Psalms 54:5

Thy truth — Whereby thou art engaged to fulfil thy promises and threatenings.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 54:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies - Margin, “those that observe me.” The original word here means literally “to twist, to twist together;” t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy (e) truth. (e) According to your faithful promise for my defence.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LIV. The Psalmist Prays for Deliverance from Powerful and Bitter Foes. He trusts in God who will destroy his enemies. When that is done, he will of...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

evil . the evil. Hebrew. ra'a' (with Art.) App-44.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies As the verb ישיב , yashib, may be rendered he shall cause to return, (292) it seems to poin...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. He shall reward evil - Saul and his courtiers, instead of having God's approbation...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies— לשׁררי leshoreri, to them who, with a hostile mind, watch and observe me. This was the conduct of the Zip...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies. So the Qeri' reads х yaashiyb...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Title.—( RV ) 'For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himsel...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reward evil] RV 'requite the evil' that they have done. Thy truth ] thy faithfulness, or righteous self-consistency.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cut them off. — Or, put them to silence. In thy truth. — Or, according to thy faithfulness.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 54:1-7 THE tone and language of this psalm have nothing special. The situation of the psalmist is the familiar one of being encompassed by...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sinners All-God Alone Can Help Psalms 53:1-6 ; Psalms 54:1-7 That Psalms 53:1-6 should be a repetition of Psalms 14:1-7 , with very few var...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The burden of the psalm is expressed in the first two verses. Its reason is described in verse Psalms 54:3 , while assurance is the song of what rem...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader, do observe how Christ, in the days of his flesh, found support and confidence in resting himself wholly upon his Father; so have the faithful...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies ,.... That eyed him as Saul did; that observed his haunts, where he resorted, and who were with him, as the Z...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. Ver. 5. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies ] Or, mine observers, that watch...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, God is my helper Consider it, and see the vanity of all your wicked practices against me. The Lord is with them that uphold my soul He fi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Consolations. 4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In thy truth; or, for or according to thy truth ; whereby thou art engaged to fulfil thy promises made to me, and thy threatenings denounced aga...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Expresses His Confidence In God's Protection And Deliverance And Assures Him That He Will Not Be Short On Gratitude ( Psalms 54:4-6 ). Psal...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician on Neginoth.” There is very little doubt that “ Neginoth ” is “the general term denoting all s...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 54:1 . By thy name. See note on Proverbs 18:10 . Psalms 54:7 . Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. The words, his desi...
The Biblical Illustrator

Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength. Phases of piety I. Piety praying. The prayer has respect to-- 1. The character of...
The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, God is mine helper; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul God our Helper I. When God is the helper of His people. 1. In the gre...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is a short psalm, written in a time of great trouble, and containing, first, an earnest prayer for deliverance ( Psalms 54:1-1...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer and Consolation at the Time of Persecution. To the chief musician on Neginoth, the music to be played on stringed instruments as the psalm...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies, paying the oppressors in their own coin. Cut them off in Thy truth, because of His faithfulness, on account...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 4:14 ; Psalms 137:8 ; Psalms 27:11 ; Psalms 31:23 ; Psalms 5:8 ; Psalms 14:1 ; Psalms 89:49 ; Revelation 18:6

⁵ He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 54:5

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 54:5