Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 54:2
Verse Psalms 54:2. Hear my prayer] In his straits he had recourse to God; for from him alone, for the reasons alleged above, his deliverance must proceed.
Verse Psalms 54:2. Hear my prayer] In his straits he had recourse to God; for from him alone, for the reasons alleged above, his deliverance must proceed.
HEAR MY PRAYER, O GOD - My earnest cry for deliverance from the designs of those who would betray me. GIVE EAR TO THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH - Incline thine ear to me, as one does who wishes to hear. See...
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...
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...
_HEAR MY PRAYER, O GOD; GIVE EAR TO THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
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...
_[Psalms 54:4]_ אֱ֭לֹהִים שְׁמַ֣ע תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָה לְ...
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...
The enemies of Christ were both friends and strangers. When he came to his own, his own received him not: and, as the apostles expressed it, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the pe...
2._Hear my prayer, O God! _The language is expressive of his earnestness. He was led to this fervor of supplication by the extremity of his present circumstances, which is alluded to in the following...
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...
HEAR MY PRAYER, O GOD,.... The psalmist first puts up his petitions, and then desires to be heard; his distress, and the fervency of his spirit, not suffering him to observe order; GIVE EAR TO THE WO...
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. Ver. 2. _Hear my prayer, O God_] He runs to God by most earnest prayer, for our instance and instruction in like case; for we must prepare fo...
_Save me by thy name_ That is, by thy own strength, as the next words explain it, because I have no other refuge. Or, _for thy name_, for thy own glory, which is concerned in my deliverance. _And judg...
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth, lending His ears, to that end, with the most careful attention....
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...
1-3 God is faithful, though men are not to be trusted, and it is well for us it is so. David has no other plea to depend upon than God's name, no other power to depend upon than God's strength, and t...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 54:2 Hear H8085 (H8798) prayer H8605 God H430 ear H238 (H8685) words H561 mouth H6310...
DAVID PRAYS TO BE DELIVERED FROM THE HANDS OF SAUL (PSALMS 54:1). Psalms 54:1 ‘Save me, O God, by your name, And judge me in your might. Hear my prayer, O God, Give ear to the words of my mouth.'...
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...
_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...
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...
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