Silence. — As a different word is used from that rendered silent in Psalms 31:17, translate let the lying lips be made dumb.
Grievous. — Better, arrogant, as in 1 Samuel 2:3. (Comp. Psalms 94:4.) So in Psalms 75:5, “a stiff neck” is a neck thrown impudently back.
Proudly and contemptuously. — Literally, in pride and contempt.
Verse Psalms 31:18. _LET THE LYING LIPS BE PUT TO SILENCE_] As to my enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, abate their pride, assuage their malice, and confound their devices. See Jeremiah 18:18....
LET THE LYING LIPS BE PUT TO SILENCE - See the notes at Psalms 12:2. The lips which speak lies. The reference here is especially to those who had spoken in this manner against the psalmist himself, th...
Psalms 31 The Enemies of Israel and the Victory _ 1. The prayer for deliverance (Psalms 31:1)_ 2. The victory (Psalms 31:19)...
XXXI. Prayer in distress strangely intermingled with such confidence in God that the deliverance seems to be already accomplished. PSALMS 31:1_ A_. Recurs with textual variants in Psalms 71:1. Psalm...
GRIEVOUS. hard, or arrogant. THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one....
The tone of the Psalm changes. The recollection of past mercies brings present suffering into sharper relief. "A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." This part of the Psalm reminds...
Let the lying lips be dumb; Which speak against the righteous arrogantly, In pride and contempt. Cp. Psalms 12:3; Psalms 94:4....
PSALMS 31 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Fellowship in Suffering and Salvation. ANALYSIS Stanzas I., and II, Psalms 31:1-8, Suffering, caused chiefly by enemies, some of them Idolatrous, Overcome by Steadfast F...
_LET THE LYING LIPS BE PUT TO SILENCE; WHICH SPEAK GRIEVOUS THINGS PROUDLY AND CONTEMPTUOUSLY AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS._ Let the lying lips ... grievous things - or 'hard things,' as the Hebrew is trans...
The writer of this Ps. gratefully records God's past deliverances (Psalms 31:1), appeals to God for help against the enemies who assail him in the present (Psalms 31:9), and ends with fervent thankful...
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...
_[Psalms 31:19]_ תֵּ֥אָלַ֗מְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֫י שָׁ֥קֶר הַ דֹּבְרֹ֖ות...
Psalms 31:1 THE swift transitions of feeling in this psalm may seem strange to colder natures whose lives run smoothly, but reveal a brother-soul to those who have known what it is to ride on the top...
JEHOVAH PRESERVETH THE FAITHFUL Psalms 31:14 What a change ensues in the spirit of our life when we look from men and things to God! Do not look at God through circumstances, but at circumstances thr...
In this great song of trust struggling through tears to triumph, we have a fine example of an experience often repeated in the history of the children of faith. There are three divisions. In the first...
If we consider the foregoing verses as referring to Christ and his enemies, how striking are these verses, if read with an eye to Judas and the foes of Christ. Acts 1:18. And may we not take the words...
Psalms 31 is a proof how Jesus could use devout and holy expressions of a psalm, and indeed pass through all in spirit, without its having a literal application to Him. Here is found the expression He...
LET THE LYING LIPS BE PUT TO SILENCE,.... Being convicted of the lies told by them, and so silenced and confounded; or being cut off and destroyed, as all such will be in the Lord's own time, Psalms 1...
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. Ver. 18. _Let the lying lips be put to silence_] Heb. the lips of a lie, mendacioru...
_Let the lying lips_ The slanderous tongues; _be put to silence_ Either by thy discovery and vindication of my integrity; or by some imminent judgment, which may either convince them, or take them off...
CONFIDENCE AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH...
Let the lying lips be put to silence, forever become dumb in death, WHICH SPEAK GRIEVOUS THINGS PROUDLY AND CONTEMPTUOUSLY AGAINST THE RIGHTEOUS, speaking arrogantly with pride and scorn, this attitud...
GRIEVOUS: _ Heb._ a hard thing...
9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffer...
LYING LIPS; slanderous tongues. Be put to silence, either by thy vindication and discovery of my integrity; or by some eminent judgment, which may either convince them, or cut them off. GRIEVOUS THING...
Psalms 31:18 lying H8267 lips H8193 silence H481 (H8735) speak H1696 (H8802) insolent H6277 proudly H1346 contemptuo
Make your face to shine on your servant, Save me in your covenant love. Let me not be put to shame, O YHWH, For I have called on you, Let the wicked be put to shame, Let them be silent in Sheol....
Psalms 31:1. _In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;_ This is a good beginning; this is the fulcrum which will give us the necessary leverage for lifting any weight of sorrow or trouble that may be burd...
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This Psalm was meant to be sung, therefore it was dedicated to the chief musician; yet it is a Psalm of which at least half is very sorrowful. All our hymns we...
Psalms 31:1. _In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;_ Can we say as much as that? However else this Psalm of David may end, it strikes a grand key-note, that which should be the first indication of our...
CONTENTS: David implores God's help against enemies and extols God for his preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: All our affairs are safe in Jehovah's hands; without reservation therefor...
Psalms 31:5. _Into thine hand I commit my spirit,_ the words which our Saviour used on the cross, and the words which St. Stephen used the moment before his death, when addressing the Lord Jesus; and...
_Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble._ THE COMPLAINTS OF A SUFFERER, AND THE ENTREATIES OF A SUPPLIANT I. the complaints of a sufferer. 1. His sufferings were mental and severe. 2. His...
_Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and, maliciously, speak against the righteous._ ON SCEPTICISM To neglect those popular calumnies which are in circulation against a...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:1. This is a lament seeking God’s help amid persecution (vv. Psalms 31:4,...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 31:14 David’s TRUST in the Lord during the present distress is based on his experiences as reported in vv. Psalms 31:3 and also on the promises o
INTRODUCTION A psalm, in which the psalmist rises by prayer, from trouble, to lively faith and hope in God. The older interpreters founding on the use of the same word in Psalms 31:2 (Heb.), and 1 Sam...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is, in the main, a cry for deliverance out of pressing danger and trouble; but it is interspersed with passages of a more cheerful tone, expressive of faith and confidence (Psalm...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 31:1-24. This thirty-first psalm is actually divided into three sections. The first one covering the first eight verses, the second one covering verses Psalms 31...
1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Chronicles 32:16; Acts 25:7; Isaiah 37:22; Isaiah