Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 11:5
The Lord trieth the righteous, &c.— The Lord exploreth the righteous and the wicked; and him that loveth false-dealing his soul hateth. Mudge.
The Lord trieth the righteous, &c.— The Lord exploreth the righteous and the wicked; and him that loveth false-dealing his soul hateth. Mudge.
Verse Psalms 11:5. _THE LORD TRIETH THE RIGHTEOUS_] He does not abandon them; he tries them to show their faithfulness, and he afflicts them for their good. _HIS SOUL HATETH._] The _wicked_ man must...
THE LORD TRIETH THE RIGHTEOUS - That is, he “proves” them, searches them, tests the reality of their piety. His dealings with them are such as to test the genuineness of their religion, and are design...
Psalms 11 __ 1. Faith's resources in the day of trouble (Psalms 11:1) 2. The recompense for the righteous and the wicked (Psalms 11:5) Psal
XI. YAHWEH THE SURE REFUGE. Psalms 11:1. The problem stated. The wicked are bold: the righteous cannot meet their attack. They can but flee like a little bird (the habitual meaning of the word transla...
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. HIS SOUL. He (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
David's answer, justifying his rejection of his friends" advice. They look to earth alone; he looks up to heaven. They judge by the appearance of the moment; his faith beholds the righteous Governor o...
Each half of the verse is to be completed from the other. God proves and approves the righteous: He proves and rejects the wicked. _trieth Alloweth_in P.B.V. means -approveth after trial." Cp. Romans...
PSALMS 11 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Faith's Brave Answer to the Counsels of Fear. ANALYSIS Stanza, Psalms 11:1-3, Counsels of Despair, with an Expression of Surprise Refused. Antistanza, Psalms 11:4-6,Conf...
_THE LORD TRIETH THE RIGHTEOUS: BUT THE WICKED AND HIM THAT LOVETH VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATETH._ The Lord trieth the righteous - in love; as the contrast to "hateth" in the second clause requires. His t...
11:5 wicked, (a-8) See Note, Psalms 9:5 . here the singular....
TRIETH] tries and approves. They stand the test....
of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
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...
יְהוָה֮ צַדִּ֪יק יִ֫בְחָ֥ן וְ֭ רָשָׁע וְ אֹהֵ
Psalms 11:1 The correctness of the superscription is, in the present case, defended by Ewald and Hitzig. Delitzsch refers the psalm to the eve of Absalom's conspiracy, while other supporters of the Da...
GOD OUR REFUGE AND DEFENSE Psalms 11:1; Psalms 12:1 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, urged him to...
This psalm is the answer of faith to the advice of fear. Both are alike conscious of immediate peril. Fear sees only the things that are near. Faith takes in the larger distances. If the things fear s...
_Own. "We have lips," (Symmachus) or eloquence to gain our cause against these miserable exiles. (Calmet) --- Lord. Hebrew adon, "master." We admit of no superior, neither in heaven nor on earth. (Hay...
This is a verse of no small importance. Though the Lord is not dealing with his redeemed now under the covenant of grace, as he did with Adam in his original state of innocency, to see what improvemen...
What the righteous remnant are to do when the power of evil is thus dominant in Emmanuel's land, Psalms 11 treats of. Psalms 11-15, as I have already remarked, give the thoughts and feelings of the re...
THE LORD TRIETH THE RIGHTEOUS,.... As gold is tried in the fire, by afflictive providences; hereby he tries their graces, their faith, and patience, their hope, and love, and fear; and, by so doing, e...
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Ver. 5. _The Lord trieth the righteous_] Or approveth, as James 1:12; he justifieth and accepteth him, as a...
_The Lord trieth the righteous_ God may think fit to try the fidelity of him whom he knows to be upright, by many adversities, that he may afterward give him the more illustrious testimonies of his ap...
DAVID'S REFUSAL TO FLEE WHEN IN DANGER OF LIFE. There was a time when David's throne was in danger, when Absalom was scheming to usurp the royal power in Israel, when David's very life was no longer s...
The Lord trieth the righteous, proving or testing them for evidences of their sincerity and then giving them the full measure of His protection; BUT THE WICKED AND HIM THAT LOVETH VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HA...
THE LORD TRIETH THE RIGHTEOUS; either, 1. He examines them, and knows them to be righteous, and consequently approveth, and loveth, and will preserve and bless them; which may be gathered from the con...
Psalms 11:5 LORD H3068 tests H974 (H8799) righteous H6662 wicked H7563 loves H157 (H8802) violence H2555 soul...
YHWH tries the righteous, But the unrighteous and him who loves violence his soul hates. On the unrighteous he will rain snares, Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup...
CONTENTS: The doom of the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we get the vision of God on His throne, governing all creatures, rendering to all according to their works, we shall then see...
Psalms 11:1. _Flee as a bird to your mountain,_ the hill country of Judea. When hiding from Saul, and when the wicked bent their bow against him, it was prudent to shun the snares. Psalms 11:3. _If th...
_The Lord trieth the righteous._ THE GODLY DISCIPLINE I. The characters tried--the righteous. This word righteous is used for two reasons. 1. Because in God’s sight they are such. 2. Because they...
_In the Lord put I my trust._ JEHOVAH THE PROTECTOR AND AVENGER OF THE PERSECUTED SAINT The Psalmist, beset by malicious foes, is warned by some of his adherents to seek refuge in flight. The Psalm i...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 11:5 The WICKED are those among God’s people who would exploit and harm others. ⇐...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 11:1. This psalm describes the confidence that the faithful may have, even in times of severe crisis. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION “The friends of David advise him in this psalm to flee unto the mountainous parts of the land of Judah, in order to avoid the danger which was threatening him, should he remain in the pla...
EXPOSITION ASCRIBED to David in the "title," this psalm is almost universally allowed to be his. It "has all the characteristics of the earlier Davidic psalms." No allusion enables us to assign it to...
Psa 11:1-7 is to the chief musician. It is a psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how do you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? (Psalms 11:1) My trust is in the Lord. Why should...
1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:12; Genesis 22:1; James 1:12; Jeremiah 12:8;...
Trieth — He chastens even righteous persons, yet still he loves them, and therefore will in due time deliver them. But as for the wicked, God hates them, and will severely punish them....
How can this verse say God hates some people when John 3:16 says God loves everyone? (See discussion under Psalms 5:5)...