“ Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. ”
Shall they escape by iniquity? - This expression in the original is very obscure. There is in the Hebrew no mark of interrogation; and a literal rendering would be, “By iniquity (there is) escape...
Shall (f) they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God. (f) They not only think to escape punishment, but the more wicked they are, the more impudent they grow.
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....
iniquity. Hebrew. 'aven. people . peoples. (No Art.)
7. After their mischief they think to escape. The beginning of this verse is read by some interrogatively, Shall they escape in their iniquity? (333) But there is no necessity for having...
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. Shall they escape by iniquity? - Shall such conduct go unpunished? Shall their address, their dexterity in working iniquit...
Shall they escape by iniquity?— As much as to say, by way of admiration: "Strange! that their iniquity should deliver them." He adds therefore, In anger bring down, O Lord, this people: "Shew [or...
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. Shall they escape by iniquity? - literally, 'upon (the ground of) their iniquity (there is) to them (the hope of) es...
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...
Shall they... — Literally, upon iniquity escape to them ; the meaning of which is by no means clear. The ancient versions do not help us. If we adopt a slight change of reading, viz., palles for...
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...
Surely we must see Christ here eminently set forth. Not only at his trial, but upon many occasions, we are told they sought to catch him in his words. Matthew 26:59 , etc. Luke 20:20 , etc.
Shall they escape by iniquity ?.... Shall such iniquity as this, or persons guilty of it, go unpunished, or escape righteous judgment, and the vengeance of God? No; and much less shall they escape b...
Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God. Ver. 7. Shall they escape by iniquity? ] q.d. No, let them never think it, their sin will surely find them out, as cu...
Shall they escape by iniquity Shall they secure themselves by such injurious and malicious practices, whereby they do not only vex me, but provoke and despise thee? Shall they have success instead...
Prayer for Help under Oppression; Confidence in God. To the chief musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, whe...
Shall they escape by iniquity? shall they secure themselves by such injurious and malicious practices, whereby they do not only vex me, but provoke and despise thee? Shall they have success instead...
A Description Of His Enemies Tactics As They Close In On Him ( Psalms 56:5-7 ). These words could still refer to his enemies in Israel, but it seems more likely that they have his current situatio...
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 56:1 . 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...
Ecclesiastes 8:8 ; Habakkuk 1:13 ; Isaiah 28:15 ; Jeremiah 10:25 ; Jeremiah 18:19-23 ; Jeremiah 7:10 ; Psalms 55:15 ; Psalms 55:23 ; Psalms 55:9 ; Psalms 94:2 ; Psalms 94:20
Escape — Shall they secure themselves by injurious and malicious practices. The people — These who are mine enemies.