Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 140:10
Burning coals; Divine vengeance, which is compared to coals of fire, as Psalms 18:12, and elsewhere. Rise not up again; either to my danger, or their own comfort.
Burning coals; Divine vengeance, which is compared to coals of fire, as Psalms 18:12, and elsewhere. Rise not up again; either to my danger, or their own comfort.
Verse Psalms 140:10. _LET BURNING COALS_] The _Chaldee_ considers this as spoken against _Ahithophel_, who was head of a conspiracy against David; and translates this verse thus: "Let coals from heav...
LET BURNING COALS FALL UPON THEM - Let them be punished, “as if” burning coals were poured upon them. See Psalms 11:6, note; Psalms 18:12, notes; Psalms 120:4, note....
PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war...
BURNING COALS. Put by Figure of speech _Metony_. _y_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for cruel words and hard speeches which wound the heart as fire wounds the body. Compare Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 26:23. THAT...
May retribution overtake my enemies!...
Let the fate of Sodom overtake these defiant offenders! Possibly we should read, comparing Psalms 11:6, _May he rain hot coals upon them! may he cast them into the fire!_ deep pits A word of uncertai...
LET BURNING COALS— _Burning coals shall,_ &c. _They shall fall into miry pits._ Mudge. The Psalmist seems here to allude to the destruction of the Sodomites. See what has been said on the 8th and 9th...
PSALMS 140 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought. Stanza II., Psalms 1...
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. LET BURNING COALS FALL UPON THEM - (Psalms 18:12; Psalms 120:4.) LET THEM BE CAST IN...
A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ POISON! PSALMS 140 Jesus said, "Children of *vipers, how can you say anything that is good? You are *evil people" ...
In this verse too there is a grammatical difficulty, which the margin, “Let there fall on them,” instead of “Let them bring upon them,” does not remove, since the subject of the next verb is third per...
_[Psalms 140:11]_ _יִמֹּ֥וטוּ_† עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּ †...
Psalms 140:1 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar words, and...
CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who al...
The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
Let burning coals fall upon them: (h) let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. (h) That is by God, for David saw that they were reprobate and that there was no hop...
His. "Own," (Protestants) the devil's, (St. Hilary) or God's net. (St. Chrysostom, &c.) --- Saul twice fell into David's power. (Calmet) --- Alone. Singularly protected by the Almighty, until I pass a...
This is a blessed appeal to the Lord! Where shall an exercised soul go in his affliction, but to a throne of grace? And how sure shall be the Lord's condemnation of the ungodly, when the cry of the su...
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...
LET BURNING COALS FALL UPON THEM,.... From heaven, as the Targum, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi, by way of explanation; alluding to the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire from thence: and may design both...
_Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again._ Ver. 10. _Let burning coals fall upon them_] _Conflagrent ut corruant. Haec sunt non t...
_As for the head of those_, &c. Bishop Hare connects this clause with the preceding, and translates the passage thus; _Let not those that beset me lift up the head. Let the mischief of their own lips...
Let burning coals fall upon them, be cast upon them in perils of a terrible nature; LET THEM BE CAST INTO THE FIRE, into everlasting destruction; INTO DEEP PITS, abysses filled with water, THAT THEY R...
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM MALICIOUS ENEMIES. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm of David, in which he presents to the Lord the usual complaint, adding to this a ferve...
8-13 Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon themselves, even the burning coals of Divine vengea...
Psalms 140:10 coals H1513 fall H4131 (H8735) (H8675) H4131 (H8686) cast H5307 (H8686) fire...
To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He there...
CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may count upon security against all real enemies....
This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, _a psalm of David,_ is undisputed. Psalms 140:1. _From the evil man,_ Doëg the Edomite: _from the violent man,_ Saul, w...
_Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man._ GOD PRESERVES HIS SERVANT To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of Wartbur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:1. This lament comes from those threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays fo...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:9 These verses pray that the evil schemes would happen to those who plot them. The success of such people would defile the LAND....
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4,
Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. T...
Daniel 3:20; Exodus 9:23; Exodus 9:24; Genesis 19:24; Matthew 13:42;...
Coals — Divine vengeance, which is compared to coals of fire....