Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Lo, (then) would I wander far off - literally, 'be distant in fleeing.'
And remain - Hebrew, lodge, or pass the night.
In the wilderness - far from human society, which, though ordinarily desirable, has now become so corrupted that a solitary waste is preferable to it.
Verse Psalms 55:7. _WOULD I WANDER FAR OFF_] He did escape; and yet his enemies were _so near_, as to _throw stones at him_: but he escaped beyond Jordan. 2 Samuel 17:22-10. A passage in the _Octavi...
LO, THEN WOULD I WANDER FAR OFF - literally, “Lo, I would make the distance far by wandering;” I would separate myself far from these troubles. AND REMAIN IN THE WILDERNESS - literally, I would sojour...
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 ...
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 of...
REMAIN. lodge. The Septuagint renders it by _aulizomai,_ the word used in Matthew 21:17. Compare Luke 21:37. See also Jeremiah 9:2. WILDERNESS. Compare...
He would fain escape to some solitary refuge. Cp. Jeremiah 9:2....
and _remain_&c. R.V., I would lodge in the wilderness. _Selah_seems to be misplaced here, and also in Psalms 55:19....
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...
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...
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...
REMAIN. — Better, _lodge. _...
_[Psalms 55:8]_ הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּ...
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...
FLEEING THE CITY'S ILLS Psalms 55:1 This psalm was suggested by Absalom's rebellion and Ahithophel's treachery. But it contains references which, in their full extent, are chiefly applicable to Judas...
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...
Beautiful similitude of the dove's flight, to describe the soul's earnestness for quiet! Not to fly as a bird of prey, but as a bird of peace. Blessed Jesus! how suited is this to thee, thou meek and...
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...
LO, [THEN] WOULD I WANDER FAR OFF, [AND] REMAIN IN THE WILDERNESS,.... So David did when he fled from Absalom, 2 Samuel 15:23; so gracious souls desire to be; not in the wilderness of the people; but...
Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah. Ver. 7. _Lo, then would I wander far off_] Far from the force and fury of these breathing devils. Jeremiah wisheth the like,...
_O that I had wings like a dove_ Hebrew, מי יתן לי, _mi jitten li, who will give me wings like a dove?_ “The dove is remarkable for the swiftness of its flight; therefore the psalmist, who saw himself...
Lo, then would I wander far off, flee to a great distance, AND REMAIN IN THE WILDERNESS, the usual place of refuge for the persecuted and oppressed. SELAH....
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....
1-8 In these verses we have, 1. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden. 2. David weeping. Griefs are thus, in some measure, lessened, while tho...
_ Like a dove_; which being fearful, and pursued by birds of prey, flies away, and that very swiftly and far, and into solitary places, where it hides and secures itself in the holes of the rocks, or...
Psalms 55:7 wander H5074 (H8800) off H7368 (H8686) remain H3885 (H8799) wilderness H4057 Selah H5542...
HE LONGS TO ESCAPE INTO A SAFE PLACE WHERE HE WOULD FIND REST AND NO LONGER BE SUBJECTED TO HIS TRIALS (PSALMS 55:6). He longs to be able to escape from his present situation into a place where he can...
Psalms 55:6 I. This is the cry of the faithful soul overpressed by temptation. II. It is the sigh of the heart, weary of the strain of spiritual aspiration and effort. III. It is the cry of a man w...
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm up...
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...
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...
_And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest._ DISSATISFACTION THE LAW OF LIFE I. It impels to all earthly and moral progress. Arts, sciences, literature, c...
_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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:4 This section describes more fully the intensity of the singer: IN ANGUISH, TERRORS OF DEATH, FEAR, TREMBLING, and...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Samuel 15:14; 2 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 17:22;...