Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 25:13
Earth] RV 'land.' The promise of temporal blessing to the good man and his posterity is in harmony with the general thought of the OT.
Earth] RV 'land.' The promise of temporal blessing to the good man and his posterity is in harmony with the general thought of the OT.
Verse Psalms 25:13. _HIS SOUL SHALL DWELL AT EASE_] בטוב תלין _betob talin_, "shall lodge in goodness;" this is the _marginal_ reading in our version; and is preferable to that in the text. _HIS SEE...
HIS SOUL SHALL DWELL AT EASE - Margin: “shall lodge in goodness.” So the Hebrew. The idea is that of one “at home;” one who finds a comfortable and safe resting place; one who is not a wanderer or a v...
PSALM 25-39 The fifteen Psalms which follow give the deep soul exercise of the godly. All fifteen, except the thirty-third, are marked as Psalms of David. Much of it expresses undoubtedly his own indi...
XXV. An acrostic poem composed of religious maxims and prayers which have little or no connexion with each other. The text is imperfect, for in Psalms 25:18 f. the letter Q is omitted and R is repeate...
HIS SOUL. He. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. EARTH. land. Compare Matthew 5:5....
The Psalmist's petitions are grounded upon the revealed character of Jehovah....
Temporal blessings are in store for him. He himself _shall continue in prosperity_; and his posterity after him shall inherit the land (R.V.), in accordance with the promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:7-8...
PSALMS 25 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Alphabetical Psalm of Supplication. ANALYSIS Seven lines of Direct Address to Jehovah, Psalms 25:1-7; three lines in Praise of Jehovah, Psalms 25:8-10; one line of Di...
_HIS SOUL SHALL DWELL AT EASE; AND HIS SEED SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH._ Shall dwell at ease (_ LUWN_ (H3885)) - literally, 'shall pass the night in good;' i:e., shall abide permanently in good (Job 17:...
25:13 earth. (g-13) Or 'possess the land,' as Psalms 37:9 ,Psalms 37:29 ....
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...
SHALL DWELL. — Literally, _shall lodge the night_ (comp. margin); but here, as in Psalms 49:12, with added sense of permanency....
נַ֭פְשֹׁו בְּ טֹ֣וב תָּלִ֑ין וְ֝ זַרְעֹ֗ו יִ֣
Psalms 25:1 THE recurrence of the phrase "lift up the soul" may have determined the place of this psalm next to Psalms 24:1. It is acrostic, but with irregularities. As the text now stands, the second...
A PRAYER FOR PARDON AND PROTECTION Psalms 25:1 This is an acrostic or alphabetical psalm. The verses begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, to aid the memory. So also in Psalms 9:1...
The sob of a great sorrow sounds throughout this psalm. The circumstances of its writing were those of desolation, affliction, distress, travail, as the latter part especially shows. Yet the main cont...
His soul shall dwell at (l) ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. (l) He will prosper both in spiritual and corporal things....
I do not interrupt the reading through the whole of these verses; their plain and obvious meaning they carry along with them. They bear a decided testimony to divine faithfulness, and man's necessitie...
Psalms 24 _ Proper Psalm for Ascension Day_ (_Evening_). PSALMS 24-26 = _ Day 5_ (_Morning_)....
13._His soul shall dwell in good. _If the supreme felicity of man consists in undertaking or attempting nothing except by the warrant of God, it follows that it is also a high and incomparable benefit...
Christ has been introduced, not indeed yet in glory, but associating Himself with the remnant, and suffering even unto death for them. Hence their whole case can be prophetically gone into. And here f...
HIS SOUL SHALL DWELL AT EASE,.... Or in "goodness" f, enjoying an affluence of good things, of spiritual blessings in Christ, in whom he dwells by faith; and where he has peace and safety, amidst all...
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. Ver. 13. _His soul shall dwell at ease_] Heb. shall lodge in good, even then when his body haply is tossing on his sick bed, and at...
_What man is he that feareth the Lord_ Whosoever he be, whether Jew or Gentile, whether comparatively innocent or a great sinner, which is my case: _him shall he teach in the way he shall choose_ The...
His soul shall dwell at ease, enjoying good fortune and prosperity under the blessing of God; AND HIS SEED SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH, the promise of the possession of Canaan having been given to Israel...
A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE. A psalm of David....
THY TENDER: thy bowels SHALT DWELL AT EASE: _ Heb._ shall lodge in goodness...
8-14 We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend...
SHALL DWELL, Heb. _shall lodge_, i.e. continue, as this word signifies, JOB 17:2 PROVERBS 19:23. It notes the constancy and stability of his happiness, both whilst he lives, and when he is dead; which...
Psalms 25:13 himself H5315 dwell H3885 (H8799) prosperity H2896 descendants H2233 inherit H3423 (H8799) earth H776
THE ONE WHO FEARS YHWH WILL RECEIVE HIS INSTRUCTION, WILL ENJOY SECURITY AND PROSPERITY, WILL BE AWARE THAT HE IS ONE OF HIS COVENANT PEOPLE, AND WILL BE KEPT FROM FALLING (PSALMS 25:12). We now come...
Psalms 25:1. _Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul._ It is down; and I would fain lift it up; yet I am powerless to do so if I am left to myself. When the soul cleaves to the earth, who but God ca...
CONTENTS: Prayer for guidance, forgiveness, mercy and deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: It is our duty and privilege to trustingly wait upon the Lord in adoration, supplication and se...
Psalms 25:1. _To thee, oh Lord, do I lift up my soul_ anew, now in this time of war and danger. Psalms 25:5. _On thee do I wait all the day._ David speaks of his blessing the Lord seven times a day; p...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 25:1. In this lament, individual members of the worshiping assembly ask God for help in their various troubles. While the psalm expresses faith in God’s kindness, it does no...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 25:12 Verse Psalms 25:12 focuses on the particular person (THE MAN) who fears the LORD
INTRODUCTION “David is pictured in this psalm as in a faithful miniature. His holy trust, his many conflicts, his great transgression, his bitter repentance, and his deep distresses are all here; so t...
EXPOSITION THIS is the second of the "alphabetic psalms." It is not so irregular as Psalms 9:1; but still is defective in some respects, the letters _beth _and _vav _being omitted in their proper plac...
Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which tra...
1 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:13; Acts 2:39; Deuteronomy 33:12; D
At ease — Heb. in Good; in the possession and enjoyment of the true good. The land — Canaan; which was given as an earnest of the whole Covenant of Grace, and all its promises....