Psalms 40:14
embarrassed <0954> [Let them be ashamed.]
The verbs in the preceding verse, in which the psalmist simply prays for deliverance, are in the imperative; but here, and in the following verses, they are in the future tense, and naturally express the language of lively faith and hope, rather than that of wishing the destruction foreseen and predicted.
snatch away ............ want <01245 02655> [that.]
turned <05472> [driven.]
Psalms 83:1-18
song <07892> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. (Title.) A song.]
Some refer this Psalm to the confederacy against Jehoshaphat, and others to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
Asaph <0623> [of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
silent <01824> [Keep.]
be inactive <08252> [be not.]
enemies <0341> [For, lo.]
hate <08130> [that hate.]
hostile <05375> [lifted.]
carefully <06191> [They.]
cherish <06845> [thy hidden.]
devise <03289> [For.]
strategy <03820> [consent. Heb. heart. they are.]
tents <0168> [The tabernacles.]
Tents are mentioned because it was the custom of these people, particularly the Ishmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to the present day.
Edom <0123> [Edom.]
Hagrites <01905> [Hagarenes.]
[Hagarites.]
Gebal <01381> [Gebal.]
Assyria <0804> [Assur.]
Assur is the same in the original as Asshur, or Assyria.
[Asshur.]
strength <02220> [holpen. Heb. been an arm to.]
descendants <01121> [the children.]
Midian <04080> [as unto.]
Sisera <05516> [as to Sisera.]
Kishon <07028> [of Kison.]
The variations of Kison and Kishon only exists in the translation; the original being uniformly Kishon.
Endor <05874> [Endor.]
manure <01828> [as dung.]
Oreb <06159> [Oreb.]
Zebah <02078> [Zebah.]
God <0430> [O my.]
dead thistles <01534> [like.]
dead weeds <07179> [as the.]
fire <0784> [As the fire.]
flames <03852> [the flame.]
know <03045> [That men.]
Lord <08034> [whose.]
sovereign <05945> [the most.]
Psalms 132:18
enemies <0341> [His enemies.]
crown <05145> [but upon.]
