Psalms 55:18
What meaning of the psalms 55:18 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 55:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me."
What does Psalms 55:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me."
Verse Psalms 55:18. _HE HATH DELIVERED MY SOUL_] My _life_ he has preserved in perfect safety from the sword; _for there were many with me_: "for in many afflictions his WORD was my support." - _Targu...
HE HATH DELIVERED MY SOUL IN PEAEE - The Hebrew is, “He has redeemed;” so also the Septuagint and Vulgate. The meaning is, He has “rescued” me, or has saved me from my enemies. Either the psalmist com...
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 (Psalms 55:9) 4. The comfort of hope (Psalms 55:...
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 o...
DELIVERED. plucked (with power). Hebrew. _padah._ See notes on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13. MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. IN PEACE. Note Ellipsis: "[and set it] in peace". MANY WI...
The Psalmist's assurance that his prayer will be answered....
HE HATH DELIVERED MY SOUL— _He will redeem my soul from their conflict with me, and restore me to peace; for with multitudes they came against me._ Chandler. Houbigant renders it, _He will restore my...
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...
_AS FOR ME, I WILL CALL UPON GOD; AND THE LORD SHALL SAVE ME._ -Third strophe. His confident hope, resting upon the grounds stated in the previous prayer. Verse 16,17. AS FOR ME ... EVENING, AND MORN...
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...
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...
HE HATH DELIVERED. — The Targum rightly makes this the petition just mentioned, “Deliver,” &c (18) FROM THE BATTLE. — The reading of the LXX. is preferable, “from these drawing near to me.” FOR THER...
_[Psalms 55:19]_ פָּ֘דָ֤ה בְ שָׁלֹ֣ום נַ֭פְשִׁי מִ קֲּרָב ־לִ֑י כִּֽי ־בְ֝ רַבִּ֗ים הָי֥וּ עִמָּדִֽי׃...
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...
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were (n) many with me. (n) Even the angels of God fought on my side against my enemies, (2 Kings 6:16)....
How precious are these words, whether considered as the language of our Lord in the days of his flesh, or of any of his believing people. They suit all. The evening, the morning, the noon; all seasons...
18_He hath redeemed my soul into peace _Those who read the two preceding verses in the perfect instead of the future tense, are apparently led to this by considering that David here proves his former...
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...
HE HATH DELIVERED MY SOUL IN PEACE FROM THE BATTLE [THAT WAS] AGAINST ME,.... That is, God had preserved his life, and delivered him safe and sound from many a battle which was fought against him, and...
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me. Ver. 18. _He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle_] This he speaketh upon his prayer,...
_He hath delivered my soul_ He may be considered, either as referring to former deliverances, and mentioning them as a reason why he should now trust in God; or as speaking of a future deliverance as...
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....
16-23 In every trial let us call upon the Lord, and he will save us. He shall hear us, and not blame us for coming too often; the oftener the more welcome. David had thought all were against him; but...
HE HATH DELIVERED MY SOUL: either this is an argument whereby he encourageth himself now to trust God, because of former deliverances; or lie speaks of a future deliverance as a thing done, because of...
Psalms 55:18 redeemed H6299 (H8804) soul H5315 peace H7965 battle H7128 many H7227 He hath - Psalms 3:6-7, Psalms 27:1-3, Psalms 57:3, Psalms 118:10-12; 2 Samuel 18:28,...
HE STRESSES THAT GOD HAS ALREADY REDEEMED HIM ONCE (PSALMS 55:18). It would appear from this that an attempt had already been made to get rid of him by an armed assault. As one of Saul's commanders he...
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...
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...
1 John 4:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2 Kings 6:16; 2 Samuel 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:1; Acts 2:33; Matthew 26:53; Psalms 118:10;...
He hath — He speaks of a future deliverance, as a thing done, because of the certainty of it. He hath restored me to my former peace and tranquility. For — For there were more with me than against me;...