“ Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. ”
Lo, then would I wander far off - literally, “Lo, I would make the distance far by wandering;” I would separate myself far from these troubles. And remain in the wilderness - literally, I wou...
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 ....
remain . lodge. The Septuagint renders it by aulizomai, the word used in Matthew 21:17 . Compare Luke 21:37 . See also Jeremiah 9:2 . wilderness. Compare 2 Samuel 15:28 ; 2 Samuel 17:16 ....
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. Would I wander far off - He did escape; and yet his enemies were so near, as to throw stones at him: but he escaped beyond Jo...
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. Lo, (then) would I wander far off - literally, 'be distant in fleeing.' And remain - Hebrew, lodge, or pass the night...
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...
Remain. — Better, lodge.
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...
Fleeing the City's Ills Psalms 55:1-11 This psalm was suggested by Absalom's rebellion and Ahithophel's treachery. But it contains references which, in their full extent, are chiefly applicable...
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...
Beautiful similitude of the dove's flight, to describe the soul's earnestness for quiet! Not to fly as a bird of prey, but as a bird of peace. Blessed Jesus! how suited is this to thee, thou meek and...
Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness ,.... So David did when he fled from Absalom, 2 Samuel 15:23 ; so gracious souls desire to be; not in the wilderness of the people...
Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah. Ver. 7. Lo, then would I wander far off ] Far from the force and fury of these breathing devils. Jeremiah wisheth the like...
O that I had wings like a dove Hebrew, מי יתן לי, mi jitten li, who will give me wings like a dove? “The dove is remarkable for the swiftness of its flight; therefore the psalmist, who saw himsel...
Supplications of David in Distress. To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil. A psalm of David. 1 Give ear to my...
Like a dove ; which being fearful, and pursued by birds of prey, flies away, and that very swiftly and far, and into solitary places, where it hides and secures itself in the holes of the rocks, or...
He Longs To Escape Into A Safe Place Where He Would Find Rest And No Longer be Subjected To His Trials ( Psalms 55:6-8 ). He longs to be able to escape from his present situation into a place wher...
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 55:6-8 I. This is the cry of the faithful soul overpressed by temptation. II. It is the sigh of the heart, weary of the strain of spiritual aspiration and effort. III. It is the cry of a...
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. It needed the chief musician to sing such a Psalm as this; it is so full of sorrow, and yet so full of confidence in God. It is a Psalm u...
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...
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...
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...
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.
1 Samuel 27:1 ; 2 Samuel 15:14 ; 2 Samuel 17:21 ; 2 Samuel 17:22 ; Jeremiah 37:12 ; Jeremiah 9:2 ; Proverbs 6:4 ; Proverbs 6:5