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Verse Psalms 13:4. _LET MINE ENEMY SAY_] Satan's ordinary method in
temptation is to excite strongly to sin, to blind the understanding
and inflame the passions; and when he succeeds, he triumphs by i...
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LEST MINE ENEMY SAY, I HAVE PREVAILED AGAINST HIM - I have overpowered
him; I have conquered him. That is, to triumph over him as having
obtained a complete victory.
AND THOSE THAT TROUBLE ME - Hebrew...
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Psalms 13
_ 1. How long? Answer me, Jehovah (Psalms 13:1)_
2. The victory of faith (Psalms 13:5)
Psalms 13:1. Four times “How long?” The tria
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XIII. A PRAYER IN DISTRESS WITH CONFIDENCE OF FINAL VICTORY.
Psalms 13:2. Read, How long must I bear affliction on my soul? (Psalms
13:2_ a_) and in the same verse day and night (LXX, in some codices...
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A prayer, in calmer tone....
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and _those_&c. R.V., Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Cp. Psalms 38:16. And by their triumph, as the emphatic contrast of
the following verse implies, the honour of God Whom he trusts wi...
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PSALMS 13
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Sorely Tried Believer in Jehovah Expostulates, Entreats, and
Ultimately Exults.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 13:1-2, Expostulation; Stanza II., Psalms 13:3-4,
Entreaty;...
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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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_[Psalms 13:5]_ פֶּן ־יֹאמַ֣ר אֹיְבִ֣י
יְכָלְתִּ֑יו צָרַ֥י...
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Psalms 13:1
THIS little psalm begins in agitation, and ends in calm. The waves run
high at first, but swiftly sink to rest, and at last lie peacefully
glinting in sunshine. It falls into three strophe...
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THE BOUNTY OF GOD AND THE FOLLY OF MEN
Psalms 13:1; Psalms 14:1
The first of these psalms evidently dates from the Sauline
persecutions, 1 Samuel 19:1. Four times the persecuted soul cries,
_How long...
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This little psalm is very full of beauty as it traces the way by which
many a tried and, tempest-tossed soul has found consolation and
strength. First of all, there is the cry almost of despair. Foes...
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Lest mine enemy say, I have (c) prevailed against him; [and] those
that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
(c) Which might turn to God's dishonour: if he did not defend his....
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Know my just providence, though they would fain keep it out of sight,
(ver. 1.) that they may indulge their passions. (Haydock) --- My
people. These we may conclude, were just; (Berthier) at least in...
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What a blessed argument hath the Holy Ghost provided here, and put in
the mouth of the people of God, for pleading at the throne! Shall the
enemy triumph? Shall the efficacy of Christ's blood and righ...
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4._Lest my enemy. _David again repeats what he had a little before
said concerning the pride of his enemies, namely, how it would be a
thing ill becoming the character of God were he to abandon his se...
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In Psalms 13 the righteous is reduced to the lowest point of distress
as far as evil from men goes. It is as if God had entirely and
definitely forgotten him. His enemy was exalted over him, and he
ta...
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LEST MINE ENEMY SAY, I HAVE PREVAILED AGAINST HIM,.... Which is an
argument God takes notice of; and for which reason he does not give up
his people into the hands of their enemies; see Deuteronomy 32...
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_Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that
trouble me rejoice when I am moved._
Ver. 4. _Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him_] This
David frequently deprecatet...
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_Lighten mine eyes_ Because I find my own counsels insufficient, do
thou enlighten my mind, and guide me by thy counsel into the right way
of obtaining thy merciful help. Or, he means, Do thou revive,...
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lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him, and therefore also
against the Lord in whom David trusted; AND THOSE THAT TROUBLE ME
REJOICE WHEN I AM MOVED, having lost the firmness of his faith,...
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A PRAYER FOR RELIEF IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE.
David may well apply as a type, so far as his experience during the
persecution by Saul is concerned, to the believing sufferer and
Christian martyr of ev...
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I HAVE PREVAILED AGAINST HIM, to wit, by my art or strength; which
will reflect dishonour upon thee, as if thou wept either unfaithful
and unmindful of thy promises, or unable to make them good. There...
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Psalms 13:4 enemy H341 (H8802) say H559 (H8799) prevailed H3201
(H8804) trouble H6862 rejoice H1523 ...
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‘Consider, answer me, O YHWH my God:
Lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
Lest my adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Yet the situatio...
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Psalms 13:1. _How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long
wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my
soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine e...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from enemies.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The believer's desires often turn to impatience, for days
seem long when the soul is cast down, but because God's f...
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REFLECTIONS. This psalm was Israel's plaintive song in the time of
trouble. It eased their hearts in captivity, that a bright morning
would break, and chase their night away; that God would make darkn...
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_How long wilt Thou forget me, O Lord?_
DISTRESS AND CONFIDENCE
This little Psalm begins in agitation and ends in calm. However true
it is that sorrow is “but for a moment,” it seems to last for an
e...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 13:1. This is an individual lament. The
worshiper is on the verge of despair.
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INTRODUCTION
“In this psalm we see a servant of God, long and sorely tried by the
persecutions of unrelenting enemies, and, as it seems to himself,
forgotten and forsaken of God, pouring out the agony...
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EXPOSITION
THE writer—again, according to the title, David—is reduced almost
to utter despair. He has undergone lengthened persecution—the Divine
countenance has been turned away from him (Psalms 13:1...
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The thirteenth psalm, to the chief musician. Psalm of David.
How long will thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will thou
hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
havin...
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Ezekiel 35:12; Jeremiah 1:19; Joshua 7:9; Lamentations 1:16; P