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(a) Of Shoshannim, read Ps 45:1. (b) David shows by the waters the great dangers he was in, out of which God delivered him. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I sink in deep mire, where there is no {c} standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
(c) No stable firmness to settle my feet. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine {d} eyes fail while I wait for my God.
(d) Though his senses failed him, yet his faith was constant and encouraged him still to pray. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies {e} wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I {f} took not away.
(e) Condemning me as guilty. (f) They judged me a thief, though innocent, and gave my goods to others, as though I had stolen them. O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. O God, thou knowest my {g} foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
(g) Though I am guilty toward you, yet I am innocent toward them. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for {h} my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
(h) Do not let my evil entreaty of the enemy be an opportunity for the faithful to fall from you. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. {i} For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
(i) When I saw your enemies claim your Name in mouth only, and in their life deny the same, your Holy Spirit thrust me forward to reprove them and defend your glory. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. When I {k} wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
(k) My zeal moved me to lament and pray for my salvation. I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. They that {l} sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
(l) The more he sought to win them to God, the more they were against him both the poor and the rich. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an {m} acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
(m) Knowing that even though I endure trouble now, yet you have a time in which you have appointed my deliverance. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the {n} deep waters.
(n) He shows a living faith, in that he believes that God is favourable towards him when he seems to be angry and at hand when he seems to be far off. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. And {o} hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
(o) Not that he feared that God would not hear him, but that care made him think that God delayed too long. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine {p} adversaries are all before thee.
(p) You see that I am beset as a sheep among many wolves. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and {q} I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
(q) He shows men that it is vain to put our trust in men in our great necessity, but that our comfort only depends on God: for man increases our sorrows, then diminishes them, Joh 19:29. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their {r} table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
(r) He desires God to execute his judgments against the reprobate, which cannot by any means be turned, Rom 11:9. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their {s} loins continually to shake.
(s) Take both judgment and power from them, Ac 1:20. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. Let their {t} habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
(t) Punish not only them, but their posterity, who will be like them. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. Add {u} iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
(u) By their continuance and increasing in their sins, let it be known that they are of the reprobate. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. Let them be blotted out of the {x} book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
(x) They who seemed by their profession to have been written in your book, yet by their fruits prove the contrary, let them be known as reprobates. But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or {y} bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
(y) There is no sacrifice which God values more than thanksgiving for his benefits. The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his {z} prisoners.
(z) For as he delivered his servant David, so will he do for all that are in distress and call on him. Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. The {a} seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. (a) Under the temporal promise of the land of Canaan, he comprehends the promise of everlasting life to the faithful and their posterity. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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