trial let us call upon the Lord, and he will save us.
He shall hear us, and not blame us for coming too often; the oftener
the more welcome. David had thought all were against him; but...
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He covered his treasonable and bloody design with fair and flattering
speeches. DRAWN SWORDS; pernicious in their design and consequences....
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Psalms 55:21 mouth H6310 smoother H2505 (H8804) butter H4260 war H7128
heart H3820 words H1697 softer H7401 (H8804) oil H8081 swords H6609
The words - Psalms 28:3, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 62:4,...
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DAVID DRAWS OUT THE EVIL AND HYPOCRISY OF HIS ENEMY (PSALMS 55:20).
David here defines what type of enemy he is up against. This may refer
to Saul, but more probably it refers to his treacherous one...
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CONTENTS: Complaint concerning false friends.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The best salve for every sore is prayer. One of the
greatest griefs is to find ourselves deceived in some who have m...
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Psalms 55:6. _Oh that I had wings like a dove,_ to outfly the hawks
which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a
dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart before...
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_Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my
supplication._
THE COMPASSIONABLE, THE COMMENDABLE, AND THE CENSURABLE IN LIFE
I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for pit...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:1. Like many other individual laments,
this psalm prays for God’s help against dangerous enemies. There is
a unique twist here. The danger comes from betrayal by a close...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician on Neginoth_.” See
introduction to Psalms 54 “_Maschil_,” an instruction.
Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation
of...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to
an unknown writer of the seventh century B.C. But no solid grounds
have been shown for setting aside the traditionary ev...
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Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my
supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint,
and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the
oppre...
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John 13:2; Luke 20:20; Luke 20:21; Matthew 26:25; Proverbs 12:18;
Proverbs 26:24; Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 5:4; Psalms
28:3;...