Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies; I flee unto Thee to hide me, that is, he flees to the Lord as his true Refuge, seeking safety with Him alone. In possession of salvation, however, the Lord's servant desires to be in possession of sanctification also.
Verse Psalms 143:9. _I FLEE UNTO THEE TO HIDE ME._] That I may not be _found_ by my enemies, who seek my life to destroy it....
DELIVER ME, O LORD, FROM MINE ENEMIES - See the notes at Psalms 69:14. I FLEE UNTO THEE TO HIDE ME - Margin, “Hide me with thee.” The Hebrew is, I hide myself with thee; that is, I take refuge with th...
PSALM 143-145 In Psalms 143:1 the enemy is mentioned again, the enemy who pursued David. “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in da...
CXLIII. There is no internal argument to justify the LXX title, A Ps. of [or by] David when his son persecuted him. On the contrary, it contains reminiscences of other and those late Psalms 143:3_ b_...
DELIVER ME. pluck me [out of the hands of]. FLEE. Authorized Version, 1611, reads "fly". Since 1629 the reading is "flee". UNTO. Some codices, with one early printed edition and Septuagint, read "in...
Prayer for speedy hearing, for guidance and deliverance, for the destruction of his enemies. The language is borrowed almost entirely from older Psalms....
_Deliver me … from mine enemies_ As Psalms 59:1; cp. Psalms 31:15; Psalms 142:6. _I flee unto thee to hide me_ The general sense is probably right, though it can hardly be got out of the present text....
DISCOURSE: 739 GOD A REFUGE TO THE DISTRESSED Psalms 143:7. Hear me speedily, O Lord! my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Cause me to hear...
PSALMS 143 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Continued Concealment in the Cave: its Griefs and its Gains. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 143:1-2, Remarkable Pleadings and Deprecation. Stanza II., Psalms 143:3-4, How
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. DELIVER ME, O LORD, FROM MINE ENEMIES: I FLEE UNTO THEE TO HIDE ME (; ) - literally, 'to thee I hide myself;' i:e., I go to thee,...
143:9 refuge. (d-14) As 'covered,' Isaiah 51:16 ....
A late Ps., though ascribed to David, consisting mainly of appropriate reminiscences from earlier Pss....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD IS MY ONLY HOPE PSALMS 143 Jesus said, "Father, if it is possible, I pray that this cup will pass from me. But (it must be) what you want (to happen). It mu...
I FLEE... — Literally, _unto thee have I hidden._ A phrase which has been variously explained — (1) to Thee I have confided my troubles: (2) and, better, as in the Authorised Version, _to Thee I_ (_ha...
הַצִּילֵ֖נִי מֵ אֹיְבַ֥י ׀ יְהוָ֗ה אֵלֶ֥יךָ כִסִּֽתִי׃...
Psalms 143:1 THIS psalm's depth of sadness and contrition, blended with yearning trust, recalls the earlier psalms attributed to David. Probably this general resemblance in inwardness and mood is all...
THE CRY OF THE THIRSTY SOUL Psalms 143:1-12 This psalm falls into four stanzas of three verses each. _Complaint,_ Psalms 143:1-3. Though the enemy has resorted to unwarrantable violence, David re...
This is the last of the four psalms, and both in respect of the sense of helplessness and of assurance in God, it is more vivid and striking than either of them. So far as human situation is concerned...
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: (i) I flee unto thee to hide me. (i) I hid myself under the shadow of your wings that I might be defended by your power....
_New. More excellent. (Berthier) --- Psaltery. Hebrew, "on the Nebel of ten strings," (Haydock) the chief instrument, fit for a new canticle of thanksgiving. (Worthington)_...
Here are the same hopes, the same confidences, and the same acts of faith, which all the other parts of the believer's supplications carry with them, that the issue shall be prosperous. And to those w...
_REST AND SERVICE_ ‘Hear me, O Lord, and that soon.… For Thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.’ Psalms 143:7 (Prayer Book Version) There you have the transition of a soul from the re...
9._Deliver me, O Jehovah! from my enemies_. This prayer is to the same effect, his enemies being so earnestly bent upon his destruction as to leave no outgate for him. The verb כסיתי, _chisithi_, some...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
DELIVER ME, O LORD, FROM MINE ENEMIES,.... Either Saul and his courtiers, or Absalom and the conspirators along with him; who were many, and lively and strong, stronger than he; and therefore God only...
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Ver. 9. _Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies_] Deliverance from enemies is a fruit of our friendship with God....
_Hear me speedily_ Defer no longer; _for my spirit faileth_ I am just ready to faint. _Hide not thy face_ Be not angry with me; do not turn from me as one displeased with me, nor deprive me of the lig...
I FLY UNTO THEE TO HIDE ME: _ Heb._ hid me with thee...
7-12 David prays that God would be well pleased with him, and let him know that he was so. He pleads the wretchedness of his case, if God withdrew from him. But the night of distress and discourageme...
Without whose care these caves and rocks can give me no protection....
Psalms 143:9 Deliver H5337 (H8685) LORD H3068 enemies H341 (H8802) shelter H3680 (H8765) flee unto thee - Heb. hide me with thee,...
«A psalm of David.» Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness._ It is a theory held by some persons of skeptical mi...
Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no ma...
Psalms 143:1. _Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no ma...
CONTENTS: Complaint of great distresses and dangers and prayer that persecutors might be reckoned with. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we look with earnest desire toward God, we need not let...
This is the last of the penitential psalms, and is uniformly ascribed to David. It was composed during a period of exile. The LXX and the Vulgate, “on the rebellion of Absalom.” Psalms 143:10. _Thy S...
_I flee unto Thee to hide me._ SOUL FLIGHT I. How? On the pinions of thought our souls often fly more swiftly than lightnings to the remotest periods and places. This power of flight is the glory of...
_Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications._ A PENITENTIAL SOUL IN PRAYER I. The reasons urged. 1. A consciousness of moral unrighteousness (verse 2). No man will ever pray rightly until...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 143:1. This individual lament is a penitential psalm. The person’s troubles make him aware of his own sins. ⇐
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 143:9 The prayer closes by expressing trust in a number of ways: I HAVE FLED TO YOU FOR REFUGE, YOU ARE MY GOD, and the expectation based on God’s steadfast love
INTRODUCTION This is the last of what are called the Seven Penitential Psalms. In the Hebrew it has the superscription, “A Psalm of David.” And in the Septuagint and the Vulgate there is added, “When...
EXPOSITION ALMOST entirely a psalm of supplication, partly general (Psalms 143:1, Psalms 143:7), partly special (Psalms 143:2,...
Psa 143:1-12, another psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. And enter not into judgment with your servant: f...
1 John 2:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:2; 2 Timothy 1:7;...