TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. OF DAVID. by David. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE EVIL. an evil man. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. MAN. Hebrew. _i_. _h_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH. Who. MISCHIEFS. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:9, but the same word as "evil" in Psalms 140:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TONGUES. Singular. See note on Psalms 140:11. Quoted in Romans 3:13. SELAH. Connecting the evil with the prayer to be delivered; thus marking the Structure (App-66)... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-41.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THE WAYSIDE. See Job 18:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Adonai. App-4. (2). OF. Genitive of character. my saving strength. covered. screened or protected. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha'._ Singular. App-44. The same word as in Psalms 140:4. WICKED DEVICE. devices or plots. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THAT COMPASS ME ABOUT. one word in Hebrew. MISCHIEF. labour, toil Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44. COVER. overwhelm. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 THEY, &C.. let them not, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL SPEAKER. Hebrew. man of tongue; not "a man of lips" (= talkative. Job 11:2), but with an evil motive. a slanderer. Compare Psalms 140:3. EVIL SHALL HUNT. Let evil hunt.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE AFFLICTED. a poor one. THE POOR. helpless ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. DWELL IN THY PRESENCE. Compare Psalms 11:7; Psalms 16:11.... [ Continue Reading ]