Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 39:10
Remove — Take off the judgment which thou hast inflicted upon me. I am — Help me before I am utterly lost.
Remove — Take off the judgment which thou hast inflicted upon me. I am — Help me before I am utterly lost.
Verse Psalms 39:10. _REMOVE THY STROKE AWAY FROM ME_] This seems to be a figure taken from _gladiators_, or persons _contending in single_ _combat_. One is wounded so as to be able to maintain the fi...
REMOVE THY STROKE AWAY FROM ME - And yet this calm submission, as expressed in Psalms 39:9, does not take away the desire that the hand of God may be removed, and that the suffering that is brought up...
Psalms 39 Deep Soul Exercise in View of Man's Frailty and Nothingness _ 1. The vanity of life (Psalms 39:1)_ 2. Self-judgment and prayer (Psalms 39:7) This Psalm is connected closely with the prec...
XXXIX. PRAYER OF A PIOUS ISRAELITE IN DISTRESS. Psalms 39:3. The poet, afflicted though he is, is silent in presence of the wicked, lest they should impugn or ridicule God's righteous government of t...
BLOW. pressure. HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
_stroke_ The same word as that rendered _plague_in Psalms 38:11. Cp. Job 9:34. _I am consumed_&c. By the conflict of thy hand am I consumed. -I" stands in emphatic contrast with -thy hand". When the p...
Petition for relief (10, 11) and respite (12, 13)....
PSALMS 39 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Lament and Prayer of a Divinely Stricken One. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 39:1-3, How the Stricken One's Resolve to be Silent is Broken. Stanza II., Psalms 39:4-6, La...
_REMOVE THY STROKE AWAY FROM ME: I AM CONSUMED BY THE BLOW OF THINE HAND._ Remove thy stroke - (margin, Psalms 38:11.)...
This is a Ps. of great pathos and beauty. The writer's sore sickness, accepted as the punishment of sin (Psalms 39:9), has impressed him with the frailty and vanity of human life. He refrains at first...
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...
STROKE. — See Note to Psalms 38:11. BLOW. — Margin, “conflict.” A word only found here; from a root meaning _rough._ LXX. and Vulg. have “strength.” Calvin’s last words are said to have been a remin...
_[Psalms 39:11]_ הָסֵ֣ר מֵ עָלַ֣י נִגְעֶ֑ךָ מִ...
Psalms 39:1 PROTRACTED suffering, recognised as chastisement for sin, had wasted the psalmist's strength. It had been borne for a while in silence, but the rush of emotion had burst the floodgates. Th...
THE FLEETING MEASURE OF OUR DAYS Psalms 39:1 In the opening verses David describes the circumstances out of which this psalm arose. The presence and prosperity of the wicked stirred him to the depths...
Again the circumstances are sorrow and affliction. The attitude of the sufferer is true dignity. If the psalm be taken in connection with the preceding one, it marks an advance, perhaps a gain out of...
_Thy, is not expressed in Hebrew or Greek, but understood. (Berthier) --- Church, in the tabernacle, (Theodoret) or rather in the Catholic Church; the propagation of which, (Haydock) and the preaching...
I have made no break or interruption in these verses, because the subject through the whole is one and the same. Under several very striking and elegant similitudes, the Psalmist in his prayer shows t...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
10_Take away thy stroke from me. _David here confirms the prayer which he had already presented, namely, that having obtained pardon from God, he might, at the same time, be gently dealt with by him....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39. Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the upright, and forgivene...
REMOVE THY STROKE AWAY FROM ME,.... The psalmist still considers his affliction as coming from the hand of God, as his stroke upon him, and which lay as a heavy burden on him, and which God only could...
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. Ver. 10. _Remove thy stroke away from me_] Having first prayed off his sin, he would now pray off his pain, though it less tro...
_Remove thy stroke away from me_ But though I may not, I will not, open my mouth to complain, yet I may open it to pray, that thou wouldest take off the judgment that thou hast inflicted upon me. _I a...
THE BELIEVER'S ATTITUDE IN VIEW OF THE APPARENT HAPPINESS OF THE GODLESS. To the chief musician, even to Jeduthun, or Ethan, the name of one of David's chief choristers, who was the leader of a famil...
Remove Thy stroke away from me, which seemed like a blow by the hand of divine anger; I AM CONSUMED BY THE BLOW OF THINE HAND, as the Lord set Himself in battle against him, knowing that he was doomed...
BLOW: _ Heb._ conflict...
7-13 There is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him; to him we should be driven by our disappointments. If the world be nothing...
But although I may not, I will not, open my mouth to complain of thee, yet I may open it to complain and pray to thee, that thou wouldst take off the judgment which thou hast inflicted upon me. I AM C...
Psalms 39:10 Remove H5493 (H8685) plague H5061 consumed H3615 (H8804) blow H8409 hand H3027 Remove -...
3). HIS SOLUTION LIES IN HOPING IN YHWH AND WALKING RIGHTLY BEFORE HIM, BEING DELIVERED FROM ALL HIS TRANSGRESSIONS. MEANWHILE THEREFORE HE PRAYS THAT YHWH WILL RESTORE HIM TO HEALTH, WHILE RECOGNISIN...
This Psalm gives a description of David's experience and conduct when stretched upon a sick-bed. He appears to have felt impatience working within him, which I am sorry to say is a very common disease...
Psalms 39:1. _I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me._ This is what David said; what he had deliberately...
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. David dedicated some Psalms to Asaph, and one or two to Jeduthun. Some of this chief musician's family appear to have remained singers as lat...
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Jeduthun was one of those who led the sacred song in the house of God in David's day, and, long afterwards, we find the son of Jeduthun still...
CONTENTS: The psalmist, bowed down with sorrow and sickness, is burdened with unbelieving thoughts and prays for help. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: We should not feed the fire of discontent b...
This psalm is inscribed _to Jeduthun,_ leader of one of the choral bands in the temple. 1 Chronicles 16:41; and bears the name of David. Psalms 39:5. _Thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth,_ which...
_I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue; I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle._ THOUGHT AND PRAYER UNDER TRIAL I. Thought under trial. 1. Its utterance repress...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:1. This psalm allows those who are suffering to express their confusion to God. The circumstances of the suffering are left vague, although there is acknowledgment of sin...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 39:7 The singer asks God to DELIVER him FROM ALL his TRANSGRESSIONS, thus admitting that he deserves God’s REBUKES FOR SIN....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.” _Jeduthun_ was one of the leaders of the sacred music in the time of David (1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:6...
EXPOSITION THE psalmist, vexed and disgusted with life, feeling a desire to murmur and complain, but aware that his words are watched, and his wicked enemies ready to make use of them against him, has...
Psa 39:1-13. Jeduthun was one of David's musicians, as was Asaph. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me...
1 Samuel 6:5; Job 13:21; Job 40:8; Job 9:34; Psalms 25:16;...