Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 25:19
Consider mine (o) enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
(o) The greater that his afflictions were and the more that his enemies increased, the more near he felt God's help.
Consider mine (o) enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
(o) The greater that his afflictions were and the more that his enemies increased, the more near he felt God's help.
Verse Psalms 25:19. _CONSIDER MINE ENEMIES_] Look upon them, and thou wilt see how impossible it is that I should be able to resist and overcome them. They are many, they hate me, and their hatred dri...
CONSIDER MINE ENEMIES - See Psalms 25:2. It is evident that one source of the trouble referred to in the psalm was the fact that he had cruel foes, and that he was apprehensive of their designs. The t...
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...
CONSIDER. Same Hebrew as "look upon", Psalms 25:18, ENEMIES. foes. CRUEL HATRE D. Hebrew "hatred of violence". "violent hatred". Ginsburg thinks "hatred without. cause"....
Renewed prayer, for deliverance and preservation....
_Consider_ Behold, the same word as in Psalms 25:18. with _cruel hatred_ Lit. _a haired of violence_, hatred inspired by and leading to cruelty. Cp. Psalms 11:5; Psalms 27:12....
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...
_CONSIDER MINE ENEMIES; FOR THEY ARE MANY; AND THEY HATE ME WITH CRUEL HATRED._ Consider - the same Hebrew as in Psalms 25:18, "Look upon." Whilst God looks upon His own people with compassion for th...
This is the second of the 'acrostic' or 'alphabetic' Pss. (cp. 9, 10). As it now stands there are a few irregularities in the arrangement, some of which appear again in Psalms 34. The closing v. sugge...
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...
רְאֵֽה ־אֹויְבַ֥י כִּי ־רָ֑בּוּ וְ שִׂנְאַ֖ת...
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...
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_)....
19._Behold mine enemies. _In this verse David complains of the number and cruelty of his enemies, because the more the people of God are oppressed, the more is he inclined to aid them; and in proporti...
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...
CONSIDER MINE ENEMIES,.... Or "look" m upon them; but with another kind of look; so as he looked through the pillar of fire upon the Egyptians, and troubled them, Exodus 14:24; with a look of wrath an...
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. Ver. 19. _Consider mine enemies, for they are many_] This was to David half a promise, and a whole reason that he should...
_The troubles of my heart are enlarged_ My outward troubles are accompanied with grievous distresses of my mind and heart for my sins, which have procured them, and for thy great displeasure manifeste...
Consider mine enemies, looking upon them; FOR THEY ARE MANY, that being the experience of all believers; AND THEY HATE ME WITH CRUEL HATRED, their hatred being unreasonable and contemplating injury an...
A PRAYER FOR MERCIFUL PROTECTION AND GUIDANCE. A psalm of David....
CRUEL HATRED: _ Heb._ hatred of violence...
15-22 The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to...
CONSIDER, Heb. _look upon_, as PSALMS 25:18, to wit, with a revengeful eye, as Exodus 14:24 1 Chronicles 12:17 Psalms 104
Psalms 25:19 Consider H7200 (H8798) enemies H341 (H8802) many H7231 (H8804) hate H8130 (H8804) cruel...
R ‘Consider my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with cruel hatred.' His thoughts now turn back to his enemies whom he has disregarded for most of the Psalm, for what has mattered first of...
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 25:16 The psalmist prays for deliverance from the AFFLICTION, TROUBLE, and FOES that threaten (vv....
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...
2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 17:2; Luke 22:2; Luke 23:21; Luke 23:5;...