Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 54:7
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath (g) seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
(g) We may lawfully rejoice for God's judgments against the wicked, if our affections are pure.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath (g) seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
(g) We may lawfully rejoice for God's judgments against the wicked, if our affections are pure.
Verse Psalms 54:7. _FOR HE HATH DELIVERED ME_] Saul had now decamped; and was returned to save his territories; and David in the meanwhile escaped to En-gedi. God was most evidently the author of this...
FOR HE HATH DELIVERED ME OUT OF ALL TROUBLE - This is spoken either in confident expectation of what would be, or as the statement of a general truth that God did deliver him from all trouble. It was...
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...
DELIVERED . rescued. SEEN HIS DESIRE: or, looked upon, and thus seen Jehovah's deliverance. To the chief Musician. See App-64. ON . relating to. NEGINOTH . smitings: i.e. the great smitings of my e...
A confident expectation of deliverance and vow of thanksgiving....
_For he hath delivered me_ Such a transition from the second person of Psalms 54:6 to the third person is quite possible: cp. the converse transition in Psalms 54:5: but the subject of the verb maybe...
HE HATH DELIVERED ME OUT OF ALL TROUBLE— _From every strait._ In Psalms 92:11 we have a similar expression to the last clause of this verse, _mine eye hath seen,_ &c. where the words _his desire,_ are...
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...
_FOR HE HATH DELIVERED ME OUT OF ALL TROUBLE: AND MINE EYE HATH SEEN HIS DESIRE UPON MINE ENEMIES._ For he hath delivered me out of all trouble. In faith he sees the deliverance already accomplished,...
54:7 trouble; (i-9) Or 'pressure.' see Psalms 4:1 ....
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...
This verse does not actually state what has happened, but, according to a well-known Hebrew idiom should be rendered, _When he shall have delivered,_ &c HATH SEEN HIS DESIRE. — Or, _hath gloated on_ T...
_[Psalms 54:9]_ כִּ֣י מִ כָּל ־צָ֭רָה הִצִּילָ֑נִי...
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...
_Dove, which flies swiftly. He now adored the judgments of God, which chastised him, as he had threatened; (2 Kings xii. 11.) though, while innocent, he had rejected a similar proposal, Psalm x. 1. Th...
REFLECTIONS READER, let you and I make the same conclusion from the perusal of this Psalm, as is here made, and the confidence in this will bear our souls up during the exercises of the passing hour,...
Reader, do observe how Christ, in the days of his flesh, found support and confidence in resting himself wholly upon his Father; so have the faithful done, so must the faithful do, in all ages. The cl...
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...
FOR HE HATH DELIVERED ME OUT OF ALL TROUBLE,.... As he desired, 1 Samuel 26:24; that is, out of all his present trouble; not that he had no more afterwards; for as soon as one trouble is gone, general...
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies. Ver. 7. _For he hath delivered me_] _i.e._ He surely will. This is the language of faith; this is t...
_I will freely sacrifice_, &c. Not by constraint, as many do, because they are obliged to do it, and cannot neglect it without shame and inconvenience to themselves; but with a willing and cheerful mi...
For He hath delivered me out of all trouble, this deliverance being referred to the name of God; AND MINE EYE HATH SEEN HIS DESIRE UPON MINE ENEMIES, for such is the confidence of faith that it sees t...
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...
4-7 Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time...
He speaks of it as a thing already done, either to express his assurance of it, or because this Psalm was made after it was done. HIS DESIRE; or, _thy vengeance_; which may be understood out of PSALMS...
Psalms 54:7 delivered H5337 (H8689) trouble H6869 eye H5869 seen H7200 (H8804) enemies H341 (H8802) For
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...
_I will freely sacrifice unto Thee: I will praise Thy name, O Lord, for it is good._ THANK-OFFERINGS The closing verses of this simple little psalm touch very familiar notes. The faith which has pray...
_Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul _ GOD OUR HELPER I. When God is the helper of His people. 1. In the great crisis of their conversion. He raiseth from the pit,...
_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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 54:6 The worshiper looks forward to continued enjoyment of God’s presence and favor. The FREEWILL OFFERING is a kind of peace offering (Leviticus 7
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...
1 Samuel 26:24; 2 Samuel 4:9; 2 Timothy 4:18; Genesis 48:16; Psalm