“ In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. ”
In my distress - In my suffering, as arising from slander, Psalms 120:2-3 . There are few forms of suffering more keen than those caused by slander: “Whose edge is sharper than the sword; who...
"A Song of (a) degrees." In my (b) distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. (a) That is, of lifting up the tune and rising in singing. (b) Even though the children of God should rejoice whe...
CXX. Prayer Against Calumniators. Here begin the Psalms of Ascents, i.e. Pss. intended to be sung by the pilgrims at the three great feasts on their way up to Jerusalem, which stood on a height....
Title.. Song. Hebrew. shir . See App-65: viz. one of the Songs promised by Hezekiah in Isaiah 38:20 . degrees . the degrees, or steps. Hebrew. hamma'aloth (with Art.): i.e. the "degrees" ment...
1. I cried to Jehovah in my distress. The name of the author of the Psalm is not expressed, but the style of it throughout presents David to our view. Although, therefore, I cannot positivel...
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. In my distress - Through the causes afterwards mentioned. I cried unto the Lord - Made strong supplication for help. And he...
David prayeth against Doeg, and reproveth his tongue. He complaineth of his necessary conversation with the wicked. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth. A song of degree...
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Psalms 120:1-7 .-The first of the fifteen "Songs of degrees." The Septuagint, not probably, translate, 'Songs of the steps' [toon anabat...
A cry for help to Jehovah in the midst of sore distress, evidently by an exile under foreign oppression.
Psalms 120:1-7 THE collection of pilgrim songs is appropriately introduced by one expressive of the unrest arising from compulsory association with uncongenial and hostile neighbours. The psalmist...
Where to Find Help Psalms 120:1-7 ; Psalms 121:1-8 This is the first of the “Songs of Degrees.” It has been suggested that they were pilgrim-songs to beguile the journeys from all parts of the...
The next fifteen psalms appear to have formed a book of themselves bearing the title, "The Songs of Ascents." That collection is incorporated by the editor at this point not without purpose. The tit...
CONTENTS Here are the breathings of a devout soul under distress; and the soul finding confidence at the mercy-seat, reproves some ungodly person that assaulted him. A Song of degrees. Psalms 120...
A CASE OF DISTRESS ‘My distress.’ Psalms 120:1 The first of the Songs of Ascents, sung by the devout Hebrews, as they gathered from the farthest parts of the land to the great annual feasts. A...
In my distress I cried unto the Lord ,.... Being at a distance from his own country, or, however, from the house of God; persecuted by men, under the lash of their tongues; reproached, abused, and b...
Psalms 120:1 «A Song of degrees. » In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. A Song of degrees ] A most excellent song, Tremellius rendereth it; and so indeed this and the fourteen...
Confession and Complaints. A song of degrees. 1 In my distress I cried unto the L ORD , and he heard me. 2 Deliver...
PSALM 120 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed, either, 1. By David in the time of his persecution by Saul, when he was exposed both to the swords and to the calumnies of his enemi...
THE SONGS OF DEGREES Psalms 120-134 GENERAL INTRODUCTION The principal hypotheses on which to account for the “Songs of Degrees,” “Songs of Ascents,” “Pilgrim Psalms,” and to each of which great...
A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms 112:1 ); ( Psalms 112:2 ).
Psalms 120:1 . In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Slander occasions distress of the most grievous kind. Those who have felt the edge of a cruel tongue know assuredly that it i...
This and the fourteen psalms which follow, are entitled, “Songs of Mahaloth, or degrees.” Kimchi, and some of the rabbins say, they were so called because they were sung on the steps of the second te...
In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and He heard me. The Songs of Degrees How came this and fourteen following psalms to be put together, and to receive their distinctive title? It has been s...
EXPOSITION THE SONGS OF ASCENTS . THE next fifteen psalms have a common heading, which is translated "Songs of Degrees," "Songs of Ascents," or "Songs of Steps." They c...
In my distress, when he was in tribulation at some former time, I cried unto the Lord, turning to Him alone for deliverance, and He heard me, graciously affording help, for it pleases Him to have...
Hebrews 5:7 ; Isaiah 37:14-20 ; Isaiah 37:3 ; Isaiah 37:4 ; Isaiah 38:2-5 ; Jonah 2:2 ; Luke 22:44 ; Psalms 107:13 ; Psalms 116:3 ; Psalms 116:4 ; Psalms 118:5 ; Psalms 18:6 ; Psalms 30:...