Geneva Study Bible <<A Psalm of David.>> Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy {b} holy oracle.
(b) He counts himself as a dead man, till God shows his favour toward him, and grants him his petition. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. {c} Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
(c) Destroy not the good with the bad. Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. {d} Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
(d) He thus prayed in respect to God's glory and not for his own cause, being assured that God would punish the persecutors of his Church. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall {e} destroy them, and not build them up.
(e) Let them be utterly destroyed as in Mal 1:4. Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. {f} Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
(f) Because he felt the assurance of God's help in his heart, his mouth was opened to sing his praises. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. The LORD is {g} their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
(g) Meaning his soldiers who were means by which God declared his power. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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