Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 3:3
A shield — My defence. My glory — Thou hast formerly given, and wilt farther give occasion of glorying in thy power and favour. Lifter up — Thou wilt restore me to my former power and dignity.
A shield — My defence. My glory — Thou hast formerly given, and wilt farther give occasion of glorying in thy power and favour. Lifter up — Thou wilt restore me to my former power and dignity.
Verse Psalms 3:3. _THOU, O LORD_, ART _A SHIELD_] As a _shield_ covers and defends the body from the strokes of an adversary, so wilt thou cover and defend me from them that rise up against me. _THE...
:Title A PSALM OF DAVID - literally, belonging to David; that is, belonging to him as the author. This is marked in the Hebrew as the first verse, and so in the Syriac version, the Latin Vulgate, and...
BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A SHIELD FOR ME - Not only in these dangers, but in all dangers. The declaration here has a general form, as if he could trust in him at all times. It shows what his feelings wer...
Psalms 3 SORROWS AND TRIALS OF THE GODLY REMNANT (3-7) _ 1. Persecution and comfort (Psalms 3:1)_ 2. Arise Jehovah! Save me, O my God (Psalms 3:5) The five Psalms which follow bring before us the g...
III. A MORNING HYMN OF TRIUMPH AND PEACE. It is a king or party leader who speaks, but who he was or when he wrote we cannot say. The conjecture in the title is of no value except as an extreme instan...
ART. SHIELD. Figure of speech _Metaphor_ (App-6); "shield" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for defence. FOR M. = about me. MINE HEAD. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part),...
BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A SHIELD, &C.— David, in the midst of his distress, having recollected himself, immediately quiets his mind by trusting in God. By prayer he recommended himself to the divine pro...
PSALMS 3 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Conspiracy, Confidence, Courage and Victory. Chief Conspirator left Unnamed! ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 3:1-2, A Surprising Conspiracy. Stanza II., Psalms 3:3-4, Unshaken...
_BUT THOU, O LORD, ART A SHIELD FOR ME; MY GLORY, AND THE LIFTER UP OF MINE HEAD._ But - against the enemy's denial of God's power and will to save him, which, indeed, seems confirmed by the trouble...
A SHIELD] a natural metaphor in days when kings were warriors: cp. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 84:9; Psalms 84:11; Psalms 115:9, etc....
This is the first of the 'Davidic' Psalms. It is a morning prayer as Psalms 3:6 suggests. The heading of the Ps. provides a historical setting for it in the revolt of Absalom, and it is the only Ps. s...
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...
FOR ME. — Better,_ behind me._ A protection from the emissaries of Absalom, now on his track. MY GLORY, AND THE LIFTER UP OF MINE HEAD. — “Comp. — “O et praesidium et dulce decus meum.” HORACE, _O...
_[Psalms 3:4]_ וְ אַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה מָגֵ֣ן בַּעֲדִ֑י...
Psalms 3:1 ANOTHER pair of psalms follows the two of the Introduction. They are closely connected linguistically, structurally, and in subject. The one is a morning, the other an evening hymn, and pos...
MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS Psalms 3:1; Psalms 4:1 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1. It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep when our foes are ma...
This is a morning psalm. It is the song of a soul in grave peril as a new day dawns. The consciousness of difficulty is first uttered. Adversaries are increased, and the bitterest part of the pain is...
God. His case is desperate. (Worthington) --- He must therefore be a criminal. This is the usual judgment of the world, though very false, as we have seen in the person of Job; for temporal punishment...
Reader! see what grace can do! And depend upon it, when grace and faith are in lively exercise the more the opposition is made from without, the stronger the comforts will be within. Oh! how blessed i...
The copulative _and _should be resolved into the disjunctive particle but, because David employs language full of confidence, in opposition to the hardihood and profane scoffings of his enemies, (39)...
The first, Psalms 3, gives the condition in general in contrast with Psalms 2, and the support and confidence of faith in it. The troublers of the godly man are multiplied, haughty, and triumphing ove...
BUT THOU, O LORD, [ART] A SHIELD FOR ME,.... Or "about me" a protecting and defending me. David was a military man, and often alludes to military affairs; and borrows words from thence, expressive of...
But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. Ver. 3. _But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me_] And such a shield as will never fail me. _Prodente clypeo vulneratu...
_But thou art a shield for me_ Or, _about me_, on every side, where also mine enemies are; that is, thou art my defence; _my glory_ Thou hast formerly given, and wilt further give me, occasion of glor...
MORNING PRAYER OF A CHRISTIAN IN DANGER AND AFFLICTION. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom, his son, 2 Samuel 15:14, probably written on the morning after the day of the flight, when David s...
But Thou, O Lord, art a Shield for me, protecting him against all the attacks of the enemies; MY GLORY, the source of all David's dignity and authority as king, AND THE LIFTER UP OF MINE HEAD, sure to...
FOR: Or, about...
1-3 An active believer, the more he is beaten off from God, either by the rebukes of providence, or the reproaches of enemies, the faster hold he will take, and the closer will he cleave to him. A ch...
FOR ME, or _about me_, on every side, where also mine enemies are. MY GLORY; either, 1. The author of my princely glory and majesty. Thou didst first give it, and I doubt not thou wilt defend and rest...
Psalms 3:3 LORD H3068 shield H4043 glory H3519 up H7311 (H8688) head H7218 a shield - Psalms 18:2
SECTION 2. HIS RECOGNITION OF GOD'S HELP AND PROTECTION. ‘But you, O YHWH, are a shield about me, My glory and the lifter up of my head. I was crying to YHWH with my voice, And he was answering me...
These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the sha...
CONTENTS: A prayer of David (when he fled from Absalom). CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is a shield for His trusting people. He wards off the fiery darts of Satan and the storms of trouble,...
Psalms 3:4. _Selah._ This word, as all seem agreed, refers to the singing and music only, the better to adapt changes of airs to the sentiments of the psalm; and yet the sense is given with much diver...
_Lord, how are they increased that trouble me._ MORNING THOUGHTS With returning day there comes back on the monarch’s heart the recollection of the enemies who threaten him, a nation up in arms again...
_But Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me._ A MAN’S BEST CONFIDENCE IN TRIAL These verses show how much a man may have in reality when he seems to have absolutely nothing in appearance. David has descri...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 3:1. This is the first psalm with a title. The title names David as the author and ties the psalm to Absalom’s rebellion (2 Samuel 15:1). Fou
MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES _Introduction_ “The preceding psalm had set before us the utter vanity of all attempts to injure the throne of God’s anointed King—Messiah. The present psalm relates to tha...
EXPOSITION Tins psalm is entitled, "a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son;" literally, "in his flight from Absalom his son." The historical correctness of the title has been questioned (H...
The third psalm is a psalm of David when he was fleeing from Absalom. Going over the Mount of Olives and out towards the Judean wilderness on news that Absalom was coming with an army from Hebron. And...
2 Kings 25:27; Deuteronomy 33:29; Genesis 15:1; Genesis 40:13;...
DAVID'S TRUST IN GOD Psalms 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to the Third Psalm we want to give you a vision of the young man Absalom, the son of David, who is described as the basis of Da...
THE PREFATORY PSALMS Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...