Psalms 49:5

Related Commentaries of Psalms 49:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil - This verse is designed evidently to state the main subject of the psalm; the result of the reflecti...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore should I (b) fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? (b) Though wickedness reigns and enemies ra...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XLIX. The Immortality of the Righteous. The poet takes a popular proverb for his theme. This proverb recurs as a refrain in Psalms 49:12 and Psa...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

days of evil. His were in Matthew 26:38 ; Luke 22:44 ; 3 John 1:12 ; 3 John 1:12 :27. Hebrews 5:7 . evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. iniqu...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil? The Psalmist now enters upon the point on which he proposed to discourse, That the people of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? The iniquity of my heels - Perhaps עקבי akebai,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wherefore should I fear, &c.— Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of those who lie in wait for me, surrounds m...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? Wherefore should I fear in the days of evi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

There is little to fix the date of this Ps. The writer moralises, in the fashion of the book of Proverbs, on the vanity of wealth and honour apart fr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

When the iniquity of my heels, etc.] RV 'When iniquity at my heels,' etc. RM gives a still better sense, connecting Proverbs 1:5-6 , 'When the i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Should I fear? — Here the problem is stated not in a speculative, but personal form. The poet himself feels the pressure of this riddle of li...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 49:1-20 THIS psalm touches the high-water mark of Old Testament faith in a future life; and in that respect, as well as in its application...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Folly of Trusting in Riches Psalms 49:1-20 Here is a proclamation worthy of the hearing of all the world. The psalmist is listening to voic...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the song of a principle, and the psalmist commences by calling peoples of all castes and classes to give attention. It denies the power of ma...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He openeth his sermon with proposing a question, What cause is there to fear on account of wickedness? This seems to be the text of his discourse. An...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil ,.... This is the principal thing that all are before called to hearken to. This is the wisdom and under...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? Ver. 5. Wherfore should I fear in the days of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil Either, 1st, Of sin; when iniquities of all sorts abound, which is, in many respects, grievous and ve...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call to Attention. To the chief musician. A psalm for the sons of Korah....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He speaks in his own person, because he had now said that he would incline his ear , Psalms 49:4 , i.e. learn and practise what he was teaching o...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Appeal To Listen To His Words ( Psalms 49:1-5 ). The Psalmist commences by making an appeal to all men, both high and low, rich and poor, to li...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah .” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . Both the author of the psa...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men, and when they die their hope shall...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 49:1 . Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. The psalmist opens his song as a philosopher and a prophet, giv...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. The inequalities of society Im...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is a didactic poem, and resembles in some respects Psalms 37:1-19 , and Psalms 73:1-19 . It deals with the same problem—the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Vanity of Earthly Goods. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, a hymn of instruction and con...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when misfortune strikes the believer, when the iniquity of my heels, the calamity inflicted by his opp...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the days — In times of great distress and calamity, when wicked men flourish, and good men are oppressed. Supplanters — This character fitly agr...

⁵ Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 49:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 49:5