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Verse Psalms 55:16. _I WILL CALL UPON GOD_] He foresaw his
deliverance, and the defeat of his enemies, and therefore speaks
confidently, "The Lord shall save me;" or, as the _Targum_, "The WORD
of the...
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AS FOR ME, I WILL CALL UPON GOD - That is, I have no other refuge in
my troubles, yet I can go to him, and pour out all the desires of my
heart before him.
AND THE LORD SHALL SAVE ME - This expresses...
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Psalms 55
In the Throes of the Great Tribulation
_ 1. Prayer for help (Psalms 55:1)_
2. Longings to escape (Psalms 55:4)
3. The great tribulation ...
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LV. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TREACHEROUS FOES.
Psalms 55:1. The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His
desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness.
Psalms 55:12. A description of...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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The Psalmist's assurance that his prayer will be answered....
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_the Lord_ Here and in Psalms 55:22 the name Jehovah is significant.
It is the covenant-God of revelation to Whom he can appeal, and under
Whose protection he can rest....
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In this division of the Psalm the storm of indignation dies away, and
the Psalmist's trustful confidence revives....
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PSALMS 55
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Bitter Complaint of the Treachery of an Intimate Friend.
ANALYSIS
(Of the Psalm as Reconstructed.)
Stanza I., Psalms 55:1-7, Invocation of God under great Nervous
Exc...
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_AS FOR ME, I WILL CALL UPON GOD; AND THE LORD SHALL SAVE ME._
-Third strophe. His confident hope, resting upon the grounds stated in
the previous prayer.
Verse 16,17. AS FOR ME ... EVENING, AND MORN...
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The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen
of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom
he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is real...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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_[Psalms 55:17]_ אֲ֭נִי אֶל ־אֱלֹהִ֣ים
אֶקְרָ֑א וַ֝...
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Psalms 55:1
THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that
of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification
of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel is natur...
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FRIENDS MAY FORSAKE, BUT GOD ABIDETH
Psalms 55:12
The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators.
Violence, strife, deceit, and oppression trampled the virtuous and
helpless un...
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This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional
nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge
through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fri...
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How precious are these words, whether considered as the language of
our Lord in the days of his flesh, or of any of his believing people.
They suit all. The evening, the morning, the noon; all seasons...
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16_I will call upon God. _In translating this verse I have retained
the future tense of the verb, as the Psalmist does not refer to
something already done, but rather excites himself to the duty of
pr...
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Psalms 55 is a distressing picture of wickedness in Jerusalem. The
speaker is outside, but has experienced this wickedness in the
treachery of his dearest friends. His resource is in God: Jehovah will...
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AS FOR ME, I WILL CALL UPON GOD,.... Not upon a creature, on idols and
images, on angels or saints departed; but upon God, in his time of
trouble, for salvation and deliverance from enemies; who is ab...
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As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Ver. 16. _As for me, I will call upon God_] Or, I have called upon
God, _sc._ for good to be done to myself, Psalms 55:1, &c., and for
evi...
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_As for me, I will call upon God_ Let them take what course they
please to secure themselves; let violence and strife be their guards,
prayer shall be mine. By this I have found deliverance, support,...
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A COMPLAINT OF FALSE FRIENDS.
To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the
accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a
psalm of David....
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As for me, placing his own person in emphatic opposition to his
enemies, I WILL CALL UPON GOD, in fervent and constant prayer; AND THE
LORD SHALL SAVE ME, that being the firm conviction of his faith....
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16-23 In every trial let us call upon the Lord, and he will save us.
He shall hear us, and not blame us for coming too often; the oftener
the more welcome. David had thought all were against him; but...
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Whilst he destroys them. As they and I differ in the courses of our
lives, so shall we in our ends....
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Psalms 55:16 call H7121 (H8799) God H430 LORD H3068 save H3467 (H8686)
Psalms 50:15,...
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BUT HE IS NOT AFRAID FOR HE EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE THAT YHWH WILL
SAVE HIM AND WILL HEAR HIS VOICE WHEN HE CALLS ON HIM (PSALMS 55:16).
But David knew where to turn in such situations. He knew that...
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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It
needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full
of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm up...
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CONTENTS: Complaint concerning false friends.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The best salve for every sore is prayer. One of the
greatest griefs is to find ourselves deceived in some who have m...
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Psalms 55:6. _Oh that I had wings like a dove,_ to outfly the hawks
which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a
dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart before...
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_Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my
supplication._
THE COMPASSIONABLE, THE COMMENDABLE, AND THE CENSURABLE IN LIFE
I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for pit...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician on Neginoth_.” See
introduction to Psalms 54 “_Maschil_,” an instruction.
Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation
of...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to
an unknown writer of the seventh century B.C. But no solid grounds
have been shown for setting aside the traditionary ev...
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Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my
supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint,
and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the
oppre...
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Luke 6:11; Luke 6:12; Psalms 109:4; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 73:28;...