Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 54:6
I will freely sacrifice, &c.— I will sacrifice to thee voluntary oblations. I will acknowledge thy name, for this is good. Chandler. See Exodus 35:29.
I will freely sacrifice, &c.— I will sacrifice to thee voluntary oblations. I will acknowledge thy name, for this is good. Chandler. See Exodus 35:29.
Verse Psalms 54:6. _I WILL FREELY SACRIFICE UNTO THEE_] Or, _I will sacrifice_ _nobly unto thee_. Not only with a _willing mind_, but with a _liberal_ _hand_ will I bring sacrifice unto thee. _FOR_...
I WILL FREELY SACRIFICE UNTO THEE - The Hebrew words rendered “freely,” mean with “willingness, voluntariness, spontaneousness.” The idea is, that he would do it of a free or willing mind; without con...
Psalms 54 The Prayer of the Godly _ 1. The prayer for salvation (Psalms 54:1)_ 2. The assurance of faith (Psalms 54:4) During that final apostasy when the man of sin is revealed, the saints among...
LIV. THE PSALMIST PRAYS FOR DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL AND BITTER FOES. He trusts in God who will destroy his enemies. When that is done, he will offer sacrifice in thanksgiving. His enemies are Jews f...
FREELY SACRIFICE: Hebrew with. freewill offering will. sacrifice. Compare Numbers 15:3. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
A confident expectation of deliverance and vow of thanksgiving....
_I will freely sacrifice unto thee_ Or, With a free will I will sacrifice unto thee. So the LXX and Jer. R.V., with a freewill offering. But cp. Numbers 15:3, "a burnt offering or sacrifice, to accomp...
PSALMS 54 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer Prompted by the Hostile Action of the Zephites. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 54:1-2, Prayer for Salvation and Vindication; supported by a _Refrain, vet._ 3, descr...
_I WILL FREELY SACRIFICE UNTO THEE: I WILL PRAISE THY NAME, O LORD; FOR IT IS GOOD._ I will freely sacrifice unto thee. "Freely" - literally, 'with a freewill offering' х_ NªDAABAAH_ (H5071)] (Exodus...
54:6 sacrifice (f-4) Or 'I will sacrifice a freewill offering.' praise (g-9) See Note b, Psalms 42:5 . good. (h-17) Or 'thou art good.'...
Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?' Whatever be the value of the title there...
FREELY] RV 'with a freewill offering' (Numbers 15:3); LXX 'with free will.' O LORD] the one occurrence of 'Jehovah' in this Elohistic Ps....
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...
I WILL FREELY SACRIFICE. — Better, _I will offer a willing_ (or _freewill_)_ sacrifice._ FOR IT IS GOOD. — Comp. Psalms 52:9....
_[Psalms 54:8]_ בִּ נְדָבָ֥ה אֶזְבְּחָה ־לָּ֑ךְ אֹ֤ודֶה...
Psalms 54:1 THE tone and language of this psalm have nothing special. The situation of the psalmist is the familiar one of being encompassed by enemies. His mood is the familiar one of discouragement...
SINNERS ALL-GOD ALONE CAN HELP Psalms 53:1; Psalms 54:1 That Psalms 53:1 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1, with very few variations,
The burden of the psalm is expressed in the first two verses. Its reason is described in verse Psalms 54:3, while assurance is the song of what remains. Taking the second and third sections first, the...
I will (f) freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good. (f) For hypocrites serve God out of fear or on conditions....
Reader, do observe how Christ, in the days of his flesh, found support and confidence in resting himself wholly upon his Father; so have the faithful done, so must the faithful do, in all ages. The cl...
6._I will freely sacrifice unto thee. _According to his usual custom, he engages, provided deliverance should be granted, to feel a grateful sense of it; and there can be no doubt that he here promise...
Psalms 54 is the cry to God to deliver according to the value of His name, the subject of trust. The double character of the enemies is spoken ofstrangers, enemies from without; and oppressors, the pr...
I WILL FREELY SACRIFICE UNTO THEE,.... Not legal sacrifices; no, nor freewill offerings the law gives directions about, though the allusion is to them; but the freewill offerings of his mouth, Psalms...
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good. Ver. 6. _I will freely sacrifice unto thee_] Or, liberally; not with an ill will and pinchingly. The Arabic render...
_I will freely sacrifice_, &c. Not by constraint, as many do, because they are obliged to do it, and cannot neglect it without shame and inconvenience to themselves; but with a willing and cheerful mi...
I will freely sacrifice unto Thee, with a glad heart and a willing hand, as true gratitude demands; I WILL PRAISE THY NAME, O LORD; FOR IT IS GOOD, the revelation of God's essence in the case of David...
PRAYER AND CONSOLATION AT THE TIME OF PERSECUTION. To the chief musician on Neginoth, the music to be played on stringed instruments as the psalm was rendered in the liturgical service, Maschil, a did...
4-7 Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time...
FREELY SACRIFICE; not by constraint, as many do, because they are obliged to it, and cannot neglect it without shame and inconvenience to themselves; but with a willing and cheerful mind, which thou l...
Psalms 54:6 freely H5071 sacrifice H2076 (H8799) praise H3034 (H8686) name H8034 LORD H3068 good H2896...
DAVID EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE AND ASSURES HIM THAT HE WILL NOT BE SHORT ON GRATITUDE (PSALMS 54:4). Psalms 54:4 ‘Behold, God is my helper, The Sovereign Lord is...
CONTENTS: Prayer for rescue from oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we are for God, we may be assured God will be for us and that we will have such care from Him that we need never s...
Psalms 54:1. _By thy name._ See note on Proverbs 18:10. Psalms 54:7. _Mine eye hath seen_ his desire upon _mine enemies._ The words, _his desire,_ are not in the Hebrew. David says merely that his ene...
_I will freely sacrifice unto Thee: I will praise Thy name, O Lord, for it is good._ THANK-OFFERINGS The closing verses of this simple little psalm touch very familiar notes. The faith which has pray...
_Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul _ GOD OUR HELPER I. When God is the helper of His people. 1. In the great crisis of their conversion. He raiseth from the pit,...
_Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength._ PHASES OF PIETY I. Piety praying. The prayer has respect to-- 1. The character of God (Psalms 54:1). 2. The entreatability of God (Psal...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 54:1. This is an individual lament, asking for God’s help against those who threaten the lives of the faithful. The title connects the song to the events of...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 54:6 The worshiper looks forward to continued enjoyment of God’s presence and favor. The FREEWILL OFFERING is a kind of peace offering (Leviticus 7
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician on Neginoth.” There is very little doubt that “_Neginoth_” is “the general term denoting all stringed instruments whatsoever, whether played with...
EXPOSITION THIS is a short psalm, written in a time of great trouble, and containing, first, an earnest prayer for deliverance (Psalms 54:1); and then an expression of confidence in God's aid, and of...
Psa 54:1-7 is to the chief musician on a stringed instrument. A prayer of David. When the Ziphims came and said to Saul, "David is hiding down in the wilderness of Ziph." And so, even as he didn't car...
Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 12:7; Psalms 107:22; Psalms 116:17;...