What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
What time I am afraid - literally, “the day I am afraid.” David did not hesitate to admit that there were times when he was afraid. He saw himsel...
LVI. A Prayer against Strong, Numerous, and Crafty Foes. Psalms 56:2 . For enemies read they that lie in wait for me ( mg.), proudly: read bit...
trust . confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69.
3. In the day that I was afraid, etc. In the Hebrew, the words run in the future tense, but they must be resolved into the praeterite. He ac...
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. What, time I am afraid, I will trust in thee - literally, 'what, day.' As 'man daily oppresseth...
Title.—( RV ) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.' For Michtam s...
What time. — Heb., yôm, apparently with same meaning as beyôm in Psalms 56:10 , “in the day.” I am afraid... — No doubt the right reading: is...
Psalms 56:1-13 THE superscription dates this psalm from the time of David's being in Gath. Probably his first stay there is meant, during which he...
“What Can Man Do unto Me?” Psalms 56:1-13 This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1-22 . See 1 Samuel 21:1-15 . Wha...
The keynote of this psalm is the concluding declaration of the previous one, "I will trust in Thee." Here again are evident the same circumstances of...
Reader, do remark how suited this case is to every exercised soul. It corresponds to the case of the Redeemer, and to his church upon all occasions.
What time I am afraid ,.... It was a time of fear with him now; he was afraid of Achish king of Gath, 1 Samuel 21:12 ; so believers have their time...
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. Ver. 3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee ] This was bravely resolved: Quid timet hominem...
What time I am afraid , &c. When I have the greatest cause of fear I will rely on thy providence and promise for deliverance. In God will I pra...
Prayer for Help under Oppression; Confidence in God. To the chief musician...
When I have the greater cause of fear, I will rely upon thy providence and promise for my deliverance.
The Heading ( Psalms 56:1 a). ‘For the Chief Musician; set to Yonath elem rehokim (‘the silent dove of far off places (or ‘men')'). A Psalm of Da...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician upon Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.” The phrase “ Jonath-Elem-Rechokim ” occurs nowhere else in the Bib...
trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Psalms 56:3-4 I. Notice how beautifully there comes out here the occasion of trust. "What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee." That goes deep...
Psalms 56:1 . Be merciful unto me, O God for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. «Man has no mercy upon me, but, O God, be...
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam (a golden Psalm) of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Psalms 56:1-2 . Be mercif...
The title of this psalm, which relates to the manner of singing and playing, is upon the remote and silent dove. To which michtam is added, the gol...
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up. The deprecable and the desirable I. The deprecable in relation to man. 1. Craven-he...
What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee. Fear and faith It is not given to many men to add new words to the vocabulary of religious emotion...
EXPOSITION THIS and the following have been called "twin psalms." They begin with the same words, are nearly of the same length, and have each...
Comfort in the Midst of Persecution. To the chief musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, the word not only denoting the melody according to which the...
What time I am afraid, for there seems to be good reason for fear, I will trust in Thee, for in this trust he could successfully overcome his fear....
1 Samuel 21:10 ; 1 Samuel 21:12 ; 1 Samuel 30:6 ; 2 Chronicles 20:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 ; 2 Corinthians 7:5 ; 2 Corinthians 7:6 ; Psalms 3...
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.