“ Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. ”
Thy vows are upon me, O God - The word “vow” means something promised; some obligation under which we have voluntarily brought ourselves. It differs from duty, or obligation in general, since tha...
(h) Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. (h) Having received that which I required, I am bound to pay my vows of thanksgiving as I promised.
LVI. A Prayer against Strong, Numerous, and Crafty Foes. Psalms 56:2 . For enemies read they that lie in wait for me ( mg.), proudly: read bitterly. Psalms 56:4 . Will praise his word, i....
12. Thy vows are upon me, O God! I hinted, from the outset, that it is probable this psalm was written by David after he had escaped the dangers which he describes; and this may account for...
DISCOURSE: 595 VOWS TO BE PERFORMED Psalms 56:12 . Thy vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises unto thee. VOWS were encouraged under the Mosaic Law [Note: Numbers 6:2 ; Numbers 6:5 ;...
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. Thy vows are upon me - I have promised in the most solemn manner to be thy servant; to give my whole life to thee; and to offer for my...
Thy vows are upon me, O God— That is, "I am under the obligation of vows to God; and therefore will return my acknowledgments to thee." See Psalms 34:1 and Chandler.
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. Thy vows are upon me, O God. David regards his deliverance as already accomplished, and therefore considers his vows, which had b...
Title.—( RV ) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.' For Michtam see on Psalms 16 . Jonath elem rehokim ('the dov...
Thy vows — i.e. , vows made to Thee, but the form is most unusual. For the thought comp. Psalms 22:25 ; Psalms 50:14 . I will render — i.e., in fulfilment of the vows.
Psalms 56:1-13 THE superscription dates this psalm from the time of David's being in Gath. Probably his first stay there is meant, during which he had recourse to feigned insanity in order to secu...
“What Can Man Do unto Me?” Psalms 56:1-13 This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1-22 . See 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning ma...
The keynote of this psalm is the concluding declaration of the previous one, "I will trust in Thee." Here again are evident the same circumstances of oppression (verses Psa 56:5-7). The song opens an...
Blessed thought! all the redeemed of God have the vows of God upon them. They are, as the Israelite's house was appointed to be, with the label upon the gate, that every traveler going by might read...
Thy vows [are] upon me, O God ,.... Which he had made to him in the time of his distress and trouble, and which he looked upon himself under obligation to perform; they were debts upon him he ought...
Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. Ver. 12. Thy vows are upon me, O God ] Sunt tua post, quam vovi (Arab.). I am a votary ever since I was at Gath, there and then I...
Thy vows are upon me As I have prayed to thee, and am assured that thou wilt deliver me, so, in confidence thereof, I have made vows to express my gratitude to thee, and I acknowledge myself oblige...
Comfort under Affliction; Confidence in God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they...
As I have prayed to thee, and am assured that thou wilt deliver me; so in confidence thereof I have made vows to express my gratitude to thee, and I acknowledge myself obliged and do resolve to perfo...
An Expression Of His Gratitude To God For His Deliverance ( Psalms 56:12-13 ). Having prayed through to total confidence in God David now gives thanks for the certainty of his deliverance. God has...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician upon Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.” The phrase “ Jonath-Elem-Rechokim ” occurs nowhere else in the Bible; and Biblical critics are by no means agreed as...
Psalms 56:12-13 I. The motive. "Thou hast delivered my soul from death." II. The obligation. "Thy vows are upon me, O Lord." The Christian who would be a Christian indeed must not be ashamed of t...
Psalms 56:1 . Be merciful unto me, O God for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. «Man has no mercy upon me, but, O God, be thou merciful unto me! If thy justice doth for a w...
The title of this psalm, which relates to the manner of singing and playing, is upon the remote and silent dove. To which michtam is added, the golden ode of David. In the LXX, the title of this an...
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up. The deprecable and the desirable I. The deprecable in relation to man. 1. Craven-heartedness. A man whose heart is morally sound is b...
EXPOSITION THIS and the following have been called "twin psalms." They begin with the same words, are nearly of the same length, and have each a refrain which divides them into two portions. F...
Comfort in the Midst of Persecution. To the chief musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, the word not only denoting the melody according to which the hymn was to be sung, "The dove of silence of dista...
1 Samuel 1:11 ; 1 Samuel 1:24-28 ; Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 ; Genesis 28:20-22 ; Genesis 35:1-3 ; Isaiah 12:1 ; Numbers 30:2-16 ; Psalms 116:14-19 ; Psalms 119:106 ; Psalms 21:13 ; Psalms 59:16...
Thy vows — I had made vows to express my gratitude, and resolve to perform them.