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Selected Verse: Psalms 54:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 54:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Behold, God [0430] is mine helper [05826]: the Lord [0136] is with them that uphold [05564] my soul [05315]. |
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King James |
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 30:10).
with them--on their side, and for me (compare Psa 46:11). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Behold, God is mine helper - That is, God alone can aid me in these circumstances, and to him I confidently look.
The Lord is with them that uphold my soul - My friends; those who have rallied around me to defend me; those who comfort me by their presence; those who sustain me in my cause, and who keep me from sinking under the burden of my accumulated troubles. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| (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 בּסמכי is not meant to imply that God is one out of many who upheld his threatened life; but rather that He comes within the category of such, and fills it up in Himself alone, cf. Psa 118:7; and for the origin of this Beth essentiae, Psa 99:6, Jdg 11:35. In Psa 54:7 the Kerמ merits the preference over the Chethמb (evil shall "revert" to my spies), which would at least require על instead of ל (cf. Psa 7:17). Concerning שׁררי, vid., on Psa 27:11. In the rapid transition to invocation in Psa 54:7 the end of the Psalm announces itself. The truth of God is not described as an instrumental agent of the cutting off, but as an impelling cause. It is the same Beth as in the expression בּנדבה (Num 15:3): by or out of free impulse. These free-will sacrifices are not spiritual here in opposition to the ritual sacrifices (Psa 50:14), but ritual as an outward representation of the spiritual. The subject of הצּילני is the Name of God; the post-biblical language, following Lev 24:11, calls God straightway השּׁם, and passages like Isa 30:27 and the one before us come very near to this usage. The praeterites mention the ground of the thanksgiving. What David now still hopes for will then lie behind him in the past. The closing line, v. 9b, recalls Psa 35:21, cf. Psa 59:11; Psa 92:12; the invoking of the curse upon his enemies in v. 8 recalls Psa 17:13; Psa 56:8; Psa 59:12.; and the vow of thanksgiving in v. 8 recalls Psa 22:26; Psa 35:18; Psa 40:10. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Behold, God is mine helper - This would naturally occur to him when he saw that Saul was obliged to leave the pursuit, and go to defend his territories, when he was on the very point of seizing him. God, whose providence is ever watchful, had foreseen this danger and stirred up the Philistines to make this inroad just at the time in which Saul and his army were about to lay hands on David. Well might he then say, "Behold, God is mine helper."
Is with them, that uphold my soul - נפשי naphshi, my life. This may even refer to the Philistines, who had at this time made an inroad on Israel. God was even with his own enemies, by making them instruments to save the life of his servant. |
11 The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is with us; the God [0430] of Jacob [03290] is our refuge [04869]. Selah [05542].
10 Hear [08085], O LORD [03068], and have mercy [02603] upon me: LORD [03068], be thou my helper [05826].
10 I have not hid [03680] thy righteousness [06666] within [08432] my heart [03820]; I have declared [0559] thy faithfulness [0530] and thy salvation [08668]: I have not concealed [03582] thy lovingkindness [02617] and thy truth [0571] from the great [07227] congregation [06951].
18 I will give thee thanks [03034] in the great [07227] congregation [06951]: I will praise [01984] thee among much [06099] people [05971].
26 The meek [06035] shall eat [0398] and be satisfied [07646]: they shall praise [01984] the LORD [03068] that seek [01875] him: your heart [03824] shall live [02421] for ever [05703].
12 For the sin [02403] of their mouth [06310] and the words [01697] of their lips [08193] let them even be taken [03920] in their pride [01347]: and for cursing [0423] and lying [03585] which they speak [05608].
8 Thou tellest [05608] my wanderings [05112]: put [07760] thou my tears [01832] into thy bottle [04997]: are they not in thy book [05612]?
13 Arise [06965], O LORD [03068], disappoint [06923] him [06440], cast him down [03766]: deliver [06403] my soul [05315] from the wicked [07563], which is thy sword [02719]:
12 The righteous [06662] shall flourish [06524] like the palm tree [08558]: he shall grow [07685] like a cedar [0730] in Lebanon [03844].
11 Slay [02026] them not, lest my people [05971] forget [07911]: scatter [05128] them by thy power [02428]; and bring them down [03381], O Lord [0136] our shield [04043].
21 Yea, they opened their mouth [06310] wide [07337] against me, and said [0559], Aha [01889], aha [01889], our eye [05869] hath seen [07200] it.
27 Behold, the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] cometh [0935] from far [04801], burning [01197] with his anger [0639], and the burden [04858] thereof is heavy [03514]: his lips [08193] are full [04390] of indignation [02195], and his tongue [03956] as a devouring [0398] fire [0784]:
11 And the Israelitish [03482] woman's [0802] son [01121] blasphemed [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, and cursed [07043]. And they brought [0935] him unto Moses [04872]: (and his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Shelomith [08019], the daughter [01323] of Dibri [01704], of the tribe [04294] of Dan [01835]:)
14 Offer [02076] unto God [0430] thanksgiving [08426]; and pay [07999] thy vows [05088] unto the most High [05945]:
3 And will make [06213] an offering by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068], a burnt offering [05930], or a sacrifice [02077] in performing [06381] a vow [05088], or in a freewill offering [05071], or in your solemn feasts [04150], to make [06213] a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068], of the herd [01241], or of the flock [06629]:
7 For he hath delivered [05337] me out of all trouble [06869]: and mine eye [05869] hath seen [07200] his desire upon mine enemies [0341].
11 Teach [03384] me thy way [01870], O LORD [03068], and lead [05148] me in a plain [04334] path [0734], because of mine enemies [08324].
17 I will praise [03034] the LORD [03068] according to his righteousness [06664]: and will sing praise [02167] to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] most high [05945].
7 For he hath delivered [05337] me out of all trouble [06869]: and mine eye [05869] hath seen [07200] his desire upon mine enemies [0341].
35 And it came to pass, when he saw [07200] her, that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Alas [0162], my daughter [01323]! thou hast brought [03766] me very [03766] low [03766], and thou art one of them that trouble [05916] me: for I have opened [06475] my mouth [06310] unto the LORD [03068], and I cannot [03201] go back [07725].
6 Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] among his priests [03548], and Samuel [08050] among them that call [07121] upon his name [08034]; they called [07121] upon the LORD [03068], and he answered [06030] them.
7 The LORD [03068] taketh my part with them that help [05826] me: therefore shall I see [07200] my desire upon them that hate [08130] me.