“ Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. ”
Hear my prayer, O God - My earnest cry for deliverance from the designs of those who would betray me. Give ear to the words of my mouth - Incline thine ear to me, as one does who wishes to he...
LIV. The Psalmist Prays for Deliverance from Powerful and Bitter Foes. He trusts in God who will destroy his enemies. When that is done, he will offer sacrifice in thanksgiving. His enemies are Jew...
2. Hear my prayer, O God! The language is expressive of his earnestness. He was led to this fervor of supplication by the extremity of his present circumstances, which is alluded to in the f...
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. Hear my prayer - In his straits he had recourse to God; for from him alone, for the reasons alleged above, his deliverance must proceed.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Title.—( RV ) 'For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?' Whatever be the value of the title the...
Psalms 54:1-7 THE tone and language of this psalm have nothing special. The situation of the psalmist is the familiar one of being encompassed by enemies. His mood is the familiar one of discourag...
Sinners All-God Alone Can Help Psalms 53:1-6 ; Psalms 54:1-7 That Psalms 53:1-6 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1-7 , with very few variations, suggests, as does the “verily, verily” of...
The burden of the psalm is expressed in the first two verses. Its reason is described in verse Psalms 54:3 , while assurance is the song of what remains. Taking the second and third sections first,...
The enemies of Christ were both friends and strangers. When he came to his own, his own received him not: and, as the apostles expressed it, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the p...
Hear my prayer, O God ,.... The psalmist first puts up his petitions, and then desires to be heard; his distress, and the fervency of his spirit, not suffering him to observe order; give ear to th...
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. Ver. 2. Hear my prayer, O God ] He runs to God by most earnest prayer, for our instance and instruction in like case; for we must prepare...
Save me by thy name That is, by thy own strength, as the next words explain it, because I have no other refuge. Or, for thy name , for thy own glory, which is concerned in my deliverance. And jud...
Complaints. To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil. A psalm of David, when the Ziphim came and said to Saul, Doth not Da...
No text from Poole on this verse.
David Prays To Be Delivered From The Hands Of Saul ( Psalms 54:1-3 ). Psalms 54:1-2 ‘Save me, O God, by your name, And judge me in your might. Hear my prayer, O God, Give ear to the words of...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician on Neginoth.” There is very little doubt that “ Neginoth ” is “the general term denoting all stringed instruments whatsoever, whether played wit...
Psalms 54:1 . By thy name. See note on Proverbs 18:10 . Psalms 54:7 . Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. The words, his desire, are not in the Hebrew. David says merely that...
Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength. Phases of piety I. Piety praying. The prayer has respect to-- 1. The character of God ( Psalms 54:1 ). 2. The entreatability of...
EXPOSITION THIS is a short psalm, written in a time of great trouble, and containing, first, an earnest prayer for deliverance ( Psalms 54:1-19 ); and then an expression of confidence in God's...
Prayer and Consolation at the Time of Persecution. To the chief musician on Neginoth, the music to be played on stringed instruments as the psalm was rendered in the liturgical service, Maschil, a...
Psalms 13:3 ; Psalms 130:2 ; Psalms 143:7 ; Psalms 5:1-3 ; Psalms 55:1 ; Psalms 55:2