E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 55:14
in company = with the multitude. Hebrew. regesh. Occurs only here. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 55:15
quick = alive. Compare Numbers 16:30-33 . hell. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35 . wickedness. Hebrew. raa (plural) read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 55:1
PSALM 55PRAYER IN THE FACE OF A WICKED CONSPIRACY INVOLVINGA FORMERLY TRUSTED FRIENDThis is another psalm accredited to David; and as Maclaren stated it, "Davidic authorship has at least as much to say for itself as any of the other conjectures that have been offered."[1] The title we have selected is from Leupold.Spurgeon declared that, "It would be idle to fix a time and occasion for this Psalm with any dogmatism; but it reads like a song of the times of Absalom and Ahithophel."[2]"It could... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 55:3
THE SHAMEFUL SITUATION DESCRIBED"Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the oppression of the wicked;For they cast iniquity upon me,And in anger they persecute me.My heart is sore pained within me:And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,And horror hath overwhelmed me.""The voice of the enemy ... they cast iniquity upon me" (Psalms 55:3). In the psalm, the enemy is mentioned with both singular and plural words. This is appropriate because... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 55:6
DAVID'S YEARNING TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL"And I said, O that I had wings like a dove!Then would I fly away and be at rest.Lo, then would I wander far off,I would lodge in the wilderness. (Selah)I would haste me to a shelterFrom the stormy wind and tempest."Who is there who never experienced such a yearning as this? Just to say "good-bye" to all the problems, just to walk out of the mess and never return - attractive as such thoughts may seem to be, God's servants must stand up to life like it... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 55:9
PLEA FOR GOD TO DESTROY THE PLANS OF THE WICKED"Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;For I have seen violence and strife in the city.Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.Wickedness is in the midst thereof:Oppression and guile depart not from its streets""Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue" (Psalms 55:9)."David wanted his enemies destroyed by `dividing their tongues' (confusing their counsel); and this prayer was fully... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 55:12
PARENTHETICAL MENTION OF A TREACHEROUS FRIEND"For it was not an enemy which reproached me;Then I could have borne it:Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;Then would I have hid myself from him:But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend,We took sweet counsel together;We walked in the house of God with the throng."Leupold referred to this paragraph as "a parenthesis,"[13] inserted here for the purpose of explaining that among the enemies... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 55:15
THE PRAYER RESUMED"Let death come suddenly upon them,Let them go down alive into Sheol;For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them."The very first part of the resumed prayer petitions God to bring the enemies down into Sheol alive, to their "sudden death." One may well ignore all of the "too bad, too bad" comments on verses like this, which speak of personal vindictiveness and horrible private vengeance upon enemies.David's situation here was exactly that of Moses the great... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 55:1
Psalms 55:0. David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case: he prayeth against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complaineth: he comforteth himself in God's preservation of him, and confusion of his enemies. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Title. לדוד משׂכיל בנגינת למנצח lamnatseach binginoth maskiil ledavid.— This Psalm was written on account of the perfidy and treason of Achitophel. The Psalmist begins with earnest prayers to God for support... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 55:13
a man = a mortal. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 . mine equal = as mine equal: i.e. esteemed by David as such; refers to Ahithophel. My guide: or counselor. Compare 2 Samuel 16:23 and Acts 1:17 . read more