George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 55:8
For nothing shalt thou save them. That is, since they lie in wait to ruin my soul, thou shalt for no consideration favour or assist them, but execute thy justice upon them. (Challoner)
For nothing shalt thou save them. That is, since they lie in wait to ruin my soul, thou shalt for no consideration favour or assist them, but execute thy justice upon them. (Challoner)
Verse Psalms 55:8. _THE WINDY STORM_] From the sweeping wind and tempest-Absalom and his party and the mutinous people in general....
I WOULD HASTEN MY ESCAPE - I would make haste to secure an escape. I would not delay, but I would flee at once. FROM THE WINDY STORM AND TEMPEST - From the calamities which have come upon me, and whic...
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...
HASTEN MY ESCAPE. Compare 2 Samuel 15:14. WINDY STORM. wind (Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.) of storm....
He would fain escape to some solitary refuge. Cp. Jeremiah 9:2....
Or as R.V., I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest, the storms of faction and party spirit raging in the city....
FROM THE WINDY STORM AND TEMPEST— _From the sweeping wind and furious tempest._ Chandler and Mudge....
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...
_I WOULD HASTEN MY ESCAPE FROM THE WINDY STORM AND TEMPEST._ I would hasten my escape - not only would I gladly go, but I would hasten my escape (Hengstenberg). FROM THE WINDY STORM - as the dove fl...
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...
HASTEN MY ESCAPE] RV 'haste me to a shelter.'...
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...
_[Psalms 55:9]_ אָחִ֣ישָׁה מִפְלָ֣ט לִ֑י מֵ ר֖וּחַ...
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...
I would hasten my escape (f) from the windy storm [and] tempest. (f) From the cruel rage and tyranny of Saul....
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...
I WOULD HASTEN MY ESCAPE FROM THE WINDY STORM [AND] TEMPEST. Of an army of rebellious subjects, bearing down all before them, and threatening with utter ruin and destruction; so a powerful army of ene...
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest. Ver. 8. _I would hasten my escape from the windy storm, &c._] I would thrust my ship into any creek in the whole world, go as far as my le...
_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...
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....
I would hasten my escape, hurrying with the greatest speed to a place of refuge, FROM THE WINDY STORM AND TEMPEST, for the rushing violence of the enemies intended his ruin. Such was the situation in...
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...
From the force and fury of mine enemies, which now highly threaten me....
Psalms 55:8 hasten H2363 (H8686) escape H4655 windy H7307 storm H5584 (H8801) tempest H5591 the windy storm -...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
Isaiah 17:12; Isaiah 17:13; Matthew 7:25; Psalms 18:4...
Tempest — From the force and fury of mine enemies....