Psalms 51:1--65:13
Nathan <05416> [A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.) when.]
confronted ..... affair <0935> [after.]
God <0430> [O God.]
great <07230> [multitude.]
compassion <07356> [tender.]
wipe away <04229> [blot.]
Wash <03526> [Wash.]
Cleanse <02891> [cleanse.]
aware <03045> [For I.]
sin <02403> [my sin.]
sinned <02398> [Against.]
evil <07451> [evil.]
right <06663> [that thou.]
confront ...... when ... condemn <01696 08199> [when.]
birth <02342> [shapen.]
conceived <03179> [conceive. Heb. warm.]
desire <02654> [Behold.]
inner man <02910> [inward.]
<05640> [in the hidden.]
Sprinkle <02398> [Purge.]
pure ........ whiter <02891 03835> [and.]
whiter <03835> [whiter.]
Grant <08085> [Make.]
bones <06106> [bones.]
Hide <05641> [Hide.]
Wipe <04229> [blot.]
Create <01254> [Create.]
pure <02889> [clean.]
Renew <02318> [renew.]
resolute <03559> [right. or, constant.]
reject <07993> [Cast.]
take <03947> [take.]
Holy <06944> [holy.]
again <07725> [Restore.]
joy <08342> [joy.]
obey <05564> [uphold.]
desire <05081> [free.]
teach <03925> [Then.]
ways <01870> [ways.]
turn <07725> [converted.]
Rescue <05337> [Deliver.]
murder <01818> [bloodguiltiness. Heb. bloods.]
God ... God <0430> [thou God.]
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
deliverance <06666> [righteousness.]
Lord <0136> [O Lord.]
Then <06605> [open.]
mouth <06310> [mouth.]
want <02654> [desirest.]
would <05414> [else would I. or, that I should. delightest.]
sacrifices <02077> [sacrifices.]
humble spirit ..... humble <07307 07665> [a broken spirit.]
reject <0959> [thou.]
do what <03190> [Do.]
favor <07522> [thy.]
Fortify <01129> [build.]
accept <02654> [pleased.]
sacrifices <02077> [sacrifices.]
Doeg <01673> [A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Doeg.]
informed <05046> [told.]
boast <01984> [boastest.]
evil <07451> [mischief.]
powerful man <01368> [O mighty.]
loyal love <02617> [goodness.]
tongue <03956> [Thy.]
sharp <03913> [like.]
deceiver <06213> [working.]
love <0157> [lovest.]
lies <08267> [lying.]
destroy <01105> [devouring.]
[O thou. or, and the.]
God <0410> [God.]
permanent heap ... ruins <05422 05331> [destroy thee. Heb. beat thee down. pluck.]
uproot <08327> [root.]
land <0776> [the land.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
be <03372> [and fear.]
evildoer <07832> [laugh.]
man <01397> [Lo.]
make <07760> [made.]
trusted <0982> [trusted.]
confident <05810> [strengthened.]
destroy <01942> [wickedness. or, substance.]
flourishing <07488> [like.]
trust <0982> [I trust.]
thank <03034> [praise.]
rely <06960> [wait.]
good <02896> [for it is.]
machalath <04257> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) Mahalath.]
Fools <05036> [fool.]
say <0559> [said.]
<07843> [Corrupt.]
commit <08581> [have done.]
God ........... does what <0430 06213> [there is.]
looks <08259> [looked.]
wise <07919> [any that.]
seeks <01875> [seek.]
rejects <05472> [Every.]
corrupt <0444> [filthy.]
does <06213> [none.]
behave .................... call <06466 07121> [Have.]
Here 70 MSS., several editions, and the ancient versions add {kol,} "all," as in Ps 14.
devour ........ eating <0398> [who eat.]
terrified .......... fear <06343> [There.]
absolutely terrified .......... fear <06342 06343> [were they in great fear. Heb. they feared a fear.]
annihilates <06340> [scattered.]
humiliate <0954> [thou hast.]
God .............. God <0430> [because.]
<05414> [Oh, etc. Heb. Who will give salvations, etc.]
Zion <06726> [out.]
God <0430> [God.]
Instead of {elohim,} "God," more than 20 MSS., with the LXX., Syriac, and Chaldee, read {yehowah,} "Jehovah," as in Ps 14:7.
