Psalms 17:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Liked as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. ”

Psalms 17:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Like as a lion - Margin, “The likeness of him” (that is, “of every one of them”) is “as a lion that desireth to ravin.” The meaning is plain. They were like a lion intent on securing his prey. Th...
Psalms 17:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XVII. The Prayer of a Godly Man for Deliverance from his Foes. These foes are not foreign enemies but worldly Jews who persecute their pious and innocent neighbours. The cry for Divine help is made...
Psalms 17:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey - I believe the word lion is here used to express Saul in...
Psalms 17:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey - literally, 'the likeness of him (the ideal wicked...
Psalms 17:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God ( Psalms 17:1-2 ), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence ( Psalms 17:3-5 ) and an account of the eager cruelty of his...
Psalms 17:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Young lion. — Heb., kephir. The Hebrew has seven different names for the lion. Milton’s description of Satan naturally recurs to the reader — “About them round A lion now he stalks with fiery...
Psalms 17:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 17:1-15 THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic, say another, without venturing on closer definiti...
Psalms 17:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's True Servants Safely Kept Psalms 17:1-15 This also dates from the Sauline persecutions. In the earlier verses David protests his innocence, pleads for deliverance from his foes, and ends...
Psalms 17:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm is generally conceded to be closely linked with the preceding one. There is an evident similarity of outlook. In each case the singer declares his abstention from complicity with ungodly m...
Psalms 17:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is impossible to read these verses but with an eye to Christ. For though his people, as his people, do partake in the afflictions which the enemies of their salvation excite, yet eminently so in t...
Psalms 17:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey ,.... Or "the likeness of him is as a lion" i; meaning Saul, as Kimchi interprets it; or everyone of them that compassed them about, as Aben Ezra observes...
Psalms 17:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Ver. 12. Like as a lion that is greedy, &c. ] Cruelty and craft are conjoined in the Church's...
Psalms 17:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have compassed us in our steps In all our ways. We go from place to place: we flee for safety to rocks, caves, and woods; but whithersoever we go they are at hand, and ready to surround us. Se...
Psalms 17:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow...
Psalms 17:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Like a lion that is greedy of his prey; when he is hungry, and therefore cruel. See Psalms 7:2 , Psalms 10:8 -10 .
Psalms 17:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘He is like a lion which is greedy for his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.' The ‘he' here is some individual who is like a hunting lion greedy for its prey, a prime youn...
Psalms 17:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “David pours forth to God in this psalm an earnest prayer for deliverance from his inveterate enemies, who were bent on taking away his life. We find in it his opinion of the character...
Psalms 17:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 17:1 . Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Good men are often slandered and misunderstood; and, at such times, the firs...
Psalms 17:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 17:3 . Thou hast tried me. Vulgate, Igne me examinâsti, Thou hast proved or tested me with fire, referring to the test of metals. Psalms 17:14 . Men which have their portion in this li...
Psalms 17:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm is termed "a prayer"—"a Prayer of David." It consists, no doubt, mainly of a series of petitions ( Psalms 17:1 , Psalms 17:2 , Psalms 17:6 , Psalms 17:7 , Psalms 17:8...
Psalms 17:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Calls upon God for Help
Psalms 17:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:8 ; 2 Timothy 4:17 ; Psalms 22:13 ; Psalms 7:2

Psalms 17:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 17:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 17:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 17:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 17:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 17:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 17:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 17:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 17:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 17:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 17:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 17:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 17:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge