诗篇 3:1-3 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 3:1-3

The title of this psalm and many others is as a key hung ready at the door, to open it, and let us into the entertainments of it; when we know upon what occasion a psalm was penned we know the better how to expound it. This was composed, or at least the substance of it was meditated and digested in David's thought, and offered up to God, when he fled from Absalom his son, who formed a conspiracy against him, to take away, not his crown only, but his life; we have the story, 2 Sam. 15:1-16:14... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:1

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me ?.... David's enemies increased in the conspiracy against him, 2 Samuel 15:12 ; the hearts of the men of Israel were after Absalom, and against him. Christ's enemies increased when Judas with a multitude came to take him; when the body of the common people cried out, Crucify him; when the assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and pierced his hands and his feet. And the enemies of God's people are many; the men of this world are against them;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:2

Many there be which say of my soul ,.... Or "to my soul" F21 לנפשי τη ψυχη μου , Sept. "animae meae", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so the Targum. , the following cutting words, which touched to the quick, reached his very heart, and like a sword pierced through it: there is no help for him in God ; or "no salvation" F23 אין ישועתה "non est salus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "non ulla salus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Ainsworth. :... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:3

But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me ,.... Or "about me" F1 בעדי "circa me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Muis, Ainsworth, Cocceius, Michaelis. protecting and defending me. David was a military man, and often alludes to military affairs; and borrows words from thence, expressive of his great security from the Lord; see Psalm 18:2 . So Jehovah the Father was a shield to Christ, in his infancy, from Herod's rage and fury; and afterwards from the insults of the Pharisees, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:1

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? - We are told that the hearts of all Israel went after Absalom, 2 Samuel 15:13 ; and David is astonished to find such a sudden and general revolt. Not only the common people, but his counsellors also, and many of his chief captains. How publicly does God take vengeance for the sins which David committed so privately! In the horrible rebellion of Absalom we see the adultery of Bath-sheba, and the murder of Uriah. Now the words of Nathan begin to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:2

No help for him in God - These were some of the reproaches of his enemies, Shimei and others: "He is now down, and he shall never be able to rise. God alone can save him from these his enemies; but God has visibly east him off." These reproaches deeply affected his heart; and he mentions them with that note which so frequently occurs in the Psalms, and which occurs here for the first time, סלה selah . Much has been said on the meaning of this word; and we have nothing but conjecture to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:3

Thou, O Lord art a shield - As a shield covers and defends the body from the strokes of an adversary, so wilt thou cover and defend me from them that rise up against me. The lifter up of mine head - Thou wilt restore me to the state from which my enemies have cast me down. This is the meaning of the phrase; and this he speaks prophetically. He was satisfied that the deliverance would take place, hence his confidence in prayer; so that we find him, with comparative unconcern, laying... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:1

Verse 1 Sacred history teaches that David was not only dethroned, but forsaken by almost all men; so that he had well nigh as many enemies as he had subjects. It is true there accompanied him in his flight a few faithful friends; but he escaped in safety, not so much by their aid and protection as by the hiding-places of the wilderness. It is therefore not wonderful though he was affrighted by the great numbers who were opposed to him, for nothing could have taken place more unlooked for, on... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:2

Verse 2 The translation of some, Many say OF my soul, does not give the true meaning of this passage. The letter ל lamed is indeed sometimes used as meaning of in Hebrew, but David here intended to express something more, namely, that his heart was in a manner pierced with the mockery of his enemies. The word soul, therefore, in my opinion, here signifies the seat of the affections. And it has a corresponding meaning in a passage which we shall meet with in another Psalm, (Psalms 35:3,) “Say to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:3

Verse 3 The copulative and should be resolved into the disjunctive particle but, because David employs language full of confidence, in opposition to the hardihood and profane scoffings of his enemies, (39) and testifies that whatever they may say, he would nevertheless rely upon the word of God. It besides appears that he had previously entertained an assured hope of deliverance, from the circumstance of his here making no mention of his present calamity as a chastisement inflicted upon him by... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 3:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 3:3

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