the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Psalms 54:7
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For He has delivered me from all distress,And my eye has looked in triumph upon my enemies.
For He has delivered me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
For he hath deliuered me out of all my trouble: and mine eye hath seene [auengaunce] vpon mine enemies.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen [its desire] upon mine enemies.
For He has delivered me out of all trouble; And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.
For He has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen its desire on my enemies.
You saved me from all my troubles. I saw my enemies defeated.
For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
For hee hath deliuered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seene his desire vpon mine enemies.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble, so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpo myne enemies.
For He has rescued me from every trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction (triumph) on my enemies.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.
Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.
For he has delivered me out of all trouble; And my eye has seen [my desire] on my enemies.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath seen [its desire] upon my enemies.
Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies.
You have rescued me from all of my troubles, and my own eyes have seen my enemies fall.
May he repay the evil to those who are lying in wait for me. In your faithfulness, destroy them! Then I will generously sacrifice to you; I will praise your name, Adonai , because it is good, because he rescued me from all trouble, and my eyes look with triumph at my enemies.
For he hath deliuered me out of al trouble, & mine eye hath seene my desire vpo mine enemies.
For thou hast delivered me out of all troubles; and mine eye hath seen mine enemies defeated.
For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
He will requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me; destroy Thou them in Thy truth. With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto Thee; I will give thanks unto Thy name, O LORD, for it is good. For He hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath gazed upon mine enemies.
For He has taken me out of all trouble. And my eyes have looked without fear upon those who hate me.
For thou hast delivered me out of all affliction, and mine eye has seen my desire upon mine enemies.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.
For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
For, out of all distress, hath he rescued me, - And, upon my foes, hath, mine own eye, looked.
(53-9) For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.
Because he has delivered me from all trouble, and my eye has looked with satisfaction on my enemies.
For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
For He has saved me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
You have saved me from all my troubles, and I have seen my enemies defeated.
You have rescued me from all my troubles, and I have seen my enemies defeated.
For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked down on my enemies.
For thou delyueridist me fro al tribulacioun; and myn iye dispiside on myn enemyes.
For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!
For thou hast delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For he: Psalms 34:19, Genesis 48:16, 1 Samuel 26:24, 2 Samuel 4:9, 2 Timothy 4:18
and mine: Psalms 37:34, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 59:10, Psalms 91:8, Psalms 92:11, Psalms 112:8
Reciprocal: Psalms 35:21 - Aha Psalms 118:7 - therefore Jeremiah 20:12 - let me Obadiah 1:12 - looked
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble,.... As he desired, 1 Samuel 26:24; that is, out of all his present trouble; not that he had no more afterwards; for as soon as one trouble is gone, generally speaking, another comes; but as God delivered him out of his present distress, so he believed he would deliver him out of all his afflictions in future times;
and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies: or revenge, as the Targum supplies it; not that he delighted in the destruction of his enemies, but in the justice of God glorified thereby, and in the goodness of God to him, in delivering him from them; see Revelation 18:20.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble - This is spoken either in confident expectation of what would be, or as the statement of a general truth that God did deliver him from all trouble. It was what he had experienced in his past life; it was what he confidently expected in all time to come.
And mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies - The words “his desire” are not in the original. A literal translation would be, “And on my enemies hath my eye looked.” The meaning is, that they had been overthrown; they had been unsuccessful in their malignant attempts against him; and he had had the satisfaction of “seeing” them thus discomfited. Their overthrow had not merely been reported to him, but he had had ocular demonstration of its reality. This is not the expression of malice, but of certainty. The fact on which the eye of the psalmist rested was his own safety. Of that he was assured by what he had witnessed with his own eyes; and in that fact he rejoiced. There is no more reason to charge malignity in this case on David, or to suppose that he rejoiced in the destruction of his enemies as such, than there is in our own case when we are rescued from impending danger. It is proper for Americans to rejoice in their freedom, and to give thanks to God for it; nor, in doing this, is it to be supposed that there is a malicious pleasure in the fact that in the accomplishment of this thousands of British soldiers were slain, or that thousands of women and children as the result of their discomfiture were made widows and orphans. We can be thankful for the mercies which we enjoy without having any malignant delight in those woes of others through which our blessings may have come upon us.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 54:7. For he hath delivered me — Saul had now decamped; and was returned to save his territories; and David in the meanwhile escaped to En-gedi. God was most evidently the author of this deliverance.
Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. — It is not likely that this Psalm was written after the death of Saul; and therefore David could not say that he had seen his desire. But there is nothing in the text for his desire; and the words might be translated, My eye hath seen my enemies-they have been so near that I could plainly discover them. Thus almost all the Versions have understood the text. I have seen them, and yet they were not permitted to approach me. God has been my Deliverer.
ANALYSIS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH PSALM
There are three parts in this Psalm: -
I. David's prayer for help and salvation, Psalms 54:1-3.
II. His confidence that he should have help, Psalms 54:4-5.
III. His gratitude and obedience, Psalms 54:6-7.
1. David's petition: 1. "Save me." 2. "Plead my cause." 3. "Hear my prayer." 4. "Give ear to my words." He is much in earnest; and yet does not desire his prayer to be heard unless his cause be just. If just, then let God plead it.
2. He produces two grounds upon which he petitions: 1. God's name. 2. God's strength. 1. He that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved; I call: "Save me in thy name!" 2. Thou art a powerful God, able to do it: "Save me in thy strength."
The greatness of his danger causes him to urge his prayer.
1. His enemies were strangers; from whom no favour could be expected.
2. They were violent oppressors - formidable, cruel tyrants, from whom he could expect no mercy.
3. They were such as could be satisfied with nothing less than his blood: "They rise to seek after my life."
4. They had no fear of God: "They have not set God before them."
II. Notwithstanding they are all that I have already stated; and, humanly speaking, I have nothing but destruction to expect; yet I will not fear: because, 1. God is with me. 2. He is against them.
1. "God is my helper:" as he has promised, so he has done, and will do, to me.
2. "God is with them also who uphold my soul. Selah." Behold this!
But he opposes them who oppose me; is an enemy to them who are mine enemies.
1. "He shall reward evil" to such: of this being assured, he proceeds to imprecate.
2. Destroy thou them: "Cut them off in thy truth." Thou hast promised that it shall be well with the righteous; and that snares, fire, and brimstone, shall be rained on the wicked. Let God be true: Fiat justitia; ruat coelum, pereat mundus. They must be cut off.
III. For such a mercy David promises not to be unthankful.
1. For this he would offer a princely sacrifice: "I will freely sacrifice."
2. He would praise the name of the Lord: "I will praise thy name."
For this he gives two reasons: -
1. That which internally moved him: "For it is good."
2. That which was outwardly impulsive; his deliverance. 1. His deliverance was great and effectual: "Thou hast delivered me out of all my trouble." 2. His danger was so imminent that, humanly speaking, there was no escape. The enemy was within sight who was bent on his destruction; yet he was delivered; and they were confounded. On these accounts it was right that he should sing praise, and offer sacrifice. To the grateful, God is bountiful.
