Bible Commentaries
Introduction
| 1 | David in his prayer complains of his fearful case. | | 9 | He prays against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complains. | | 16 | He comforts himself in God's preservation of him, and confusion of his enemies. |
Verse 1
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
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- A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Neginoth
- 6:1; 54:1; *titles
- Give
- 5:1; 17:1; 64:1; 80:1; 84:8; 1 Peter 3:12
- hide
- 28:1; 80:4; 143:7; Lamentations 3:8
Verse 2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
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- I mourn
- 13:1,2; 32:3; 38:6; 43:2; 102:9,10; Isaiah 38:14
Verse 3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
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- oppression
- 12:5; 54:3; 73:8; Lamentations 3:34-36
- for they
- 27:12; 35:11; 2 Samuel 15:3; 16:7,8; 19:19; Matthew 26:59
Verse 4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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- My
- 6:3; 69:20; 88:3; 102:3-5; Matthew 26:37,38; Mark 14:33,34; John 12:27; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10
- terrors
- 18:4,5; 116:3; Isaiah 38:10-13; Hebrews 5:7
Verse 5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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- Fearfulness
- 119:120; 2 Samuel 15:14; Job 6:4; 23:15,16
- horror
- 42:6; 61:2; 88:15,16; Luke 22:44
- overwhelmed
- Heb. covered.
Verse 6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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- 11:1; 139:9; Revelation 12:14
Verse 7
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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- 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Samuel 15:14; 17:21,22; Proverbs 6:4,5; Jeremiah 9:2; 37:12
Verse 8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
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- the windy storm
- From the sweeping wind and tempest,--Absalom and his rebellious party.
- 18:4; Isaiah 17:12,13; Matthew 7:25-27
Verse 9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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- divide
- That is, "Distract their counsels; and let their devices be confounded;"--and the prayer was heard; See the Parallel Passages.
- Genesis 11:7-9; 2 Samuel 15:31; 17:1-14; John 7:45-53; Acts 23:6-10
- I have
- Jeremiah 6:7; 23:14; Matthew 23:37,38
Verse 10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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- Day
- 59:6,14,15; 1 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 17:1,2; Hosea 7:6; Micah 2:1,2; John 18:3,28; Acts 9:24
- mischief
- 2 Samuel 16:21,22; Isaiah 59:6-15; Ezekiel 9:4; Zephaniah 3:1-3
Verse 11
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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- Wickedness
- Ezekiel 22:1-12; Acts 7:51,52
- deceit
- 109:2,3; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 5:26,27; 9:3-5; Matthew 26:4
Verse 12
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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- For
- 41:9
- magnify
- 35:26; 38:16; Isaiah 10:15
- then I
- Matthew 26:21-23; John 13:18; 18:2,3
Verse 13
But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
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- a man mine equal
- Heb. a man according to my rank. my guide.
- 2 Samuel 15:12; 16:23; Jeremiah 9:4; Micah 7:5
- mine acquaintance
- John 19:13; Matthew 26:47-50; Mark 14:44,45; Luke 22:21,47,48
Verse 14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
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- We took sweet counsel together
- Heb. Who sweetened counsel. walked.
- 42:4; 122:1; Isaiah 2:3; Ezekiel 33:31
Verse 15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
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- Let death, etc
- Or, rather, "Death shall seize on them; they shall descend quickly into the grave;" which is a prediction of the sudden destruction which befell the ringleaders of this unnatural rebellion.
- 59:13; 69:22-28; 109:6-20; 2 Samuel 17:23; 18:9,14; Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18-20
- them
- Numbers 16:30-34; Matthew 26:24; Acts 1:25
- hell
- or, the grave.
- 9:17
Verse 16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
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- 50:15; 73:28; 91:15; 109:4; Luke 6:11,12
Verse 17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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- Evening
- 5:2,3; 119:62,147,148; Daniel 6:10,13; Mark 1:35; 6:46,48; Luke 18:1-7; Acts 3:1; 10:3,9,30; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:17
- cry
- Job 19:7; Lamentations 3:8; Hebrews 5:7
Verse 18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
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- He hath
- 3:6,7; 27:1-3; 57:3; 118:10-12; 2 Samuel 18:28; 22:1; Acts 2:33-36
- there
- 2 Kings 6:16; 2 Chronicles 32:7,8; Matthew 26:53; 1 John 4:4
Verse 19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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- hear
- 65:5; 143:12; 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16; Revelation 6:10,11
- even
- 90:1,2; Deuteronomy 33:27; Micah 5:2; Colossians 1:17
- Because, etc
- or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they fear not God. no changes.
- 73:5,6; Proverbs 1:32; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Isaiah 36:20; Jeremiah 48:11; Zephaniah 1:12
Verse 20
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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- put
- 1 Samuel 22:17; 24:10; 2 Samuel 18:12; Acts 12:1
- at peace
- 7:4; 109:5; 120:6,7
- broken
- Heb. profaned.
- 89:28,34,38; 2 Samuel 2:4; 5:3; 14:32,33; 15:10-12; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Ezekiel 17:16-19
Verse 21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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- The words
- 28:3; 57:4; 62:4; 64:3; Proverbs 5:3,4; 12:18; 26:24-26,28; Matthew 26:25; Luke 20:20,21
- war
- John 13:2
Verse 22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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- Cast
- 27:14; 37:5; *marg:; 42:10,11; 62:8; 63:8; Isaiah 50:10; Matthew 6:25,31-34; 11:28; Luke 12:22; Philippians 4:6,7; 1 Peter 5:7
- burden
- or, gift. suffer.
- 16:8; 37:24; 62:2,6; 121:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:27-30; 1 Peter 1:5
Verse 23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
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- O God
- 7:15,16; 58:9; 59:12,13
- pit
- Proverbs 15:11; 27:20; Isaiah 38:17
- bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days
- Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days.
- 5:6; 2 Samuel 3:27; 20:9,10; 1 Kings 2:5,6; 2 Samuel 3:27; 20:9,10; 1 Kings 2:5,6; Job 15:32; Proverbs 10:27; Ecclesiastes 7:17; Matthew 27:4,5
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Psalms 55:4". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/psalms-55.html.
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