1 Chronicles 17:9; 1 Samuel 24:11; Psalms 35:12; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 35:7; Psalms 7:5
From the wicked that oppress me - Margin, “That waste me.” The margin expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The idea is that of being wasted, desola...
From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass (h) me about. (h) For their cruelty cannot be satisfied but with my death.
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...
the wicked . the lawless ones. my deadly enemies . the foes of my soul Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
9. From the face of the ungodly. The Psalmist, by again accusing his enemies, intends to set forth his own innocence, as an argument for his...
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. From my deadly enemies, who compass me about - This is a metaphor...
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. From my deadly enemies - literally, 'my enemies in soul.' Comp...
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...
Deadly. — Literally, with the soul, or life, or better, as in the Syriac, “against the life,” and so deadly. Others take it adverbially with...
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...
From the wicked that oppress me ,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" g; as wild beasts do a field or vineyard when they get into it; and such havoc do pers...
From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about. Ver. 9. From the wicked that oppress me ] Heb. that waste me, i...
Keep me as the apple of the eye Which thou hast marvellously fenced on every side, and which men use their utmost care and diligence to preserve....
Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me...
From the wicked; or, because of the wicked. From my deadly enemies ; Heb. from those who are mine enemies in , or for , or against my (which p...
‘Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings, From the unrighteous who oppress (spoil) me, My deadly enemies, who enco...
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
from the wicked that oppress me, greedily surrounding him for the purpose of wasting and devouring him, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about...
9 From the wicked that oppressc me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.