“ Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruelc hatred. ”
Consider mine enemies - See Psalms 25:2 . It is evident that one source of the trouble referred to in the psalm was the fact that he had cruel foes, and that he was apprehensive of their designs...
Consider mine (o) enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. (o) The greater that his afflictions were and the more that his enemies increased, the more near he felt God's help....
XXV. An acrostic poem composed of religious maxims and prayers which have little or no connexion with each other. The text is imperfect, for in Psalms 25:18 f. the letter Q is omitted and R is re...
Consider. Same Hebrew as "look upon", Psalms 25:18 , enemies . foes. cruel hatre d. Hebrew "hatred of violence". "violent hatred". Ginsburg thinks "hatred without. cause".
19. Behold mine enemies. In this verse David complains of the number and cruelty of his enemies, because the more the people of God are oppressed, the more is he inclined to aid them; and in...
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. Consider mine enemies - Look upon them, and thou wilt see how impossible it is that I should be able to resist and overco...
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. Consider - the same Hebrew as in Psalms 25:18 , "Look upon." Whilst God looks upon His own people with compassio...
This is the second of the 'acrostic' or 'alphabetic' Pss. (cp. 9, 10). As it now stands there are a few irregularities in the arrangement, some of which appear again in Psalms 34 . The closing v. su...
Psalms 25:1-22 THE recurrence of the phrase "lift up the soul" may have determined the place of this psalm next to Psalms 24:1-10 . It is acrostic, but with irregularities. As the text now stands...
a Prayer for Pardon and Protection Psalms 25:1-22 This is an acrostic or alphabetical psalm. The verses begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, to aid the memory. So also in...
The sob of a great sorrow sounds throughout this psalm. The circumstances of its writing were those of desolation, affliction, distress, travail, as the latter part especially shows. Yet the main con...
I do not interrupt the reading through the whole of these verses; their plain and obvious meaning they carry along with them. They bear a decided testimony to divine faithfulness, and man's necessiti...
Psalms 24 Proper Psalm for Ascension Day ( Evening ). Psalms 24-26 = Day 5 ( Morning ).
Consider mine enemies ,.... Or "look" m upon them; but with another kind of look; so as he looked through the pillar of fire upon the Egyptians, and troubled them, Exodus 14:24 ; with a look of wra...
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. Ver. 19. Consider mine enemies, for they are many ] This was to David half a promise, and a whole reason that he shoul...
The troubles of my heart are enlarged My outward troubles are accompanied with grievous distresses of my mind and heart for my sins, which have procured them, and for thy great displeasure manifest...
Precious Promises; Petitions. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the L ORD ; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 1...
Consider, Heb. look upon , as Psalms 25:18 , to wit, with a revengeful eye, as Exodus 14:24 1 Chronicles 12:17 Psalms 104:32 . For this general expression of looking upon is taken seve...
R ‘Consider my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with cruel hatred.' His thoughts now turn back to his enemies whom he has disregarded for most of the Psalm, for what has mattered first...
INTRODUCTION “David is pictured in this psalm as in a faithful miniature. His holy trust, his many conflicts, his great transgression, his bitter repentance, and his deep distresses are all here; so...
Psalms 25:1 . Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. It is down; and I would fain lift it up; yet I am powerless to do so if I am left to myself. When the soul cleaves to the earth, who but God...
Psalms 25:1 . To thee, oh Lord, do I lift up my soul anew, now in this time of war and danger. Psalms 25:5 . On thee do I wait all the day. David speaks of his blessing the Lord seven times a...
EXPOSITION THIS is the second of the "alphabetic psalms." It is not so irregular as Psalms 9:1-19 ; but still is defective in some respects, the letters beth and vav being omitted in thei...
A Prayer for Merciful Protection and Guidance. A psalm of David.
2 Samuel 16:11 ; 2 Samuel 17:2-4 ; Luke 22:2 ; Luke 23:21-23 ; Luke 23:5 ; Psalms 11:5 ; Psalms 138:7 ; Psalms 140:1 ; Psalms 140:11 ; Psalms 140:4 ; Psalms 143:3 ; Psalms 18:48 ; Psalms...