<07725> [bringeth.]
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
Ziphites <02130> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) Ziphims.]
[by the name.]
Vindicate <01777> [judge.]
foreigners <02114> [strangers.]
ruthless <06184> [oppressors.]
respect <07760> [they have.]
May ......... repaid <07725> [reward.]
those who wait ... ambush me ......... demonstration <08324> [mine enemies. Heb. those that observe me.]
destroy <06789> [cut.]
freewill offering <05071> [freely.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
good <02896> [for it.]
rescues ... from <05337> [For he.]
triumph <05869> [and mine.]
accompanied by stringed instruments <05058> [A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Neginoth.]
Listen <0238> [Give.]
ignore <05956> [hide.]
upset <07300> [I mourn.]
pressure <06125> [oppression.]
hurl <04131> [for they.]
heart <03820> [My.]
horrors <0367> [terrors.]
Fear <03374> [Fearfulness.]
terror <06427> [horror.]
overwhelms <03680> [overwhelmed. Heb. covered.]
place ....... strong wind <05584 07307> [the windy storm.]
From the sweeping wind and tempest,--Absalom and his rebellious party.
Frustrate <06385> [divide.]
That is, "Distract their counsels; and let their devices be confounded;"--and the prayer was heard; See the Parallel Passages.
see <07200> [I have.]
Day <03119> [Day.]
wickedness <0205> [mischief.]
Disaster <01942> [Wickedness.]
violence <08496> [deceit.]
enemy <0341> [For.]
arrogantly <01431> [magnify.]
bear .................. hide <05375 05641> [then I.]
man like me <06187 0582> [a man mine equal. Heb. a man according to my rank. my guide.]
confided <03045> [mine acquaintance.]
personal thoughts <04985 05475 03162> [We took sweet counsel together. Heb. Who sweetened counsel. walked.]
<04194> [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.
go down <03381> [them.]
Sheol <07585> [hell. or, the grave.]
evening <06153> [Evening.]
moan <01993> [cry.]
rescue <06299> [He hath.]
greatly <07227> [there.]
hear <08085> [hear.]
reigned <03427> [even.]
change <02487> [Because, etc. or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they fear not God. no changes.]
attacks <07971> [put.]
friends <07965> [at peace.]
breaks <02490> [broken. Heb. profaned.]
<06310> [The words.]
animosity <07128> [war.]
Throw <07993> [Cast.]
burden <03053> [burden. or, gift. suffer.]
God <0430> [O God.]
Pit <0875> [pit.]
Violent ... deceitful people ...... half .... lifespan <01818 04820 0582 02673 03117> [bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days.]
Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days.
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) upon {Jonath-elem- rechokim.}]
Or, as it may be rendered, "concerning the dumb dove, (or oppressed band) in distant places," i.e., David, or his companions; though some consider it as the name of a tune, and others a musical instrument.
prayer <04387> [Michtam. or, a golden Psalm.]
Philistines <06430> [when.]
mercy <02603> [Be.]
attacking <07602> [swallow.]
defeat <08324> [enemies. Heb. observers.]
many <07227> [many.]
Exalted <04791> [most.]
God ... boast ...... God <0430 01984> [In God I will.]
God ........ God ... trust <0430 0982> [in God I have.]
habit <06087> [they.]
plotting <04284> [all.]
stalk <01481> [gather.]
lurk <06845> [hide.]
watch <08104> [mark.]
escape <06405> [escape.]
anger <0639> [in thine.]
keep <05608> [tellest.]
Put <07760> [put.]
scroll <05612> [are they.]
when <03117> [When.]
enemies <0341> [then.]
God <0430> [for.]
afraid <03372> [I will not.]
vows <05088> [Thy.]
I ..... fulfill <07999> [I will.]
deliver <05337> [For.]
feet <07272> [wilt.]
serve <01980> [walk.]
life <0216> [the light.]
[A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) {Al-tas-chith.} or, destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
This Psalm is supposed to have been called {al tashcheth,} or "destroy not," because David thus addressed one of his followers when about to kill Saul in the cave; and {michtam,} or "golden," because written, or worthy to be written, in gold.
fled <01272> [when.]
mercy ....... mercy ...................... passes <02603 05674> [be.]
shelter <05315> [soul.]
shadow <06738> [shadow.]
trouble <01942> [until.]
sovereign God <0430 05945> [God most.]
vindicates <01584> [that.]
send ................. send <07971> [send.]
enemies ... hurl insults <02778 07602> [from the reproach of him. or, he reproacheth him, etc. swallow.]
send ................. send <07971> [send.]
among ...... devour <08432 03857> [among.]
devour <03857> [set.]
teeth <08127> [whose.]
tongues <03956> [tongue.]
Rise <07311> [Be thou.]
sky .......... earth <08064 0776> [above.]
splendor <03519> [thy glory.]
net <07568> [a net.]
discouraged <05315> [my soul.]
<03820> [my.]
determined ...... determined <03559> [fixed. or, prepared. I will.]
Awake .... Awake ......... wake up <05782> [Awake.]
soul <03519> [my glory.]
Awake .... Awake ......... wake up ... dawn <05782 07837> [I myself will awake early.]
Literally,"I will awaken the morning," or dawn; a highly poetical expression, which Milton and others have borrowed:-- Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn.
loyal love <02617> [For.]
faithfulness <0571> [truth.]
[(Title.) {Al-taschith.} or, Destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
really ....... judge <0552 08199> [Do.]
rulers <0482> [O congregation.]
people <01121> [O ye.]
plan <03820> [in heart.]
deal <06424> [weigh.]
turn aside <02114> [estranged, etc.]
born <0990> [as soon, etc. Heb. from the belly.]
venom <02534> [poison.]
like ........ deaf <01823 02795> [like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.]
deaf <02795> [the deaf.]
[adder or asp.]
{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.
respond <08085> [Which.]
That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact:--{Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis.} "In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation."
skilled snake-charmer <02266 02449> [charming never so wisely. or, be the charmer never so cunning.]
break ... teeth <02040 08127> [Break their.]
lions <03715> [young.]
[a snail.--]
{Shabbelool,} in Chaldee {tivlala,} the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic {balla,} to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction.
moves <01980> [pass.]
stillborn <05309> [untimely.]
kindling <0329> [thorns.]
sweep it away <08175> [as.]
raw <02416> [both living, etc. Heb. as living as wrath.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
bathe <07364> [wash.]
rewarded <06529> [Verily there is.]
godly ... rewarded <06529 06662> [a reward for. Heb. fruit of the, etc.]
is <03426> [verily he.]
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) {Al-tas-chith.} or, destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
prayer <04387> [Michtam.]
The seven poems of the celebrated Arabian poets who flourished before the time of Mohammed, called {MoÆ’llakat,} from being suspended on the walls of the temple of Mecca, were also called {Modhabat,} "golden," because they were written in letters of gold on the papyrus; and probably this is another reason why the six poems of David were called golden.
Saul <07586> [when.]
Deliver <05337> [Deliver.]
Protect ...... attack <07682 06965> [defend me. Heb. set me on high.]
Rescue <03467> [save.]
ambush <0693> [they.]
powerful men <05794> [the mighty.]
rebelled <06588> [not.]
<07323> [run.]
action <05782> [awake.]
help ... Take notice <07125 07200> [help me. Heb. meet me.]
God ...... God <0430> [the God.]
punish <06485> [visit.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
mercy <02603> [be not.]
hurl insults <05042> [belch.]
me <02719> [swords.]
hears <08085> [who.]
Lord ........... nations <03068 01471> [Thou.]
nations <01471> [heathen.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Instead of {–zzo,} "his strength," fourteen MSS., read {–zzee,} "my strength." "O my strength, I will wait upon thee."
God <0430> [God.]
refuge <04869> [defence. Heb. high place.]
God ........ God <0430> [The God.]
me .... me .... enable <06923> [prevent.]
<07200> [let.]
triumph <08324> [enemies. Heb. observers.]
strike <02026> [Slay.]
homeless vagabonds <05128> [scatter.]
bring ... down <03381> [bring.]
shields <04043> [our shield.]
sinful <02403> [For the.]
trapped <03920> [taken.]
curses <0423> [cursing.]
wipe .... Wipe ........ them <03615> [Consume.]
know <03045> [and let.]
evening <06153> [at evening.]
wander <05128> [wander.]
eat <0398> [for meat. Heb. to eat.]
refuse to sleep <03885> [grudge, etc. or, if they be not satisfied, then they will stay all night. if.]
sing <07891> [But.]
praise <07442> [sing aloud.]
morning <01242> [morning.]
refuge <04869> [for thou.]
when <03117> [day.]
strength <05797> [O my.]
God ...... God <0430> [for.]
[A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. (Title.) {Shu-shan-eduth.}]
Probably a hexachord harp, or lute; for {ƒiduth} appears to be the same as the Arabic {“od,} a harp or lute; concerning {shushan,} see on Ps 45; 80, titles.
prayer <04387> [Michtam. or, a golden Psalm.]
fought <05327> [when he strove.]
Valley <01516> [valley.]
God <0430> [O God.]
turned on <06555> [scattered. Heb. broken.]
turned back ........................... restore <07725> [O turn.]
earth <0776> [made.]
split <06480> [broken.]
Repair <07495> [heal.]
experience <07200> [shewed.]
drink <08248> [to drink.]
rallying flag <05251> [a banner.]
<06440> [because.]
ones you love <03039> [That.]
safe <03467> [save.]
God <0430> [God.]
triumph <05937> [rejoice.]
parcel <02505> [divide.]
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
[Sichem.]
Valley <06010> [valley.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
helmet <04581> [strength.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
Edom <0123> [over.]
shout in triumph <07321> [triumph. or, triumph thou over me (by an irony).]
lead me into ....... bring me <02986 05148> [Who.]
fortified city <05892 04692> [strong city. Heb. city of strength.]
God ... God <0430> [Wilt.]
rejected <02186> [hadst.]
go ... battle <03318> [didst.]
Give <03051> [Give.]
futile <07723> [vain.]
help ....... help <05833 08668> [help. Heb. salvation.]
conquer <06213> [we shall.]
trample down <0947> [tread.]
[(Title.) {Neginah.}]
Instead of {neginath,} many MSS., have {neginoth;} and two MSS., supply {mizmor,} "a Psalm." Some suppose this Psalm was composed when David was driven by Absalom's rebellion beyond Jordan, and from the sanctuary of God.
hear <08085> [Hear.]
most remote <07097> [From.]
despair <03820> [my heart.]
rocky <06697> [the rock.]
shelter <04268> [thou.]
strong <05797> [strong.]
guest <01481> [abide.]
find shelter <02620> [trust. or, make my refuge.]
hear <08085> [hast heard.]
reward <03425> [heritage.]
king long life <04428 03117 03254> [wilt prolong the king's life. Heb. shalt add days to the days of the king.]
several generations <01755> [many generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
<03427> [abide.]
<04487> [prepare.]
praises <02167> [sing.]
day ... day <03117> [that I.]
Jeduthun <03038> [(Title.) Jeduthun.]
me <05315> [Truly. or, Only.]
me <05315> [my soul.]
patiently wait <01747> [waiteth. Heb. is silent.]
delivers <03444> [from.]
protector <06697> [He only.]
refuge <04869> [defence. Heb. high place.]
<07227> [I shall.]
threaten <02050> [How.]
threaten <02050> [imagine.]
murderers <07523> [ye shall.]
leaning <05186> [bowing.]
<03289> [consult.]
use <07521> [delight.]
blessings <01288> [bless.]
inwardly <07130> [inwardly. Heb. in their inward parts.]
soul <05315> [soul.]
Patiently wait <01826> [wait.]
soul .......... confidence <05315 08615> [my.]
protector <06697> [rock.]
upended <04131> [I shall.]
God ....... God <0430> [In God.]
exalts <03519> [glory.]
protector <06697> [rock.]
Trust <0982> [Trust.]
Pour <08210> [pour.]
God <0430> [God.]
human beings <0120> [Surely.]
unreliable <03577> [of high.]
weighed <05927> [laid.]
together <03162> [altogether. or, alike. lighter.]
trust <0982> [Trust.]
wealth <02428> [riches.]
become attached <07896> [set.]
declared <01696> [spoken.]
strong <05797> [power. or, strength.]
loyal love <02617> [mercy.]
repay <07999> [renderest.]
wilderness <04057> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) when.]
