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Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride, in an act of violence, come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me, driving him away into banishment from the land of God's inheritance.
Let not the foot of pride, in an act of violence, come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me, driving him away into banishment from the land of God's inheritance.
Verse Psalms 36:11. _LET NOT THE FOOT OF PRIDE COME AGAINST ME_] Let me not be trampled under foot by proud and haughty men. _LET NOT THE HAND OF THE WICKED REMOVE ME._] תנדני _tenideni, shake_ _me_...
LET NOT THE FOOT OF PRIDE COME AGAINST ME - The foot of the proud man. The word rendered “come against me” more properly means, “come not upon me;” and the meaning is, Let me not be “trampled down” as...
Psalms 36 Contrasts _ 1. What the wicked is and does (Psalms 36:1)_ 2. What Jehovah is and does (Psalms 36:5) 3. Prayer and trust in His loving kindness ...
XXXVI. We have here two Pss. or fragments of two Pss.: A, Psalms 36:1 and possibly Psalms 36:12, and B, Psalms 36:5. XXXVI. A. Psalms 36:1
Concluding prayer for the continuance of God's lovingkindness and for protection from the wicked, with a confident anticipation of the final downfall of evil-doers. Psalms 36:10 springs naturally out...
Let me not be trampled under foot by proud oppressors, or driven from my home by wicked violence. This verse clearly refers to Psalms 36:1. The Psalmist is himself in danger of falling a victim to the...
LET NOT THE FOOT OF PRIDE COME AGAINST ME— _Let me not be trampled under the foot of pride, nor shaken in pieces by the arm of violence._ There seems to be a particular beauty in this expression, by w...
PSALMS 36 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Oracles False and True, Prompting Prayer and Praise. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 36:1-4, Personified Transgression Deluding and Driving on its Victim. Stanza II., Psalms...
_LET NOT THE FOOT OF PRIDE COME AGAINST ME, AND LET NOT THE HAND OF THE WICKED REMOVE ME._ Let not the foot of pride ... against me - so as suddenly to tread me down. "Come upon" implies a surprise,...
This Ps. consists of two strongly contrasted pictures, one of the wickedness of the wicked man (Psalms 36:1), and one of the goodness of God (Psalms 36:5), followed by a prayer that the Psalmist may c...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE FOOT OF PRIDE... THE HAND OF THE WICKED. — The one tramples on the lowly; the other is full of violence. REMOVE. — Better, _expel,_ but we have no indication from where. Perhaps from the Temple....
_[Psalms 36:12]_ אַל ־תְּ֭בֹואֵנִי רֶ֣גֶל גַּאֲוָ֑ה וְ...
Psalms 36:1 THE supposition that the sombre picture of "the wicked" in Psalms 36:1 was originally unconnected with the glorious hymn in Psalms 36:5 fails to give weight to the difference between the s...
GOD THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE Psalms 36:1 The servant of the Lord, as the superscription tells us, is speaking here. He is horror-stricken at the ways and thoughts of the ungodly. By a bold image, Psalms...
The antithetical nature of this psalm is self-evident. In the first part (verses Psa 36:1-4), the reason and expression of the wickedness of the wicked are described. The one and only reason for trans...
Let not the (i) foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. (i) Let not the proud advance himself against me, or the power of the wicked drive me away....
Meek. Hebrew hanavim, also means "the afflicted." (Berthier) --- Captives, ye shall be reinstated in your dear country. Our Saviour alludes to this text, (Matthew v. 4.) and the Fathers beautifully ex...
This is a beautiful conclusion for faith to make in the contemplation of a corrupt heart, both in ourselves and the ungodly, and in the contemplation also of the healing, cleansing fountain, opened fo...
11._Let not the foot of pride come upon me _As I have observed a little before, the Psalmist here applies to his own circumstances the prayer which he had offered. But by including in his prayer in th...
Psalms 36. We have a needed warning as to the wicked, particularly the enemies of righteousness, the instruments of Satan's power. There is no conscience to be expected; nothing that will stop them in...
LET NOT THE FOOT OF PRIDE COME AGAINST ME,.... Meaning some proud enemy, such an one as Ahithophel, of whom R. Obadiah expounds, it, who lifted up his heel against him; and is applicable to any haught...
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. Ver. 11. _Let not the foot of pride come against me_] The wicked do _manibus pedibusque obnixe omnia facere,_...
_Let not the foot of pride_ That is, of my proud and insolent enemies; _come against me_ Or _upon me_, namely, so as to overthrow or remove me, as it is in the next clause; either, 1st, From my trust...
5-12 Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what...
OF PRIDE, i. e. of my proud and insolent enemies; the abstract being put for the concrete, as JEREMIAH 50:31,32: so also PROVERBS 12:27, PROVERBS 13:6. AGAINST ME; or, _upon me_, to wit, s
Psalms 36:11 foot H7272 pride H1346 come H935 (H8799) hand H3027 wicked H7563 away H5110 (H8686) foo
THE PSALMIST PRAYS THAT NOTHING MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE HIM AWAY FROM YHWH'S COVENANT LOVE (PSALMS 36:10). Having emphasised the wonderful attributes of YHWH (5-7), and having considered the munifi...
CONTENTS: The wicked contrasted with the righteous and the Lord of devout men extolled. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Sinners are self destroyers and when sin is finally made to appear in its...
Psalms 36:1. _There is no fear of God before his eyes._ David had some particular or general character of a wicked man before his eyes; a man who flattered himself as bearing an appearance of wisdom a...
_O continue Thy loving-kindness unto them that know Thee._ 1. The true mark of a godly man standeth in the conjunction of faith in God with sincere study of obedience to him, for “he is the man that...
_The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before hill eyes._ A SHARP CONTRAST OF SIN AND HOLINESS I. the character of the wicked (Verses 1-4). Depravity is...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 36:1. This is a lament that reflects on the wicked and on the steadfast love of the Lord. It concludes with a prayer that God will protect his people from the attacks of the...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 36:10 The psalm ends with an appeal to God’s reliable love for his faithful ones (THOSE WHO KNOW YOU, that is, THE UPRIGHT OF HEART)....
INTRODUCTION This psalm was written by David. From Psalms 36:1 he describes the rebellious; Psalms 36:5 he extols the various attributes of the Lord; and in Psalms 36:10 he add see the Lord in prayer...
EXPOSITION THIS short psalm is mainly didactic. It places in contrast the extreme wickedness of the wicked and the inexhaustible fulness of love, faithfulness, and righteousness which characterizes t...
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. The words of hi...
Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 51:23; Job 40:11; Job 40:12; Psalms 10:2;...
The foot — Of my proud and insolent enemies. Come — So as to overthrow me....