Psalms 11:4 Commentary, explanation, 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. ”

Psalms 11:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 11:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 j...
Psalms 11:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XI. Yahweh the Sure Refuge. Psalms 11:1-3 . 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...
Psalms 11:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

eyes... eyelids. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia . App-6. children . sons. men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Psalms 11:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 hims...
Psalms 11:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 Lord is in his holy temple - He is still to be sought and found in the p...
Psalms 11:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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, wh...
Psalms 11:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.,...
Psalms 11:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 th...
Psalms 11:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

( 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...
Psalms 11:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 11:1-7 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...
Psalms 11:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Our Refuge and Defense Psalms 11:1-7 ; Psalms 12:1-8 The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul's persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David's safety, u...
Psalms 11:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 11:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 i...
Psalms 11:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 11:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 henc...
Psalms 11:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 11:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 The L ORD is in his holy temple, the L ORD 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The L ORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him th...
Psalms 11:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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:...
Psalms 11:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Psalms 11:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 p...
Psalms 11:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 11:3-4 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...
Psalms 11:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ....
Psalms 11:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 Psa...
Psalms 11:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 assig...
Psalms 11:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 long...
Psalms 11:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Matt...
Psalms 11:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 act...

Psalms 11:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 11:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 11:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 11:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 11:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 11:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 11:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 11:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 11:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 11:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 11:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes