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55:8 I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale .” 55:9 Confuse them, O Lord ! Frustrate their plans ! For I see violence and conflict in the city . 55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls , while wickedness and destruction are within it. 55:11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square . 55:12 Indeed , it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him. 55:13 But it is you , a man like me , my close friend in whom I confided . 55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other ; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd . 55:15 May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol ! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst . 55:16 As for me, I will call out to God , and the Lord will deliver me. 55:17 During the evening , morning , and noontime I will lament and moan , and he will hear me . 55:18 He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me . 55:19 God , the one who has reigned as king from long ago , will hear and humiliate them. (Selah ) They refuse to change , and do not fear God . 55:20 He attacks his friends ; he breaks his solemn promises to them. 55:21 His words are as smooth as butter , but he harbors animosity in his heart . His words seem softer than oil , but they are really like sharp swords . 55:22 Throw your burden upon the Lord , and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended . 55:23 But you , O God , will bring them down to the deep Pit . Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan . But as for me, I trust in you.

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  • [Psa 55:17] On God Alone My Soul Relies
  • [Psa 55:22] Cast Thy Burden On The Lord
  • [Psa 55:22] I Will Tell It To Jesus My Lord
  • [Psa 55:22] Lay It Down
  • [Psa 55:22] Leave It There
  • [Psa 55:22] Lord, What A Change Within Us
  • [Psa 55:23] Jesus, I Will Trust Thee
  • [Psa 55:23] Lord Jesus, Thou Dost Keep Thy Child

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  • Coveting means inordinately desiring to possess what belongs to another person. This commandment deals with motivation rather than deed, with attitude rather than action. It gets at the spirit that often leads to the sins for...
  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • 2:4 David envisioned God as ruler over all sitting on His royal throne in heaven not at all threatened or worried about the plan of the nations, but laughing at its futility. The figure of God sitting on His throne is a commo...
  • In this psalm David urged those who sin against the Lord to seek His pardon with the encouragement that He is gracious with the penitent. He will, however, chasten the unrepentant.Students of this penitential psalm have often...
  • In Book 1 we saw that all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writer. It is likely that he wrote these four as well even though they do not bear his name. In Book 2 the titles identify David as the write...
  • 55:1-2a David began this psalm with a prayer in which he called on God to hear his petition.55:2b-3 The pressure David's enemy had placed on him sprang from a grudge. Evidently David had offended this person previously and no...
  • 55:9-11 Specifically David wanted God to confuse the person responsible for his suffering. His opposition had resulted in confusion in the city that may have been Jerusalem. The manifestations of this confusion were violence,...
  • 55:16-19 Rather than practicing evil as his enemies did David said he would pray to God for deliverance. Rather than creating havoc in the city he would petition the courts of heaven for justice. In place of a violent death D...
  • David wrote this psalm when the Philistines seized him in Gath (1 Sam. 21:10; cf. Ps. 34). He composed it for singing to the tune of "A Dove on Distant Oaks."This melody was evidently common in David's day.The content of this...
  • 59:6-7 The psalmist compared his enemies to wild dogs that gain courage with the cover of night to threaten arrogantly and attack. Their offensive weapons included their words that were similar to swords in their destructive ...
  • 64:3-4 David's enemies were attacking him verbally. They were using their words as weapons to injure him (cf. 55:21; 57:4; 59:7).64:5-6 Evidently David's foes were conspiring against him with a careful plan designed to humili...
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
  • 6:10 The new decree did not deter Daniel from continuing to pray for the welfare of the city where God had sent them into exile and for the Jews' return from exile. That this was the subject of his praying, among other things...
  • 8:2 Evidently Daniel was in Babylon when he had this vision, but what he saw, including himself, was in Susa (Shushan, AV; cf. Ezek. 8:3; 40:1).293Daniel probably knew where he was in his vision because he had visited Susa. I...
  • vv. 5-6 Thieves robbed houses and grape pickers stripped vineyards, yet both left a little behind that they did not carry off. However, Yahweh's destruction of Edom would be so complete that nothing at all would remain of her...
  • As the other evangelists, John alternated his account of the events surrounding Jesus' religious trial. He described what was happening in the courtyard (vv. 15-18), then what was happening inside (vv. 19-24), then what happe...
  • "Though Peter was not by training or inclination an overly scrupulous Jew, and though as a Christian his inherited prejudices were gradually wearing thin, he was not prepared to go so far as to minister directly to Gentiles. ...
  • Abbot, T. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians. International Critical Commentary series. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1897.Aldrich, Roy L. "The Gift of God."Biblioth...
  • Adamson, James B. The Epistle of James. New International Commentary on the New Testament series. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976; reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984.Bailey, Mark...
  • 5:6 God's almighty hand had permitted affliction to touch Peter's readers. The apostle urged them to submit to God's working in their lives as to the skillful hand of a surgeon. He assured them that God would raise them up ev...
  • 19:17 John saw next an angel standing in the sun, a conspicuous position in which all the birds could see him. He cried loudly for all the birds flying in midheaven to assemble (cf. Ezek. 39:4, 17). Jesus referred to the same...
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