Psalms 3:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. ”

Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I will not be afraid of (c) ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about. (c) When he considered the truth of God's promise, and tried the same, his faith increased mar...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. I Will not be afraid of ten thousands - Strength and numbers are nothing against the omnipotence of...
Psalms 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. Ten thousands - the "many" of Psalms 3:1-2 .
Psalms 3:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is the first of the 'Davidic' Psalms. It is a morning prayer as Psalms 3:6 suggests. The heading of the Ps. provides a historical setting for it in the revolt of Absalom, and it is the only Ps...
Psalms 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That have set themselves — i.e., have arrayed themselves as for battle. (See 1 Kings 20:12 .)
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How charming both these verses! Ten thousands opposed to one poor man become a mighty army! But millions against us, when God is on our side, are as nothing. Oh! for faith in the Lord, and in the pow...
Psalms 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people ,.... David was a man of courage from his youth; the instances of his attacking the lion and the bear, when he kept his father's sheep, his engagi...
Psalms 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about. Ver. 6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, &c. ] Quomodo timeret hominem homo...
Psalms 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Were I beset with as many nations as I see men now encamp themselves on all sides against me, I should not be at all daunted at it. “Faith,” says Dr....
Psalms 3:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 4 I cried unto the L ORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me...
Psalms 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So that I see no human way to escape.
Psalms 3:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Section 3. His Confidence In The Midst of Danger. ‘I laid myself down and slept, I awoke, for YHWH sustains me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, Who have set themselves against...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - 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...
Psalms 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Morning Prayer of a Christian in Danger and Affliction. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom, his son, 2 Samuel 15:14 , probably written on the morning after the day of the flight, when Da...
Psalms 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 6:15-17 ; 2 Samuel 18:7 ; Psalms 118:10-12 ; Psalms 2:2 ; Psalms 27:1-3 ; Psalms 46:2 ; Psalms 46:7 ; Romans 8:31
Psalms 3:6 - 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....

Psalms 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 3:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 3:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 3:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 3:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 3:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 3:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 3:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 3:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary