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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey,.... Or "the likeness of him is as a lion" (i); meaning Saul, as Kimchi interprets it; or everyone of them that compassed them about, as Aben Ezra observes; sometimes wicked and persecuting princes are compared to lions, for their strength and cruelty; see Proverbs 28:15; so the devil is called a roaring...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Arise, O Lord,.... See Psalms 3:7; disappoint him, or "prevent his face" (k); be beforehand with him, and so disappoint him, when he is about to seize his prey; who is comparable to the lion, or to the young lion; meaning the chief of his enemies, it may be Saul; cast him down; everyone of them that set themselves to cast down others to the earth....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: from men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. As for me,— “What...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
From men [which are] thy hand, O Lord,.... Some understand these words, with what follows, as independent of the former, and of another set of men, even of good men; so the Targum, "and the righteous who deliver their souls for thy sake, O Lord, unto death in the earth, their portion is in eternal life;'' so Jarchi gives the like sense of them:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As for me,.... I do not desire to be in their place and stead, with all their plenty and prosperity; I am content with my present condition and situation: for I will, or "shall" behold thy face in righteousness; that is, appear before God in public worship, where was the ark, the symbol of the face of God; enjoy his gracious presence, have the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. That is our portion. God grant that we may prize it more and more! Amen.