Bible Commentary

We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company. 14. We were wont to take sweet counsel together, To walk in the house of God with the throng. Ours was an habitual intimacy of the closest and most sacred kind, in confidential intercourse in private, in companionship in the worship … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:14”

But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. 13. Mine equal in rank and position; my associate or companion (as in Pro 16:28, chief friends; Mic 7:5, where R.V. marg. familiar friend is right); my close acquaintance or familiar friend (Psa 31:11). Cp. Jer 9:4 f. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:13”

For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 12. Render: For it is not an enemy that reproacheth me, then I could bear it: Neither is it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:12”

Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 11. Wickedness ] The same word as in Psa 52:2; very wickedness or destruction. deceit ] R.V. oppression, or, marg., fraud. her streets ] Lit., broad place: the open space inside the gates, where justice was administered and business transacted. Everywhere … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:11”

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it. 10. they go about it upon the walls thereof ] A metaphor from watchmen going their rounds on the city walls. But who are meant by they? Perhaps the party hostile to the Psalmist, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:10”

Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 9. Destroy ] Lit., swallow up these malicious plotters, as the earth swallowed up Korah and his crew (Num 16:32). From several passages however it has been inferred that this verb also means to confound; and if so, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:9”

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest. 8. Or as R.V., I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest, the storms of faction and party spirit raging in the city. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges I would hasten my escape – I would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:8”

Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah. 7. and remain &c.] R.V., I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah seems to be misplaced here, and also in Psa 55:19. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Lo, then would I wander far off – literally, Lo, I would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:7”

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest. 6. Weary of his life in the cruel city, he wishes he could be like the dove which he watches winging its flight swiftly to its nest in the clefts of some inaccessible precipice, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:6”

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 5. horror hath overwhelmed me ] The same phrase as in Eze 7:18, “horror shall cover them.” The word occurs besides only in Job 21:6; Isa 21:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Fearfulness and trembling – Fear so great as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 55:5”