Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 55:13
But [it was] thou, a man mine (k) equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
(k) Who was not only joined to me in friendship and counsel in worldly matters, but also in religion.
But [it was] thou, a man mine (k) equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
(k) Who was not only joined to me in friendship and counsel in worldly matters, but also in religion.
BUT IT WAS THOU, A MAN MINE EQUAL - Margin, “a man according to my rank.” Septuagint, ἰσόψυχε _isopsuche_, equal-souled, like-souled, “second self” (Thompson); Vulgate, _“unanimus,”_ of the same min...
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 ...
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...
A MAN. a mortal. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. MINE EQUAL. as mine equal: i.e. esteemed by David as such; refers to Ahithophel. MY GUIDE: or counselor. Compare 2 Samuel 16:23 and Acts 1:17....
The plaintive pleading of the opening verses suddenly gives way to a fierce outburst of indignation....
Foremost among the Psalmist's enemies is one who had formerly been one of his most intimate and trusted friends. He interrupts the denunciation, which he resumes at Psalms 55:15, to relate what is the...
_Mine equal_in rank and position; _my associate_or _companion_(as in Proverbs 16:28, _chief friends;_Micah 7:5, where R.V. marg. _familiar friend_is right); my close acquaintance or familiar friend (P...
FOR IT WAS NOT AN ENEMY, &C.— Among other persons who joined in this conspiracy against David, there was one from whom he expected a quite different conduct, and whose infidelity and treachery were ag...
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...
_BUT IT WAS THOU, A MAN MINE EQUAL, MY GUIDE, AND MINE ACQUAINTANCE._ But it was thou, a man mine equal - literally, 'a man according to my rank' or 'estimation.' Friendship binds only equals; these...
55:13 man (d-6) _ Enosh_ . see Psalms 8:4 ,...
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...
GUIDE.. ACQUAINTANCE] RV 'companion.. familiar friend.'...
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...
BUT IT WAS... — Better, _But thou art a man of my own standing._ The word _erek_ is used (Exodus 40:23) of the row of loaves constituting the shewbread, and the cognate verb means “to arrange.” Here i...
_[Psalms 55:14]_ וְ אַתָּ֣ה אֱנֹ֣ושׁ כְּ עֶרְכִּ֑י...
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...
FRIENDS MAY FORSAKE, BUT GOD ABIDETH Psalms 55:12 The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators. Violence, strife, deceit, and oppression trampled the virtuous and helpless un...
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...
_Living, in my own country, where I am no longer, as formerly during my banishment, in the region of the dead. (Calmet) --- The Fathers explain this of Jesus Christ, or of eternal glory. (Theodoret) ...
We must of necessity drop David's history in these verses, to attend to an infinitely greater; for surely what is here said by the Spirit of Christ, which was in the holy men of old, is said in prophe...
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...
BUT [IT WAS] THOU,.... The Targum is, "but thou Ahithophel"; of whom the words are literally to be understood, and so they are in the Talmud u; and mystically and typically of Judas; A MAN MINE EQUAL...
But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. Ver. 13. _But it was thou, a man mine equal_] Heb. according to my rank, my compeer, my colleague, mine Alter-ego, my bosom frien...
_It was not an enemy_ Not an open and professed enemy, or, not an old and inveterate enemy, (as appears from the following description to be his meaning,) _that reproached me_ That misrepresented me,...
But it was thou, a man mine equal, whom David esteemed of the same rank with himself, MY GUIDE AND MINE ACQUAINTANCE, rather, "my companion and my intimate friend," the reference probably being to Ahi...
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....
A MAN, MINE EQUAL: _ Heb._ a man according to my rank...
9-15 No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on ea...
MINE EQUAL; not in power and dignity, which could not be, but in reputation for his deep wisdom and excellent conduct, and the great influence which he had upon me, and upon all my people. MY GUIDE; w...
Psalms 55:13 man H582 equal H6187 companion H441 acquaintance H3045 (H8794) my guide - 2 Samuel 15:12,...
HE BEWAILS THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN BETRAYED BY A COMRADE-IN-ARMS (PSALMS 55:12). The description of the city has prepared the way for the story of his own betrayal. What hurt him most was that he ha...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 55:12 It is not a nameless ENEMY who is seeking to harm the faithful singer, but MY COMPANION, MY FAMILIAR FRIEND. Compare...
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 16:23; Jeremiah 9:4; John 19:13; Luke 22:21;
Equal — Not in power, but in reputation, for wisdom, and influence upon my people. Guide — Whose counsel I highly prized, and constantly followed. All which agrees to Achitophel....