
Text -- Psalms 17:9 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 17:9
(compare Psa 118:10-12).
Clarke -> Psa 17:9
Clarke: Psa 17:9 - -- From my deadly enemies, who compass me about - This is a metaphor taken from huntsmen, who spread themselves around a large track of forest, driving...
From my deadly enemies, who compass me about - This is a metaphor taken from huntsmen, who spread themselves around a large track of forest, driving in the deer from every part of the circumference, till they are forced into the nets or traps which they have set for them in some particular narrow passage. The metaphor is carried on in the following verses.
Calvin -> Psa 17:9
Calvin: Psa 17:9 - -- 9.From the face of the ungodly The Psalmist, by again accusing his enemies, intends to set forth his own innocence, as an argument for his obtaining ...
9.From the face of the ungodly The Psalmist, by again accusing his enemies, intends to set forth his own innocence, as an argument for his obtaining the favor of God. At the same time, he complains of their cruelty, that God may be the more inclined to aid him. First, he says that they burn with an enraged desire to waste and to destroy him; secondly, he adds, that they besiege him in his soul, by which he means, that they would never rest satisfied until they had accomplished his death. The greater, therefore, the terror with which we are stricken by the cruelty of our enemies, the more ought we to be quickened to ardor in prayer. God, indeed, does not need to receive information and incitement from us; but the use and the end of prayer is, that the faithful, by freely declaring to God the calamities and sorrows which oppress them, and in disburdening them, as it were, into his bosom, may be assured beyond all doubt that he has a regard to their necessities.
TSK -> Psa 17:9

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Barnes -> Psa 17:9
Barnes: Psa 17:9 - -- From the wicked that oppress me - Margin, "That waste me."The margin expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The idea is that of being wasted, desol...
From the wicked that oppress me - Margin, "That waste me."The margin expresses the sense of the Hebrew. The idea is that of being wasted, desolated, destroyed, as a city or country is by the ravages of war. The psalmist compares himself in his troubles with such a city or country. The "effect"of the persecutions which he had endured had been like cities and lands thus laid waste by fire and sword.
From my deadly enemies - Margin, "My enemies against the soul."The literal idea is, "enemies against my life."The common translation expresses the idea accurately. The sense is, that his enemies sought his life.
Who compass me about - Who surround me on every side, as enemies do who besiege a city.
Poole -> Psa 17:9
Poole: Psa 17:9 - -- From the wicked or, because of the wicked. From my deadly enemies ; Heb. from those who are mine enemies in , or for , or against my (which pron...
From the wicked or, because of the wicked. From my deadly enemies ; Heb. from those who are mine enemies in , or for , or against my (which pronoun is easily supplied out of the foregoing word, where it is expressed) soul or life , i.e. whom nothing but my blood and life will satisfy.
Who compass me about which shows both their extreme malice and his great danger.
Haydock -> Psa 17:9
Haydock: Psa 17:9 - -- By it. This relates to the clouds, thunder, and lightning. (Muis) ---
God's wrath is compared with smoke, fire, a dark night, or mist. (Worthingt...
By it. This relates to the clouds, thunder, and lightning. (Muis) ---
God's wrath is compared with smoke, fire, a dark night, or mist. (Worthington)
Gill -> Psa 17:9
Gill: Psa 17:9 - -- From the wicked that oppress me,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" g; as wild beasts do a field or vineyard when they get into it; and such havoc do persecu...
From the wicked that oppress me,.... Or "waste" or "destroy" g; as wild beasts do a field or vineyard when they get into it; and such havoc do persecutors and false teachers make of the church and people of God, when they are suffered to get in among them, Psa 80:13; wherefore from such wicked and unreasonable men protection is desired, 2Th 3:2;
from my deadly enemies; enemies against his soul or life, who sought to take it away, nothing would satisfy them but this;
who compass me about; on all sides, in order to obtain their desire; such were the enemies of Christ, and so they are described, Psa 22:12.

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NET Notes: Psa 17:9 Heb “my enemies, at the risk of life they surround me.” The Hebrew phrase בְּנֶפֶשׁ ...
Geneva Bible -> Psa 17:9
Geneva Bible: Psa 17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass ( h ) me about.
( h ) For their cruelty cannot be satisfied but with my deat...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 17:1-15
TSK Synopsis: Psa 17:1-15 - --1 David, in confidence of his integrity, craves defence of God against his enemies.10 He shews their pride, craft, and eagerness.13 He prays against t...
MHCC -> Psa 17:8-15
MHCC: Psa 17:8-15 - --Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the ha...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 17:8-15
Matthew Henry: Psa 17:8-15 - -- We may observe, in these verses, I. What David prays for. Being compassed about with enemies that sought his life, he prays to God to preserve him s...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 17:8-9
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 17:8-9 - --
The covenant relationship towards Himself in which Jahve has placed David, and the relationship of love in which David stands to Jahve, fully justif...
Constable -> Psa 17:1-15; Psa 17:6-12
Constable: Psa 17:1-15 - --Psalm 17
The content of this psalm is similar to that of the preceding one except that the danger David ...
