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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 55

Chapter 55

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Neginoth

6:1 54:1 *titles

Give

5:1 17:1 64:1 80:1 84:8 1 Peter 3:12

hide

28:1 80:4 143:7 Lamentations 3:8

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

I mourn

13:1,2 32:3 38:6 43:2 102:9,10 Isaiah 38:14

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

oppression

12:5 54:3 73:8 Lamentations 3:34-36

for they

27:12 35:11 2 Samuel 15:3 16:7,8 19:19 Matthew 26:59

My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

My

6:3 69:20 88:3 102:3-5 Matthew 26:37,38 Mark 14:33,34 John 12:27 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

terrors

18:4,5 116:3 Isaiah 38:10-13 Hebrews 5:7

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

Fearfulness

119:120 2 Samuel 15:14 Job 6:4 23:15,16

horror

42:6 61:2 88:15,16 Luke 22:44

overwhelmed

Heb. covered.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

11:1 139:9 Revelation 12:14

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

1 Samuel 27:1 2 Samuel 15:14 17:21,22 Proverbs 6:4,5 Jeremiah 9:2 37:12

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

the windy storm

From the sweeping wind and tempest,--Absalom and his rebellious party.

18:4 Isaiah 17:12,13 Matthew 7:25-27

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

divide

That is, "Distract their counsels; and let their devices be confounded;"--and the prayer was heard; See the Parallel Passages.

Genesis 11:7-9 2 Samuel 15:31 17:1-14 John 7:45-53 Acts 23:6-10

I have

Jeremiah 6:7 23:14 Matthew 23:37,38

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

Day

59:6,14,15 1 Samuel 19:11 2 Samuel 17:1,2 Hosea 7:6 Micah 2:1,2 John 18:3,28 Acts 9:24

mischief

2 Samuel 16:21,22 Isaiah 59:6-15 Ezekiel 9:4 Zephaniah 3:1-3

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

Wickedness

Ezekiel 22:1-12 Acts 7:51,52

deceit

109:2,3 Isaiah 59:7 Jeremiah 5:26,27 9:3-5 Matthew 26:4

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:

For

41:9

magnify

35:26 38:16 Isaiah 10:15

then I

Matthew 26:21-23 John 13:18 18:2,3

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

a man mine equal

Heb. a man according to my rank. my guide.

2 Samuel 15:12 16:23 Jeremiah 9:4 Micah 7:5

mine acquaintance

John 19:13 Matthew 26:47-50 Mark 14:44,45 Luke 22:21,47,48

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

We took sweet counsel together

Heb. Who sweetened counsel. walked.

42:4 122:1 Isaiah 2:3 Ezekiel 33:31

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Let death, etc

Or, rather, "Death shall seize on them; they shall descend quickly into the grave;" which is a prediction of the sudden destruction which befell the ringleaders of this unnatural rebellion.

59:13 69:22-28 109:6-20 2 Samuel 17:23 18:9,14 Matthew 27:5 Acts 1:18-20

them

Numbers 16:30-34 Matthew 26:24 Acts 1:25

hell

or, the grave.

9:17

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

50:15 73:28 91:15 109:4 Luke 6:11,12

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Evening

5:2,3 119:62,147,148 Daniel 6:10,13 Mark 1:35 6:46,48 Luke 18:1-7 Acts 3:1 10:3,9,30 Ephesians 6:18 1 Thessalonians 5:17

cry

Job 19:7 Lamentations 3:8 Hebrews 5:7

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

He hath

3:6,7 27:1-3 57:3 118:10-12 2 Samuel 18:28 22:1 Acts 2:33-36

there

2 Kings 6:16 2 Chronicles 32:7,8 Matthew 26:53 1 John 4:4

God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

hear

65:5 143:12 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Revelation 6:10,11

even

90:1,2 Deuteronomy 33:27 Micah 5:2 Colossians 1:17

Because, etc

or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they fear not God. no changes.

73:5,6 Proverbs 1:32 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Isaiah 36:20 Jeremiah 48:11 Zephaniah 1:12

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

put

1 Samuel 22:17 24:10 2 Samuel 18:12 Acts 12:1

at peace

7:4 109:5 120:6,7

broken

Heb. profaned.

89:28,34,38 2 Samuel 2:4 5:3 14:32,33 15:10-12 Ecclesiastes 8:2 Ezekiel 17:16-19

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

The words

28:3 57:4 62:4 64:3 Proverbs 5:3,4 12:18 26:24-26,28 Matthew 26:25 Luke 20:20,21

war

John 13:2

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Cast

27:14 37:5 *marg:; 42:10,11 62:8 63:8 Isaiah 50:10 Matthew 6:25,31-34 11:28 Luke 12:22 Philippians 4:6,7 1 Peter 5:7

burden

or, gift. suffer.

16:8 37:24 62:2,6 121:3 1 Samuel 2:9 John 10:27-30 1 Peter 1:5

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

O God

7:15,16 58:9 59:12,13

pit

Proverbs 15:11 27:20 Isaiah 38:17

bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days

Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days.

5:6 2 Samuel 3:27 20:9,10 1 Kings 2:5,6 2 Samuel 3:27 20:9,10 1 Kings 2:5,6 Job 15:32 Proverbs 10:27 Ecclesiastes 7:17 Matthew 27:4,5