God <0410> [thou.]
long <07836> [early.]
soul <05315> [soul.]
flesh <01320> [flesh.]
dry ... parched land ..... no water <05889 0776 01097 04325 06723> [dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Heb. weary land without water.]
have seen .... witnessed <07200> [To see.]
sanctuary <06944> [in the.]
loyal love <02617> [Because.]
lips <08193> [lips.]
praise <01288> [Thus.]
lift <05375> [I will lift.]
soul <05315> [my soul.]
choice meat <02459> [marrow. Heb. fatness. with joyful.]
deliverer <05833> [Because.]
<06738> [therefore.]
soul <05315> [My soul, etc.]
"My soul cleaveth {davekah} after Thee;" which not only shews the diligence of the pursuit, and the nearness of the attainment, but the fast hold he had of the mercy of God.
pursues <01692> [followeth.]
right hand <03225> [thy.]
seek <01245> [seek.]
descend <0935> [go.]
Each <05064> [They shall fall, etc. Heb. They shall make him run out, like water, by the hands of the sword.]
corpses <04521> [a portion.]
king ................. mouths <04428 06310> [But, etc.]
David shall come to the kingdom according to the promise of God.
king <04428> [the king.]
oaths <07650> [sweareth.]
mouths <06310> [the mouth.]
Listen <08085> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. Hear.]
Protect <05341> [preserve.]
Hide <05641> [Hide.]
plots <05475> [secret.]
crowd <07285> [insurrection.]
sharpen <08150> [whet.]
aim <01869> [bend.]
shoot ......... shoot <03384> [shoot.]
<08535> [the perfect.]
suddenly <06597> [suddenly.]
encourage <02388> [encourage.]
carry <01697> [matter. or, speech. commune.]
hide snares <02934 04170> [of laying snares. Heb. to hide snares.]
see <07200> [Who.]
devise ..... disguise .... plot <02664 02665> [search.]
<08552> [they accomplish, etc. or, we are consumed by that which they have thoroughly searched. a diligent search. Heb. a search searched. both.]
God <0430> [God.]
suddenly <06597> [suddenly.]
wounded <04347> [shall they be wounded. Heb. their wound shall be.]
slander <03956> [tongue.]
see <07200> [all that.]
fear <03372> [fear.]
reflect <07919> [they.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
upright <03477> [upright.]
Praise <08416> [Praise.]
awaits <01747> [waiteth. Heb. is silent.]
Zion <06726> [in Sion.]
Vows <05088> [unto.]
hear <08085> [thou.]
you <01320> [unto thee.]
record <01697> [Iniquities. Heb. Words, or Matters, of Iniquities. prevail.]
rebellion <06588> [transgressions.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
choose <0977> [choosest.]
allow <07126> [causest.]
satisfied <07646> [we shall be.]
awesome <03372> [terrible.]
deliverance <06664> [righteousness.]
God <0430> [O God.]
trust <04009> [the confidence.]
ends <07099> [all.]
across the wide <07350> [afar.]
power <03581> [Which.]
demonstrated <0247> [girded.]
calm <07623> [Which.]
raging ..... roaring <07588> [noise.]
commotion <01995> [tumult.]
<07099> [in the.]
awestruck <03372> [afraid.]
Thunder and lightning, storms and tempests, eclipses and meteors, tornadoes and earthquakes, are proofs to all that there is a Supreme Being, who is wonderful and terrible in His acts.
living <04161> [outgoings.]
east <01242> [the morning.]
The rising and setting sun, the morning and evening twilight, the invariable succession of day and night, are all ordained by Thee, and contribute to the happiness and continuance of man and beast.
praise <07442> [rejoice. or, sing.]
visit <06485> [visitest.]
rain ....... fertile <07783 07227> [and waterest it. or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain.]
fertile <07227> [greatly.]
streams <06388> [the river.]
provide ....... prepare <03559> [thou preparest.]
soak ... plowed ground <01417 05181> [settlest the furrows thereof. or, causest rain to descend into the furrows thereof. makest it soft. Heb. dissolvest it. blessest.]
crown <05849> [crownest.]
good <02896> [with thy. Heb. of thy. thy paths.]
abundance <01880> [fatness.]
glisten <07491> [drop.]
joy <01524> [rejoice. Heb. are girded with joy.]
meadows <03733> [pastures.]
shout <07321> [they shout.]
