What does Psalms 11:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men."
Verse Psalms 11:4. _THE LORD_ IS _IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE_] He is still to be sought and found in the place where he has registered his name. Though the priests be destroyed, the God in whose worship they...
THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE - Hebrew, “Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness.” That is, he is in heaven, regarded as his temple or dwelling-place. This is the answer of the psalmist to the sugge...
Psalms 11 __ 1. Faith's resources in the day of trouble (Psalms 11:1) 2. The recompense for the righteous and the wicked (Psalms 11:5) Psalms 11:1. Their refuge is the Lord, in Him they trust as w...
XI. YAHWEH THE SURE REFUGE. Psalms 11:1. The problem stated. The wicked are bold: the righteous cannot meet their attack. They can but flee like a little bird (the habitual meaning of the word transla...
EYES... EYELIDS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_. App-6. CHILDREN. sons. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
David's answer, justifying his rejection of his friends" advice. They look to earth alone; he looks up to heaven. They judge by the appearance of the moment; his faith beholds the righteous Governor o...
THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE— As much as to say, "Though all human hope and assistance should fail me, yet I have the strongest confidence in the interposition and protection of that Almighty, who,...
PSALMS 11 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Faith's Brave Answer to the Counsels of Fear. ANALYSIS Stanza, Psalms 11:1-3, Counsels of Despair, with an Expression of Surprise Refused. Antistanza, Psalms 11:4-6,Con...
_THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE, THE LORD'S THRONE IS IN HEAVEN: HIS EYES BEHOLD, HIS EYELIDS TRY, THE CHILDREN OF MEN._ The reply of the righteous. THE LORD (IS) IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE - i:e., in heav...
11:4 temple (l-5) Or 'palace;' and so Psalms 18:6 ; Psalms 45:8 ,Psalms 45:15 , &c....
of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28,, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the...
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...
_(_4_)_ TEMPLE. — Here, plainly from the parallelism, not any earthly building, but _the heavenly palace of the Divine King._ One thought of God’s supreme righteousness, high above earth’s anarchy and...
יְהוָ֤ה ׀ בְּֽ הֵ֘יכַ֤ל קָדְשֹׁ֗ו יְהוָה֮ בַּ † שָּׁמַ֪יִם כִּ֫סְאֹ֥ו עֵינָ֥יו יֶחֱז֑וּ עַפְעַפָּ֥יו יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י...
Psalms 11:1 The correctness of the superscription is, in the present case, defended by Ewald and Hitzig. Delitzsch refers the psalm to the eve of Absalom's conspiracy, while other supporters of the D...
GOD OUR REFUGE AND DEFENSE Psalms 11:1; Psalms 12:1 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, urged him to...
This psalm is the answer of faith to the advice of fear. Both are alike conscious of immediate peril. Fear sees only the things that are near. Faith takes in the larger distances. If the things fear s...
The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes (d) behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. (d) Though all things in earth are out of order, yet God will execute ju...
_Lips. "The saints do not curse, but foretell what will happen." (St. Jerome) --- Hebrew, "the Lord will destroy" the deceitful, (Berthier) who mean to injure men; (Haydock) and the proud, who attack...
Reader, it is very true that Jehovah, in his threefold character of person, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, seeth, and knoweth all the concerns of his redeemed, and his eyes are upon them for good. But is...
4._Jehovah is in the palace of his holiness. _In what follows, the Psalmist glories in the assurance of the favor of God, of which I have spoken. Being destitute of human aid, he betakes himself to th...
What the righteous remnant are to do when the power of evil is thus dominant in Emmanuel's land, Psalms 11 treats of. Psalms 11-15, as I have already remarked, give the thoughts and feelings of the re...
THE LORD [IS] IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE,.... Not in the temple at Jerusalem, which as yet was not built; nor in the temple of Christ's human nature; but rather in the church, where he dwells, which is an hol...
The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. Ver. 4. _The Lord is in his holy temple_] _i.e._ In heaven, and there hence...
_The Lord is in his holy temple_ The psalmist, having, in the first verse, declared that his trust was in Jehovah, and having mentioned the advice of his friends, is supposed to be now proceeding to s...
DAVID'S REFUSAL TO FLEE WHEN IN DANGER OF LIFE. There was a time when David's throne was in danger, when Absalom was scheming to usurp the royal power in Israel, when David's very life was no longer...
THE LORD, to whom I appeal from men's unjust tribunals, IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE; either, 1. In his tabernacle, which is sometimes called his temple, as 1 SAMUEL 1:9, 1 SAMUEL 3:3 PSALMS 18:6, PSALMS 48:...
Psalms 11:4 LORD H3068 holy H6944 temple H1964 LORDS H3068 throne H3678 heaven H8064 eyes H5869 behold H2372 (H8799) eyelids H6079 test H974 (H8799) sons H1121 men H120 The Lord - Psalms 9:11, Psalms...
‘YHWH is in his holy temple, YHWH, his throne is in heaven, His eyes behold, his eyelids try, The children of men. The psalmist now turns from the challenge that has been put to him and the reply h...
Psalms 11:3 In the eleventh Psalm we have a description of a faithful heart in time of trial declaring itself resolved to trust on God alone, when some would advise it to fly or to draw back. I. If...
CONTENTS: The doom of the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: If we get the vision of God on His throne, governing all creatures, rendering to all according to their works, we shall then see...
Psalms 11:1. _Flee as a bird to your mountain,_ the hill country of Judea. When hiding from Saul, and when the wicked bent their bow against him, it was prudent to shun the snares. Psalms 11:3. _If t...
_In the Lord put I my trust._ JEHOVAH THE PROTECTOR AND AVENGER OF THE PERSECUTED SAINT The Psalmist, beset by malicious foes, is warned by some of his adherents to seek refuge in flight. The Psalm...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 11:1. This psalm describes the confidence that the faithful may have, even in times of severe crisis. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0,...
INTRODUCTION “The friends of David advise him in this psalm to flee unto the mountainous parts of the land of Judah, in order to avoid the danger which was threatening him, should he remain in the pl...
EXPOSITION ASCRIBED to David in the "title," this psalm is almost universally allowed to be his. It "has all the characteristics of the earlier Davidic psalms." No allusion enables us to assign it to...
Psa 11:1-7 is to the chief musician. It is a psalm of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how do you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? (Psalms 11:1) My trust is in the Lord. Why should...
1 Chronicles 17:5; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Acts 7:49; Exodus 40:34; Exodus 40:35; Habakkuk 2:20; Hebrews 4:13; Isaiah 66:1;...
Temple — In heaven; which is mentioned as an evidence of his glorious majesty, of his sovereign power and dominion over all men and things, and of his accurate inspection into all men and their action...