1 Peter 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:17; Psalms 22:13; Psalms 7:2
Like as a lion - Margin, “The likeness of him” (that is, “of every one of them”) is “as a lion that desireth to ravin.” The meaning is plain. The...
XVII. The Prayer of a Godly Man for Deliverance from his Foes. These foes are not foreign enemies but worldly Jews who persecute their pious and in...
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey - I beli...
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey -...
The Psalmist makes his appeal to the justice of God ( Psalms 17:1-2 ), and supports his prayer by an assertion of his conscious innocence ( Psalms 17...
Like as a lion] RV 'He is like a lion,' the chief enemy (perhaps Saul) being meant.
Young lion. — Heb., kephir. The Hebrew has seven different names for the lion. Milton’s description of Satan naturally recurs to the reader — “...
Psalms 17:1-15 THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic,...
God's True Servants Safely Kept Psalms 17:1-15 This also dates from the Sauline persecutions. In the earlier verses David protests his innocenc...
This psalm is generally conceded to be closely linked with the preceding one. There is an evident similarity of outlook. In each case the singer decl...
It is impossible to read these verses but with an eye to Christ. For though his people, as his people, do partake in the afflictions which the enemie...
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey ,.... Or "the likeness of him is as a lion" i; meaning Saul, as Kimchi interprets it; or everyone of the...
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Ver. 12. Like as a lion that is greedy, &c....
They have compassed us in our steps In all our ways. We go from place to place: we flee for safety to rocks, caves, and woods; but whithersoever we...
Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me...
Like a lion that is greedy of his prey; when he is hungry, and therefore cruel. See Psalms 7:2 , Psalms 10:8 -10 .
‘He is like a lion which is greedy for his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.' The ‘he' here is some individual who is lik...
INTRODUCTION “David pours forth to God in this psalm an earnest prayer for deliverance from his inveterate enemies, who were bent on taking away his...
Psalms 17:1 . Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Good men are often slander...
Psalms 17:3 . Thou hast tried me. Vulgate, Igne me examinâsti, Thou hast proved or tested me with fire, referring to the test of metals. Psalm...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is termed "a prayer"—"a Prayer of David." It consists, no doubt, mainly of a series of petitions ( Psalms 17:1 , Psalms...
David Calls upon God for Help
like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, eagerly lurking on its path, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places, cowering in his hidin...
12 Liked as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.