Psalms 3:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. ”

• Psalms 3:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  :Title A Psalm of David - literally, belonging to David; that is, belonging to him as the author. This is marked in the Hebrew as the first verse, and so in the Syriac version, the Latin Vulgat...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  "A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son." LORD, how are they (a) increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me. (a) This was a token of his stable faith, that for a...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  III. A Morning Hymn of Triumph and Peace. It is a king or party leader who speaks, but who he was or when he wrote we cannot say. The conjecture in the title is of no value except as an extreme ins...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Title. . Psalm. See App-65. when. The first psalm with an historical title. See App-63 and App-64. Compare. Samuel, Chapter s 15-18. how...! Figure of speech Exclamatio (App-6), for emphasis...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Sacred history teaches that David was not only dethroned, but forsaken by almost all men; so that he had well nigh as many enemies as he had subjects. It is true there accompanied him in his fl...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? - We are told...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The security of God's protection. A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. Title. — לדוד מזמור mizmor ledavid; the word mizmor comes from זמר zemer, to cut, to etch or...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Title. - A psalm , х mizmowr ( H4210 ), from the Piel conjugation of zaamar ( H2167 ), to sing]....

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• Psalms 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Increased ] cp. 2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 15:13 .

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• Psalms 3:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  How... many. — “And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem” ( 2 Samuel 16:15 ). Ahithophel counsels Absalom to take 12,000 men, and go in instant pursuit of the fugitive...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 3:1-8 ANOTHER pair of psalms follows the two of the Introduction. They are closely connected linguistically, structurally, and in subject. The one is a morning, the other an evening hymn, a...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Morning and Evening Prayers Psalms 3:1-8 ; Psalms 4:1-8 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1-23 . It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep whe...

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• Psalms 3:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This is a morning psalm. It is the song of a soul in grave peril as a new day dawns. The consciousness of difficulty is first uttered. Adversaries are increased, and the bitterest part of the pain is...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  CONTENTS The title of this Psalm best leads to the contents of it. The first and literal sense of this Psalm should seem to refer wholly to David; but, to an enlightened eye, there is much to be see...

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• Psalms 3:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Lord, how are they increased that trouble me ?.... David's enemies increased in the conspiracy against him, 2 Samuel 15:12 ; the hearts of the men of Israel were after Absalom, and against him. Chr...

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• Psalms 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Psalms 3:1 «A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. » LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me. A Psalm of David ] Tremellius addeth, Q...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? He might well say so, for the party that sought his ruin was very numerous and very formidable. Absalom his son had stolen away the hearts of the gener...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Distress and Confidence. A psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.       1 L ORD , how are they increased that...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  PSALM 3 Composed by David, as this phrase implies, Psalms 110:1 , compared with Matthew 22:43 , and generally elsewhere. When he fled, or, after he had fled. Either this Psalm was composed in...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Section 1. The Distress in Which He Found Himself. ‘YHWH, how are my adversaries multiplied, Many are those who rise up against me, Many are those who say of my life (nephesh), “There is no hel...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES Introduction “The preceding psalm had set before us the utter vanity of all attempts to injure the throne of God’s anointed King—Messiah. The present psalm relates to th...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the sh...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Psalms 3:4 . Selah. This word, as all seem agreed, refers to the singing and music only, the better to adapt changes of airs to the sentiments of the psalm; and yet the sense is given with much di...

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• Psalms 3:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Lord, how are they increased that trouble me. Morning thoughts With returning day there comes back on the monarch’s heart the recollection of the enemies who threaten him, a nation up in arms a...

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• Psalms 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Tins psalm is entitled, "a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son;" literally, "in his flight from Absalom his son." The historical correctness of the title has been questio...

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• Psalms 3:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Lord, how are they increased that trouble me, the idea of their increasing number being brought home to David by the fact that his own son had joined their ranks. Many are they that rise up against...

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• Psalms 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 16:15 ; 2 Samuel 17:11-13 ; 2 Samuel 18:33 ; Matthew 10:21 ; Matthew 27:25 ; Psalms 17:7

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• Psalms 3:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Prefatory Psalms Psalms 1:1-6 , Psalms 2:1-12 , and Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm....

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