Psalms 11:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horribleb tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. ”

• Psalms 11:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Upon the wicked - Upon all the wicked. He shall rain - He shall pour down as in a furious tempest. Snares - It seems rather incongruous to speak of raining down “snares, “ - understanding...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, (e) fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the (f) portion of their cup. (e) As in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. (f) Which they...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  tempest . blast. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

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• Psalms 11:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. He will rain upon the ungodly. David now, in the last place, lays it down as a certain truth, that although God, for a time, may be still and delay his judgments, yet the hour of vengeanc...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Upon the wicked he shall rain - This is a manifest allusion to the destruc...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, &c.— He shall rain hot burning coals upon the wicked; fire and brimstone and black tempest. See Lowth's Prelections, p. 80. Others read the verse thus,...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares - a just retribution in kind up...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Rain snares. — Or nooses. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 7:35 .) This is certainly an extraordinary figure, and various emendations have been suggested. Ewald’s “coals of fire” ( pecham for pachîm ) is...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Very awful must be the termination of a life of sin, to whatever age protracted, or however lengthened. Tell ye the righteous it shall be well with him. Woe unto the wicked! it shalt be ill with him....

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• Psalms 11:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Upon the wicked ,.... The wicked one, the man of sin, antichrist, and upon all that worship the beast and his image, on all persecutors, and upon all wicked men in general: he shall rain snares, f...

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• Psalms 11:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup. Ver. 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares ] His soul hateth them;...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Upon the wicked he shall rain snares , &c. The wicked may think themselves very secure, because they are so politic, crafty, and strong; but how can they defend themselves against God, who hath...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He shall rain; which notes their original to be extraordinary, and from God's hand; and withal, that they should come plentifully, swiftly, and suddenly, violently and unavoidably, as rain commonly...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  YHWH tries the righteous, But the unrighteous and him who loves violence his soul hates. On the unrighteous he will rain snares, Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cu...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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 ....

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - 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...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 1:4 ; 1 Samuel 9:23 ; Exodus 9:23 ; Exodus 9:24 ; Ezekiel 13:13 ; Ezekiel 38:22 ; Genesis 19:24 ; Genesis 43:34 ; Habakkuk 2:16 ; Isaiah 24:17 ; Isaiah 24:18 ; Isaiah 51:17 ; Is...

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• Psalms 11:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Rain — Send them plentifully, swiftly, and suddenly, as rain commonly falls from heaven. Snares — Grievous plagues or judgments, which are called snares, because wicked men are often surprized with...

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