Psalms 55:20

He — They, the persons last mentioned.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him - Against those who were his friends, or who had given him no occasion for war....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

He (p) hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. (p) I did not provoke him but was as at peace wit...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LV. A Prayer for Deliverance from Treacherous Foes. Psalms 55:1-11 . The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His desire to flee from J...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He: i.e. Ahithophel. broken his covenant: by his disloyalty.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. He hath sent his hands against those that were at peace with him He afterwards speaks in verse 23d in the plural number, but here it is...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. He hath put forth his hands - A farther description of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He hath broken his covenant— He hath profaned, and violated his covenant; namely, of allegiance and friendship.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. -Third strophe. His confident hope, resting upon the grounds stated in the previo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom he compla...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He hath. — As in Psalms 55:12 , the individual specially prominent in the traitorous crew is here singled out, and his treachery exposed. He hat...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:1-23 THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identif...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Friends May Forsake, but God Abideth Psalms 55:12-23 The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators. Violence, strife, d...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge through his sou...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is another view of the enemies of David; and still more so of the enemies of David's Lord. How smooth were the words of Judas when he said, Hail...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He hath put forth his hands ,.... The psalmist returns and describes, in this verse Psalms 55:3 , the cruelty, perfidy, and hypocrisy of his false...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. Ver. 20. He hath put forth his hands, &c. ] Tha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He , &c. I speak especially of “that perfidious person, who hath not only violated all the laws of friendship, but profanely broken his promise...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the L ORD...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He, i.e. they, the persons last mentioned. Before the singular number, Psalms 55:13,14 , was suddenly changed into the plural, Psalms 55:15 ,...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Draws Out The Evil And Hypocrisy Of His Enemy ( Psalms 55:20-21 ). David here defines what type of enemy he is up against. This may refer to...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication. The compassionable, the commendable, and the censurable in life I. The...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to an unknown writer of the seventh century b.c. But no solid g...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Complaint of False Friends. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He, the treacherous friend described above, hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him, profaning the solemn covenant of intimat...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 22:17 ; 1 Samuel 24:10 ; 2 Samuel 14:32 ; 2 Samuel 14:33 ; 2 Samuel 15:10-12 ; 2 Samuel 18:12 ; 2 Samuel 2:4 ; 2 Samuel 5:3 ; Acts...

²⁰ He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath brokend his covenant.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 55:20

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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 55:20