Upon Nehiloth – The title of (Psalms 4:1–8) is “upon Neginoth.” Since that refers to a musical instrument, it is probable that t…

Meditation. —From a root cognate with the word translated meditate in Psalm 1:2, with primary sense of mutter or murm…

Sometimes we pray right away, as David did when he cried to the Lord, "Hear me when I call." At other times, we sit down to meditate, and …

I do not presume to determine with certainty whether David, in this psalm, bewails the wrongs which he suffered from his enemies at some particular…

Give ear to my words, O Lord
Meaning not his words in common conversation, but in prayer; the words which came out of his mout…

God is a prayer-hearing God. He has always been so, and he is still as ready to hear prayer as ever. The most encouraging principle of prayer, and …

1. Previously, the psalmist openly prayed against his persecutors; here he prays against the deceitful, that he may not be misled.

Con…