_SAVE ME, O GOD, BY THY NAME, AND JUDGE ME BY THY STRENGTH._ Psalms 54:1.-Prayer for deliverance from godless oppressors (Psalms 54:1); confident anticipation of it, and promise of thanksgiving for it (Psalms 54:4). Title. - ON NEGINOTH - (see note on title, Psalms 4:1.) The singular, _ NªGIYNAAH_... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR MY PRAYER, O GOD; GIVE EAR TO THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR STRANGERS ARE RISEN UP AGAINST ME, AND OPPRESSORS SEEK AFTER MY SOUL: THEY HAVE NOT SET GOD BEFORE THEM. SELAH._ For strangers are risen up against me. The Ziphites, who ought, by the ties of country, to have been David's friends, acted as hostile strangers (Isaiah 25:5), and tried to betray h... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, GOD IS MINE HELPER: THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT UPHOLD MY SOUL._ Behold. He already, with the eye of faith, sees God advancing as his "helper," though to the eye of sense nothing presented itself but destruction on every side. THE LORD IS WITH THEM THAT UPHOLD MY SOUL in opposition to the... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL REWARD EVIL UNTO MINE ENEMIES: CUT THEM OFF IN THY TRUTH._ He shall reward evil unto mine enemies. So the Qeri' reads х_ YAASHIYB_ (H7725)]; but the Khethibh reads better, 'the evil shall return х_ YAASHUWB_ (H7725)] unto mine enemies' (Psalms 7:16). 'The evil' is that which the Psalmist'... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL FREELY SACRIFICE UNTO THEE: I WILL PRAISE THY NAME, O LORD; FOR IT IS GOOD._ I will freely sacrifice unto thee. "Freely" - literally, 'with a freewill offering' х_ NªDAABAAH_ (H5071)] (Exodus 25:2; Exodus 35:29), distinguished from an offering which one was bound to pay, as ordained by the... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HE HATH DELIVERED ME OUT OF ALL TROUBLE: AND MINE EYE HATH SEEN HIS DESIRE UPON MINE ENEMIES._ For he hath delivered me out of all trouble. In faith he sees the deliverance already accomplished, and 'praises' God by anticipation for it (Psalms 54:6). AND MINE EYE HATH SEEN HIS DESIRE UPON MI... [ Continue Reading ]