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Salmos 59:4
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Sin delito m�o corren y se aperciben: Despierta para venir � mi encuentro, y mira.
Sin delito m�o, corren y se aperciben; despierta para ayudarme, y mira.
Sin delito m�o corren y se aperciben; despierta para venir a mi encuentro, y mira.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
run: 1 Samuel 19:12-24, Proverbs 1:16, Isaiah 59:7, Acts 23:15, Romans 3:15
awake: Psalms 5:6, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 44:23, Isaiah 51:9
help me: Heb. meet me
Reciprocal: Genesis 40:15 - done 1 Samuel 19:11 - sent messengers Job 8:6 - he would Job 21:27 - ye wrongfully Psalms 64:4 - the perfect Psalms 109:3 - fought Psalms 119:86 - they Habakkuk 1:4 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault,.... Or, "without sin [in me]"; or "without punishment [in them]"; so the same word is rendered, 1 Samuel 28:10. "They run", in an hostile manner, "against me", as the Syriac version adds; or like dogs up and down, about the city, to find him and kill him; see Psalms 59:7. Or this may denote their readiness and swiftness to shed blood, Proverbs 1:16; "and prepare themselves" with weapon, with instruments of death, as the men did that were sent to kill him; and as the band of men that came with Judas to take Christ prepared themselves with swords and staves. The Targum is,
"they order or ordain war;''
which they prosecuted without any occasion of it from him, and wilt, impunity in them. Wherefore it follows,
awake to help me; or "to meet me" n; see Genesis 46:29; with succour and supplies, and to deliver out of the hands of enemies. The Lord, though he neither slumbers nor sleeps, yet seems to be asleep when he does not arise to help his people, but suffers the enemy to prevail; and when he seems to take no notice of their case, but hides his eyes, and shuts them as a man asleep. Hence the following petition,
and behold; the distress the psalmist was in, and the wickedness and malice of his enemies against him.
n לקראתי "in occursum meum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They run and prepare themselves - That is, they “hasten” to accomplish this; they are quick to obey the command of Saul requiring them to slay me. The word “prepare” refers to whatever was deemed necessary to enable them to accomplish what they had been commanded to do - arming themselves, making provision for their journey, etc.
Without my fault - That is, without anything on my part to deserve this, or to justify Saul and those employed by him in what they attempt to do. David, in all this, was conscious of innocence. In his own feelings toward Saul, and in all his public acts, he knew that he had sought only the king’s welfare, and that he had been obedient to the laws.
Awake to help me - That is, “arouse,” as one does from sleep. See the notes at Psalms 7:6. Compare Psalms 35:23. The word rendered “to help me,” is rendered in the margin, “to meet me.” This is the meaning of the Hebrew. It is a prayer that God would meet him, or come to him, and aid him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 59:4. They run and prepare themselves — They leave no stone unturned that they may effect my destruction and prevent the building.
