Bible Commentary

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 4. to overthrow my goings ] To trip me up and overthrow me. Cp. Psa 118:13. R.V. to thrust aside my steps. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 4, 5. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 140:4”

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison [is] under their lips. Selah. 3. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent ] The lying tongue is elsewhere compared to the sword or arrow which wounds (Psa 52:2; Psa 55:21; Psa 57:4; Psa 59:7; Psa 64:3), or the serpent which inflicts a poisonous … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 140:3”

Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war. 2. Who have devised evils in their heart ] Secretly and deliberately. continually &c.] Every day do they stir up strife: lit. wars. They are perpetually trying to pick a quarrel with me. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 140:2”

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 1. the evil man the violent man ] Both words may be collective; evil men men of violent deeds: but the second may single out a particular individual as the leader of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 140:1”

And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 24. any wicked way ] Lit. any way of grief, or pain; conduct which leads to suffering and ruin. Some critics, comparing Isa 48:5, explain way of idolatry, in contrast to the way of Jehovah (Psa 25:4), but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 139:24”

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 23. Search me &c.] God has searched him and knows him ( Psa 139:1): but he will welcome the continuance of that piercing scrutiny, not seek to avoid it. Cp. Psa 26:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 23, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 139:23”

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. 22. The energy of the Psalmist’s indignation seems to many readers to be a jarring note: yet it is but the limited and imperfect form in which he expresses his intense hatred of evil. “The duty of keeping alive in the human heart the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 139:22”

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 21. am not I grieved with ] Do not I loathe, as in Psa 119:158. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 139:21”

For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain. 20. For they speak against thee ] This rendering involves a questionable construction. That of R.V. marg. utter thy name, lit. thee, i.e. swear falsely by thy name, suits the parallelism, but is also doubtful. Most probably the word should be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 139:20”

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 19. Surely &c.] Rather as R.V. marg., Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked. The problem of the existence of evil perplexes him, as it perplexed Job (Job 21:7 ff.). Evil for him is no abstract idea; it is embodied … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 139:19”