Geneva Study Bible <> LORD, I {a} cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
(a) He shows that there is no other refuge in our necessity but only to flee to God for comfort of soul. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the {b} lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
(b) He means his earnest zeal and gesture, which he used in prayer: alluding to the sacrifices which were by God's commandment offered in the old law. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their {d} dainties.
(d) Let not their prosperity lure me to be wicked as they are. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let {e} him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
(e) He could abide all corrections that came from a loving heart. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall {g} hear my words; for they are sweet.
(g) The people who follow their wicked rulers in persecuting the prophet will repent and turn to God, when they see their wicked rulers punished. Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. Our bones are scattered at the {h} grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
(h) Here it appears that David was miraculously delivered out of many deaths as in 2Co 1:9,10. But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. Let the wicked fall into {i} their own nets, {k} whilst that I withal escape. (i) Into God's nets, by which he catches the wicked in their own malice. (k) So that none of them escape. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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