5<\/strong>. waves<\/em> ] Psa 18:4<\/span> reads cords<\/em> as in 2Sa 22:6<\/em><\/span>; E. V sorrows<\/em>.<\/p>\n ungodly men<\/em> ] Heb. Belial<\/em>. See note on 1Sa 1:16<\/span>. The parallelism points to the meaning destruction<\/em>, physical mischief, instead of the ordinary meaning wickedness<\/em>, moral mischief.<\/p>\n 5 7. The Psalmist’s perils. His cry for help<\/p>\n 5, 6<\/strong>. For breakers of death had compassed me,<\/p>\n torrents of destruction were affrighting me,<\/p>\n cords of Sheol had surrounded me,<\/p>\n snares of death had encountered me.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n The perils to which he had been exposed are described as waves and floods which threatened to engulf him: Sheol and death are represented as laying wait for his life like hunters with nets and snares.<\/p>\n Verse 5<\/span>. When the waves of death compassed me<\/B><\/I>] Though in a primary sense many of these things belong to David, yet generally and fully they belong to the Messiah alone.<\/P> <\/p>\n When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.<\/strong> [See comments on Ps 18:4]<\/span>.<\/p>\n 5 For breakers of death had compassed me,<\/p>\n Streams of wickedness terrified me.<\/p>\n 6 Cords of hell had girt me about,<\/p>\n Snares of death overtook me.<\/p>\n 7 In my distress I called Jehovah,<\/p>\n And to my God I called;<\/p>\n And He heard my voice out of His temple,<\/p>\n And my crying came into His ears.<\/p>\n David had often been in danger of death, most frequently at the time when he was pursued by Saul, but also in Absalom’s conspiracy, and even in several wars (cf. 2Sa 21:16<\/span>). All these dangers, out of which the Lord delivered him, and not merely those which originated with Saul, are included in 2Sa 22:5<\/span>, 2Sa 22:6<\/span>. The figure “ breakers or waves of death<\/em> ” is analogous to that of the “ streams of Belial<\/em>.” His distress is represented in both of them under the image of violent floods of water. In the psalm we find , “snares of death,” as in Psa 116:3<\/span>, death being regarded as a hunger with a net and snare (cf. Psa 91:3<\/span>): this does not answer to well to the parallel , and therefore is not so good, since follows immediately. ( Belial<\/em>), uselessness in a moral sense, or worthlessness<\/em>. The meaning “mischief,” or injury in a physical sense, which many expositors give to the word in this passage on account of the parallel “death,” cannot be grammatically sustained. Belial<\/em> was afterwards adopted as a name for the devil (2Co 6:15<\/span>). Streams of wickedness are calamities that proceed from wickedness, or originate with worthless men. , to come to meet with a hostile intention, i.e., to fall upon (vid., Job 30:27<\/span>). , the temple<\/em> out of which Jehovah heard him, was the heavenly abode of God, as in Psa 11:4<\/span>; for, according to 2Sa 22:8<\/span>., God came down from heaven to help him. <\/p>\n (5) The waves of death.<\/strong>In Psalms 18<\/span>, the sorrows of death, in the Authorised Version, but literally, the bands of death. <\/em>The word is entirely different, and the variation can hardly have been accidental. The form here accords better with the parallelism of the next clause.<\/p>\n 5<\/strong>. <\/strong> Breakers of death <\/strong> Death stared him in the face, like an angry sea whose billows rolled around and broke close upon him. <\/p>\n Torrents of wickedness <\/strong> He compares his wicked foes to those mountain torrents that, after a rain, rush like an avalanche down through the rocky gorges, and sweep away every thing before them.<\/p>\n (5) When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; (6) The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n There seems to be from this verse, David’s entrance upon the whole subject of his life, in the many deliverances which the LORD had wrought out for him! He compares the many attacks of his enemies, to the image of floods pouring in upon the soul, to overwhelm it. Reader! it is precious to remark in our own experience, that, from the grace that is in CHRIST JESUS, many waters cannot quench love, neither all the floods drown it. No, blessed JESUS! thy love in the hearts of thy people, planted in their souls by thine own Almighty hand, is an incorruptible seed, that liveth and abideth forever. David uses two other similitudes to describe his trials by; the sorrows of hell, and the snares of death: meaning, that both hell and death joined in confederacy against him. And from the dangers of both, he had no more power to deliver himself, than sinners from the terrors of the chained in hell; nor, than dead men fast-bound in the grave. Reader! consider this in a spiritual sense, and how will it tend to heighten the deliverance from everlasting misery, and everlasting death, by the Person and salvation of the LORD JESUS CHRIST!<\/p>\n When, or, For. <\/p>\n ungodly men = Belial. <\/p>\n waves: or, pangs, 1Th 5:3 <\/p>\n the floods: Psa 18:4, Psa 69:14, Psa 69:15, Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4, Isa 59:19, Jer 46:7, Jer 46:8, Rev 12:15, Rev 12:16, Rev 17:1, Rev 17:15 <\/p>\n ungodly men: Heb. Belial <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Luk 6:48 – the flood<\/p>\n 22:5 When the {c} waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;<\/p>\n (c) As David (who was the figure of Christ) was by God’s power delivered from all dangers: so Christ and his Church will overcome most grievous dangers, tyranny and death.<\/p>\n When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 5. waves ] Psa 18:4 reads cords as in 2Sa 22:6; E. V sorrows. ungodly men ] Heb. Belial. See note on 1Sa 1:16. 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