Psalm 17:8

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 17:1-15

Men of the World Psalms 17:14 To every young man there comes, sooner or later, the brief but startling message which God addressed to Abraham when he was in Ur of the Chaldees 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee'. You cannot always abide in the home of your childhood. I. Think of the portion which belongs to men of the world. There is not a greater mistake than to imagine that you will be heart-rich as soon as you... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17:1-15THE investigations as to authorship and date yield the usual conflicting results. Davidic, say one school; undoubtedly post-exilic, say another, without venturing on closer definition; late in the Persian period, says Cheyne. Perhaps we may content ourselves with the modest judgment of Baethgen in his last book ("Handcommentar," 1892, p. 45): "The date of composition cannot be decided by internal indications." The background is the familiar one of causeless foes round an innocent... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17:0 The Prayer of Christ Against the Enemy 1. The Righteous Intercessor (Psalms 17:1-5 ) 2. Prayer for deliverance (Psalms 17:6-12 ) 3. The deliverance (Psalms 17:13-15 ) Psalms 17:1-5 . This Psalm is blessedly linked with the foregoing one. We hear Christ interceding for the saints in whom is His delight (16:3). He pleads His own perfection. He is righteous; His prayer does not come from feigned lips. Not David, but Christ alone could truly say, “Thou hast proved my heart; Thou... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 11:0 A song of trust. The declaration “In the Lord put I my trust” (Psalms 11:1 ) is buttressed by the reason (Psalms 11:7 ), while all between describes the condition in which David finds himself. Urged to flee from his enemies (Psalms 11:1 ), he shows the futility of the attempt (Psalms 11:2 ). The moral foundations are being undermined (Psalms 11:3 ), and only Jehovah is able to discriminate and judge (Psalms 11:4-6 ). Psalms 12:0 The evil speaker. The close relation between this... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 17:1-15

A Prayer of David Psalms 17:0 We have heard David sing, now let us hear him pray. He played wonderfully upon his harp, what is his skill as a suppliant? Does he know the ways of heaven? Can he speak the language of the skies, or any language of earth that can be understood there? This psalm is quite in a new style. It is said to be in the early style of the sweet singer of Israel. There is a charm in the early style of all great writers. It may be efflorescent, and redundant; yet there is... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 17:8

By comparing this verse with what the prophet Isaiah predicted of Jesus, a beautiful light is thrown upon both scriptures, and we are led to see to whom both refer. In the one Jesus is spoken of, under the spirit of prophecy, as praying to be kept and hid: and in the other, as of the thing done, when he saith, the Lord hath called me from the womb; and in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me. Isaiah 49:1-2 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 17:8

With them is not in Hebrew. Lo, illi refers to God. Furor fuit ei. (Montanus) --- "He was wroth." (Protestants) Yet he displayed his power on the mountains, as if he had been displeased with them, or with the enemies (ver. 4.) whom he would thus strike with awe. (Haydock) --- These expressions are not to be taken in a gross literal sense. (Calmet) --- God shewed himself as earnest in the protection of David, (Haydock) as if he had been in a rage; (Calmet) or as if the elements had all... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 17:8-15

8-15 Being compassed with enemies, David prays to God to keep him in safety. This prayer is a prediction that Christ would be preserved, through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted state, and is a pattern to Christians to commit the keeping of their souls to God, trusting him to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom. Those are our worst enemies, that are enemies to our souls. They are God's sword, which cannot move without him, and which... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 17:6-15

David Calls upon God for Help v. 6. I have called upon Thee, namely, in the capacity in which he described himself, as a child of God who could rightfully point to the righteousness of his life, for Thou wilt hear me, O God, of this David was sure. Incline Thine ear unto me, in the attitude of most careful attention, and hear my speech. v. 7. Show Thy marvelous loving-kindness, giving him a proof, an exhibition, of His grace, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand them which put their trust... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 17:1-15

Psalms 17:0A Prayer of David1 Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry;Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing:I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lipsI have kept me from the paths of the... read more

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