Psalms 55:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath brokend his covenant. ”

Psalms 55:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him - Against those who were his friends, or who had given him no occasion for war. The Septuagint and Vulgate render this, “He hath p...
Psalms 55:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He (p) hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. (p) I did not provoke him but was as at peace with him, yet he made war against me.
Psalms 55:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LV. A Prayer for Deliverance from Treacherous Foes. Psalms 55:1-11 . The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness. Psalms 55:12-15 ....
Psalms 55:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He: i.e. Ahithophel. broken his covenant: by his disloyalty.
Psalms 55:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. He hath sent his hands against those that were at peace with him He afterwards speaks in verse 23d in the plural number, but here it is probable that he begins by addressing the leader a...
Psalms 55:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. He hath put forth his hands - A farther description of Ahithophel. He betrayed his friends, and he broke...
Psalms 55:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He hath broken his covenant— He hath profaned, and violated his covenant; namely, of allegiance and friendship.
Psalms 55:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. -Third strophe. His confident hope, resting upon the grounds stated in the previous prayer. Verse 16,17. As for me ... Evening,...
Psalms 55:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is rea...
Psalms 55:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He hath. — As in Psalms 55:12 , the individual specially prominent in the traitorous crew is here singled out, and his treachery exposed. He hath broken... — Literally, he perforated. In a no...
Psalms 55:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:1-23 THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel i...
Psalms 55:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Friends May Forsake, but God Abideth Psalms 55:12-23 The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators. Violence, strife, deceit, and oppression trampled the virtuous and he...
Psalms 55:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fr...
Psalms 55:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is another view of the enemies of David; and still more so of the enemies of David's Lord. How smooth were the words of Judas when he said, Hail, Master! and kissed him. But how was the prophecy...
Psalms 55:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath put forth his hands ,.... The psalmist returns and describes, in this verse Psalms 55:3 , the cruelty, perfidy, and hypocrisy of his false friend; who had stretched forth his hands agains...
Psalms 55:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. Ver. 20. He hath put forth his hands, &c. ] That wicked Ahithophel hath. The Fathers understand i...
Psalms 55:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He , &c. I speak especially of “that perfidious person, who hath not only violated all the laws of friendship, but profanely broken his promise and oath of fidelity, wherein he was engaged to me...
Psalms 55:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the L ORD shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at...
Psalms 55:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He, i.e. they, the persons last mentioned. Before the singular number, Psalms 55:13,14 , was suddenly changed into the plural, Psalms 55:15 , that the punishment might reach not him only, but...
Psalms 55:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Draws Out The Evil And Hypocrisy Of His Enemy ( Psalms 55:20-21 ). David here defines what type of enemy he is up against. This may refer to Saul, but more probably it refers to his treacher...
Psalms 55:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician on Neginoth .” See introduction to Psalms 54 “ Maschil ,” an instruction. Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation...
Psalms 55:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:6 . Oh that I had wings like a dove, to outfly the hawks which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart bef...
Psalms 55:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication. The compassionable, the commendable, and the censurable in life I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for...
Psalms 55:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to an unknown writer of the seventh century b.c. But no solid grounds have been shown for setting aside the tradi...
Psalms 55:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Complaint of False Friends. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a psalm of David.
Psalms 55:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:17 ; 1 Samuel 24:10 ; 2 Samuel 14:32 ; 2 Samuel 14:33 ; 2 Samuel 15:10-12 ; 2 Samuel 18:12 ; 2 Samuel 2:4 ; 2 Samuel 5:3 ; Acts 12:1 ; Ecclesiastes 8:2 ; Ezekiel 17:16-19 ; Ps...
Psalms 55:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He — They, the persons last mentioned.

Psalms 55:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 55:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 55:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 55:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 55:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 55:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 55:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 55:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 55:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 55:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 55:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 55:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes