Chapter 55
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Neginoth
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
overwhelmed
Heb. covered.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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
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
magnify
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.
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
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
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
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