
Text -- Psalms 54:7 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 54:7
JFB: Psa 54:7 - -- (compare Psa 59:10; Psa 112:8), expresses satisfaction in beholding the overthrow of his enemies as those of God, without implying any selfish or unho...
(compare Psa 59:10; Psa 112:8), expresses satisfaction in beholding the overthrow of his enemies as those of God, without implying any selfish or unholy feeling (compare Psa 52:6-7).
Clarke: Psa 54:7 - -- For he hath delivered me - Saul had now decamped; and was returned to save his territories; and David in the meanwhile escaped to En-gedi. God was m...
For he hath delivered me - Saul had now decamped; and was returned to save his territories; and David in the meanwhile escaped to En-gedi. God was most evidently the author of this deliverance

Clarke: Psa 54:7 - -- Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies - It is not likely that this Psalm was written after the death of Saul; and therefore David could no...
Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies - It is not likely that this Psalm was written after the death of Saul; and therefore David could not say that he had seen his desire. But there is nothing in the text for his desire; and the words might be translated, My eye hath seen my enemies - they have been so near that I could plainly discover them. Thus almost all the Versions have understood the text. I have seen them, and yet they were not permitted to approach me. God has been my Deliverer
TSK -> Psa 54:7
TSK: Psa 54:7 - -- For he : Psa 34:19; Gen 48:16; 1Sa 26:24; 2Sa 4:9; 2Ti 4:18
and mine : Psa 37:34, Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11, Psa 59:10, Psa 91:8, Psa 92:11, Psa 112:8

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Barnes -> Psa 54:7
Barnes: Psa 54:7 - -- For he hath delivered me out of all trouble - This is spoken either in confident expectation of what would be, or as the statement of a general...
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble - This is spoken either in confident expectation of what would be, or as the statement of a general truth that God did deliver him from all trouble. It was what he had experienced in his past life; it was what he confidently expected in all time to come.
And mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies - The words "his desire"are not in the original. A literal translation would be, "And on my enemies hath my eye looked."The meaning is, that they had been overthrown; they had been unsuccessful in their malignant attempts against him; and he had had the satisfaction of "seeing"them thus discomfited. Their overthrow had not merely been reported to him, but he had had ocular demonstration of its reality. This is not the expression of malice, but of certainty. The fact on which the eye of the psalmist rested was his own safety. Of that he was assured by what he had witnessed with his own eyes; and in that fact he rejoiced. There is no more reason to charge malignity in this case on David, or to suppose that he rejoiced in the destruction of his enemies as such, than there is in our own case when we are rescued from impending danger. It is proper for Americans to rejoice in their freedom, and to give thanks to God for it; nor, in doing this, is it to be supposed that there is a malicious pleasure in the fact that in the accomplishment of this thousands of British soldiers were slain, or that thousands of women and children as the result of their discomfiture were made widows and orphans. We can be thankful for the mercies which we enjoy without having any malignant delight in those woes of others through which our blessings may have come upon us.
Poole -> Psa 54:7
Poole: Psa 54:7 - -- He speaks of it as a thing already done, either to express his assurance of it, or because this Psalm was made after it was done.
His desire or, ...
He speaks of it as a thing already done, either to express his assurance of it, or because this Psalm was made after it was done.
His desire or, thy vengeance ; which may be understood out of Psa 54:5 . But there is no necessity of any supplement. The words in the Hebrew run thus,
mine eye hath looked upon mine enemies either with delight, as this phrase signifies, Psa 22:17 27:4 , and elsewhere; or without fear or shame. I shall not be afraid to look them in the face, having God on my side.
Haydock -> Psa 54:7
Haydock: Psa 54:7 - -- Dove, which flies swiftly. He now adored the judgments of God, which chastised him, as he had threatened; (2 Kings xii. 11.) though, while innocent,...
Dove, which flies swiftly. He now adored the judgments of God, which chastised him, as he had threatened; (2 Kings xii. 11.) though, while innocent, he had rejected a similar proposal, Psalm x. 1. The event shewed, that he acted wisely in retiring beyond the Jordan. (Calmet) ---
O that I could fly, and in the simplicity of the dove, be removed from these afflictions! (Worthington) ---
As I could not go to heaven, I retired into the wilderness. (Menochius)
Gill -> Psa 54:7
Gill: Psa 54:7 - -- For he hath delivered me out of all trouble,.... As he desired, 1Sa 26:24; that is, out of all his present trouble; not that he had no more afterwards...
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble,.... As he desired, 1Sa 26:24; that is, out of all his present trouble; not that he had no more afterwards; for as soon as one trouble is gone, generally speaking, another comes; but as God delivered him out of his present distress, so he believed he would deliver him out of all his afflictions in future times;
and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies: or revenge, as the Targum supplies it; not that he delighted in the destruction of his enemies, but in the justice of God glorified thereby, and in the goodness of God to him, in delivering him from them; see Rev 18:20.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 54:1-7
TSK Synopsis: Psa 54:1-7 - --1 David, complaining of the Ziphims, prays for salvation.4 Upon his confidence in God's help he promises sacrifice.
MHCC -> Psa 54:4-7
MHCC: Psa 54:4-7 - --Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which G...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 54:4-7
Matthew Henry: Psa 54:4-7 - -- We have here the lively actings of David's faith in his prayer, by which he was assured that the issue would be comfortable, though the attempt upon...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 54:4-7
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 54:4-7 - --
(Heb.: 54:6-9) In this second half, the poet, in the certainty of being heard, rejoices in help, and makes a vow of thanksgiving. The בּ of בּ×...
Constable -> Psa 42:1--72:20; Psa 54:1-7
Constable: Psa 42:1--72:20 - --II. Book 2: chs. 42--72
In Book 1 we saw that all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writ...
