Psalms 140:7
What meaning of the psalms 140:7 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 140:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle."
What does Psalms 140:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle."
Verse Psalms 140:7. _THOU HAST COVERED MY HEAD_] Not only when I fought with the proud blaspheming Philistine; but in the various attempts made against my life by my sworn enemies....
O GOD THE LORD ... - literally, “Yahweh, Lord, the strength of my salvation” The word rendered “God,” in the original, is יהוה _Yahweh_. The address is to Yahweh as the Lord; that is, as the supreme R...
PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the dist...
CXL. THE PRAYER OF A MAN HARD BESET BY TREACHEROUS FOES. It seems clear that the foes of whom the author complains are Jews, not foreign assailants. Slander and violence are their weapons, and the war...
GOD THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Adonai. App-4. (2). OF. Genitive of character. my saving strength. covered. screened or protected. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:9....
Appeal to Jehovah, the Helper in time of need....
PSALMS 140 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Deliverance from Slanderous and Violent Enemies Implored and Expected. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 140:1-3, Rescue from Violent Slanderers Besought. Stanza II., Psalms 1...
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. O GOD THE LORD, THE STRENGTH OF MY SALVATION - (; , margin.) Powerless as to saving myself, I have my...
140:7 battle. (a-19) Or 'of arming for the battle.'...
A prayer for deliverance from enemies (perhaps national), ascribed to David probably because it consists mainly of quotations from, and adaptations of, earlier Pss....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ POISON! PSALMS 140 JESUS SAID, "CHILDREN OF *VIPERS, HOW CAN YOU SAY ANYTHING THAT IS GOOD? YOU ARE *EVIL PEOPLE" (MATTHEW 12:34). PSALMS 140 (This is) for the...
IN THE DAY OF BATTLE. — Literally, _in the day of arms, i.e.,_ when he was arming for fight. God covered the warrior’s head, _i.e.,_ provided the “helmet of salvation” (Isaiah 59:17). (Comp. also Psal...
_[Psalms 140:8]_ יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי עֹ֣ז יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י סַכֹּ֥תָה לְ֝ רֹאשִׁ֗י בְּ יֹ֣ום נָֽשֶׁק׃...
Psalms 140:1 IN tone and contents this psalm has many parallels in the earlier books, especially among the psalms ascribed to David. Its originality lies principally in its use of peculiar words, and...
CONFIDENCE IN GOD'S PROTECTION Psalms 140:1-13 Here is a picture of a man who is beset by foes. Around are slander and hatred; at his feet stratagems and traps. There is no help save in Him who a...
The previous five psalms have dealt with the absolute sufficiency of Jehovah. Their titles will indicate this, “Jehovah the Object of His people's praise, Jehovah the God of mercy, Jehovah the God of...
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou (e) hast covered my head in the day of battle. (e) He calls to God with lively faith, being assured of his mercies, because he had before time prove...
As when the thickness, &c. If this is to be connected with what goes before, it declares the efficacy of those powerful words, capable to break up the thick and hard earth, of the hearts of man. But i...
This is a blessed appeal to the Lord! Where shall an exercised soul go in his affliction, but to a throne of grace? And how sure shall be the Lord's condemnation of the ungodly, when the cry of the su...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144. The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and not...
O GOD THE LORD, THE STRENGTH OF MY SALVATION,.... Temporal and spiritual, which he was able to effect; the mighty God and mighty Saviour: and this encouraged David to believe he should have deliveranc...
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. Ver. 7. _In the day of battle_] Heb. of armours; for battle David never had any with Saul, but declined i...
_Hear the voice of my supplication_ The more malice appears in our enemies against us, and the greater efforts they use to injure us, the more earnest ought we to be in prayer to God, after the exampl...
PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM MALICIOUS ENEMIES. To the chief musician, for performance in public worship, a psalm of David, in which he presents to the Lord the usual complaint, adding to this a ferve...
1-7 The more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects. If he be for us, who can be against us? We should especially watch and pray, that the...
With thy powerful protection, as with a helmet or shield....
Psalms 140:7 GOD H3069 Lord H136 strength H5797 salvation H3444 covered H5526 (H8804) head H7218 day H3117 battle H5402 the strength - Psalms 18:1-2, Psalms 18:35, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 28:7-8,...
To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Very likely this Psalm was written by David while he was being hunted about by Saul, and while all manner of falsehoods were being spoken against him. He there...
CONTENTS: The malice of enemies and prayer for preservation. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those are safe whom God preserves. In Him believers may count upon security against all real enemies....
This psalm was composed by David, on occasion of Saul's persecution. The title, _a psalm of David,_ is undisputed. Psalms 140:1. _From the evil man,_ Doëg the Edomite: _from the violent man,_ Saul, w...
_Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man._ GOD PRESERVES HIS SERVANT To put Luther out of harm’s way for a while a prudent man took him prisoner, and kept him out of the strife in the castle of Wartbur...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 140:1. This lament comes from those threatened by ungodly people who intend to do him serious harm. This psalm, in praying for protection and expressing trust, also prays fo...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is a prayer for protection against enemies who were at once violent and crafty, and unscrupulous in the use of their tongues. The general strain of the Psalm is like that of...
EXPOSITION MAINLY a psalm of supplication. David is in great straits, threatened by violent and malignant enemies (Psalms 140:1), against whom he prays to God for aid (Psalms 140:1, Psalms 140:4, Psal...
Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war....
1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:37; 1 Samuel 17:45; 2 Samuel 8:14; 2 Samuel 8:6; Deuteronomy 33:27; Isaiah 12:2; Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2;...