_HEAR MY VOICE, O GOD, IN MY PRAYER: PRESERVE MY LIFE FROM FEAR OF THE ENEMY._ Psalms 64:1.-Two strophes. He prays for preservation from the secret counsels of the wicked (Psalms 64:1); the completion of laying their plots foreruns their sudden destruction, God turning their malice upon themselves,... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIDE ME FROM THE SECRET COUNSEL OF THE WICKED; FROM THE INSURRECTION OF THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY:_ Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked - `from the divan of the malicious;' from the secret session together of those who plot mischief against me. Compare with Psalms 64:1; Psalms 55:2; Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHO WHET THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD, AND BEND THEIR BOWS TO SHOOT THEIR ARROWS, EVEN BITTER WORDS:_ Who whet their tongue like a sword - (Psalms 57:4; Psalms 59:7.) Not mere common slanders; but those which aim at the destruction of the slandered person, as was the case in the slanders directed by... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THEY MAY SHOOT IN SECRET AT THE PERFECT: SUDDENLY DO THEY SHOOT AT HIM, AND FEAR NOT._ That they may shoot in secret at the perfect - like night murderers waylaying the unwary traveler (Psalms 10:8). SUDDENLY DO THEY SHOOT AT HIM - when he least suspects danger. AND FEAR NOT - God and His... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES IN AN EVIL MATTER: THEY COMMUNE OF LAYING SNARES PRIVILY; THEY SAY, WHO SHALL SEE THEM?_ They encourage themselves in an evil matter - literally, 'They confirm for themselves an evil matter' or 'word.' THEY COMMUNE - each one proposing his plan in the secret council.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES; THEY ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT SEARCH: BOTH THE INWARD THOUGHT OF EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THE HEART, IS DEEP._ -When all the plot is ripe, then ensues sudden destruction of the wicked plotters.... [ Continue Reading ]