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Verse Psalms 55:4. _THE TERRORS OF DEATH ARE FALLEN UPON ME._] I am in
hourly expectation of being massacred....
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MY HEART IS SORE PAINED WITHIN ME - Heavy and sad; that is, I am
deeply afflicted. The word rendered is “sore pained,” means
properly to turn round; to twist; to dance in a circle; to be whirled
round...
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Psalms 55
In the Throes of the Great Tribulation
_ 1. Prayer for help (Psalms 55:1)_
2. Longings to escape (Psalms 55:4)
3. The great tribulation ...
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LV. A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM TREACHEROUS FOES.
Psalms 55:1. The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His
desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness.
Psalms 55:12. A description of...
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SORE PAINED... UNTO DEATH. Compare the words ot the true David (John
13:21) in reference to the Antitype (Psalms 55:18; Matthew 26:38)....
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_terrors of death_ Such terrors as the presence of Death, "the king of
terrors," inspires....
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MY HEART IS SORE PAINED.— _Trembles._...
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PSALMS 55
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Bitter Complaint of the Treachery of an Intimate Friend.
ANALYSIS
(Of the Psalm as Reconstructed.)
Stanza I., Psalms 55:1-7, Invocation of God under great Nervous
Exc...
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_MY HEART IS SORE PAINED WITHIN ME: AND THE TERRORS OF DEATH ARE
FALLEN UPON ME._
My heart is sore pained within me - literally, is agitated.
THE TERRORS OF DEATH ARE FALLEN UPON ME - as the enemy...
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The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen
of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom
he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is real...
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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...
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_[Psalms 55:5]_ לִ֭בִּי יָחִ֣יל בְּ
קִרְבִּ֑י וְ...
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Psalms 55:1
THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that
of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification
of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel is natur...
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FLEEING THE CITY'S ILLS
Psalms 55:1
This psalm was suggested by Absalom's rebellion and Ahithophel's
treachery. But it contains references which, in their full extent, are
chiefly applicable to Judas...
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This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional
nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge
through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fri...
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_The height of the day. That is, even at noon day, when the sun is the
highest, I am still in danger. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "many fight
against me from an elevation, or from day-break." --- Fear. Ma...
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We shall have a lively apprehension of this history of David, if we
connect with what is here said of him, his flight from Absalom, when
he went up the hill of mount Olivet; 2 Samuel 15:14. But who th...
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4._My heart trembles within me _(299) Here we have additional evidence
of the extremity of David’s sufferings. He that uses these words was
no soft or effeminate person, but one who had given indubita...
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Psalms 55 is a distressing picture of wickedness in Jerusalem. The
speaker is outside, but has experienced this wickedness in the
treachery of his dearest friends. His resource is in God: Jehovah will...
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MY HEART IS SORE PAINED WITHIN ME,.... At the civil war in his
kingdom; at the battle likely to ensue between his forces and
Absalom's, and at the issue of it; see Jeremiah 4:19; this was true of
Chri...
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My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen
upon me.
Ver. 4. _My heart is sore pained within me_] No otherwise than a woman
is pained in travail; _cordicitus doleo._ I am p...
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_My heart is sore pained within me_ Hebrew, יחיל, _jachil,
trembles_, or suffers pains like those of a travailing woman, as the
word properly signifies. My heart, which hath generally supported me
in...
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My heart is sore pained within me, his inmost soul writhing with the
agony laid upon him; AND THE TERRORS OF DEATH ARE FALLEN UPON ME, such
as threatened death, taking away all hope of life....
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A COMPLAINT OF FALSE FRIENDS.
To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the
accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a
psalm of David....
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1-8 In these verses we have, 1. David praying. Prayer is a salve for
every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden. 2. David
weeping. Griefs are thus, in some measure, lessened, while tho...
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MY HEART IS SORE PAINED WITHIN ME; with pains like those of a
travailing woman, as the word signifies. My heart, which hath commonly
supported me in my distresses, is now ready to sink within me;
ther...
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Psalms 55:4 heart H3820 pained H2342 (H8799) within H7130 terrors H367
death H4194 fallen H5307 (H8804)...
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HE DESCRIBES HIS INNER CONDITION (PSALMS 55:4).
He points out to God his deep distress of heart. The situation has
become too much for him. Living under the constant threat of execution
by a jealous S...
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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It
needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full
of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm up...
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CONTENTS: Complaint concerning false friends.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The best salve for every sore is prayer. One of the
greatest griefs is to find ourselves deceived in some who have m...
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Psalms 55:6. _Oh that I had wings like a dove,_ to outfly the hawks
which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a
dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart before...
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_The terrors of death are fallen upon me._
ON THE FEAR OF DEATH
I. The nature of the fear of death. It appears to arise from an
instinct of nature, which is increased and strengthened by
observation...
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_Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my
supplication._
THE COMPASSIONABLE, THE COMMENDABLE, AND THE CENSURABLE IN LIFE
I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for pit...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:1. Like many other individual laments,
this psalm prays for God’s help against dangerous enemies. There is
a unique twist here. The danger comes from betrayal by a close...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:4 This section describes more fully the
intensity of the singer: IN ANGUISH, TERRORS OF DEATH, FEAR,
TREMBLING, and...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the Chief Musician on Neginoth_.” See
introduction to Psalms 54 “_Maschil_,” an instruction.
Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation
of...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to
an unknown writer of the seventh century B.C. But no solid grounds
have been shown for setting aside the traditionary ev...
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Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my
supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint,
and make a noise; Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the
oppre...
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2 Corinthians 1:8; Hebrews 5:7; Isaiah 38:10; John 12:27; Mark 14:33
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The terrors — Deadly terrors; such as seize upon men in the agonies
of death....