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Psalms
Chapter
55
{David's
Prayer Against Revolution/Conspiracy}
1a``
{Title} To the 'chief musician'/'director or music' {natsach}
Machil/Maskiyl
. . .
a
taunting song {n@giynah}
{A
Psalm/mizmowr of} David.
1b~~Listen
to my prayer, O 'Elohiym/God
and
do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
{Note: RBT says that psalms 39,41 and 55 are conspiracy psalms written by David approximately at the time of II Samuel 15:12 - the Absalom revolution.}
2~~Hear me . . . and answer me.
Attend unto me, and hear me.
My thoughts trouble me and I am distracted.
{Note: Once David heard of the Absalom revolution and how well organized it was, he was under great pressure.}
3~~At
the 'voice of the enemy',
{this is 'Absalom reigns in Hebron' - see II Samuel 15:10}
by
the depression of the lawless one . . .
for
they bring down suffering on me,
and
in anger they would trap/destroy me.
4~~My 'right lobe'/heart is anguished within me.
And
the terror of death has fallen on me.
{David's life was in very grave danger}
5~~Fear
and trembling came upon me,
and
horror has overwhelmed me.
{it is a living nightmare for David}
6~~And
I thought/said,
"Oh
that I had the wings like a dove!
then
would I fly away, and then I would be at rest.
7~~I
would flee far away,
and
stay/remain in the desert/wilderness.
{David is saying he would like to run away and avoid his
responsibility to deal with Absalom}
Selah.
{Selah means singers rest and instruments play on -
it is a picture of you resting while the Grace of God continues on}
8~~I
would soar to my place of refuge
far
from the rushing wind and storm.
9~~Confuse
the revolutionists, O Lord/'Adonay,
and
divide their speech
{get them to argue among themselves - this will be fulfilled}
for
I see violence and strife in the city {Jerusalem}.
10~~Day
and night they {the conspirators}
prowl
around on her walls.
Trouble and misery are in her midst.
11~~Destructive forces are at work in the city.
Threats and lies never leave her streets.
12~~If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it.
If
someone who hated me, magnified himself against me,
I
could hide from him.
13~~But
it is you . . . a man who is my equal . . .
my
associate . . .my close friend.
{reference to Ahithophel, Absalom, and Amasa (see II Samuel
17:25) (the 3 A's)}
14~~With
whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship,
as
we walked to the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead
with
the festive crowd.
{David is describing his relationship with the 3 leaders of the
revolution against him}
{David's
Prayer - Knows is God's Will - But this is His Desire}
15~~Let
death surprise them.
Let
them go down alive into the grave/sh@'owl.
{also means Hades/Hell - idiom for slow painful death}
For
evil is at home within them.
{as revolutionists, evil is in their very souls}
16~~But
I called to 'Elohiym/Godhead
and
Jehovah/God delivered me.
{National
Rebound Prayer}
17a~~At
evening, morning, and at noon . . .
I
cry under pressure.
{Note:
See Psalms 80:3 for the format of the National Rebound Prayer - Pray
this 3 times a day if out under 5th cycle of Discipline. Daniel prays
3 times a day also like in Daniel 6:10.}
17b~~And He hears my voice.
{Describes
David when being Attacked by Saul after the Ziphites
Betrayed Him - Also Is Applicable still to II Samuel 15 and the
Absalom Revolution}
18~~He
{God} has preserved/delivered
my
{David's} soul . . .
in
tranquility/prosperity/peace {shalowm}
from
the attack that was against me.
Even though there are multitudes opposed to me.
{Note: RBT says verses 18:23 demonstrate what David was thinking in the caves of Engedi - see I Samuel Chapter 24. Saul had David trapped. God arranged for David's escape from the treachery of the Ziphites in I Samuel Chapter 23. Now Saul is again after David and David has the opportunity to kill Saul but does not. If God does not promote you, you are not promoted - it was not for David to kill God's anointed king.}
{Note: RBT also says that this entire Psalm describes David's thinking concerning revolution and the results of revolution in conjunction with the Study of II Samuel Chapter 15.}
{Why
Saul was Blind to the Grace of God
And, Also Follows well with the Thoughts of David
in the Absalom Revolution}
19~~'El/'The
Omnipotent God '
{'El is used for God with emphasis on His Power}
shall
'hear, listen and obey' {my prayers}
{shama` - David's SuperGrace prayer request -
David is confident God will deliver him and his followers},
and
answer them {David's prayers}.
For
He is the One Who reigns from eternity past
{David knows that his blessings came from God - and this was
decreed in eternity past}.
Selah
{Selah means singers rest and instruments play on - it is a picture
of you resting while the Grace of God continues on}.
In
whom {Saul and the Ziphites} they have no changes
{means they were in reversionism and did not turn back to God -
rebound and intake of doctrine, and fellowship with God - instead
they stay out of fellowship},
because
they do not respect {the authority of} 'Elohiym /Godhead.
{in the Absalom revolution, they did not respect God's laws of
Divine Establishment}
{Saul
and David Supposedly are at Peace}
20~~He
{Saul - and any evil aggressor nation}
has
'acted aggressively'/'put forth his hands' against
those
who are at peace with him . . .
he
has violated/broken his treaty/covenant.
{Note: To make a treaty with a reversionistic nation/'national leader' is asking for trouble. They will not keep their word and you will eventually have to fight them. Never trust a nation who does not respect God. And, in Absalom's case, Absalom was pardoned yet he violated the conditions of his pardon.}
{Amplification}
21~~
His speech was smoother than butter
{true of Saul and of Absalom and true of the Communists today -
they make promises, they sign treaties of peace . . .
but they plan for war},
but
war/revolution was in his 'right lobe'/heart.
His
words were 'slicker than grease'/'anointing oil',
yet
they {the words} are drawn swords.
{Definition
of an Intrinsically Good Nation}
22a~~Cast
your burden on Jehovah/God
{only client nations to God will do this},
and
He will uphold you.
{kuwl - Pilpel stem - very intensive stem}
[Note: See also Galatians 6.]
22b~~He
will not ever give/permit {nathan}
the
righteous
{nations or national leaders}
'to
totter'/'to be destroyed'
{mowt - means to wiggle and fall}.
23~~But
You, O 'Elohiym/Godhead,
will
cause them to be brought down
{Reversionistic Kings and/or evil nations - including the
Philistines -
Also Absalom and the other Revolutionists}
to
the pit of destruction
{sin unto death}.
Men
of 'bloodshed and deceit' {dam mirmah}
{idiom for a surprise attack - like Pearl Harbor attack}
will
not live out half their days {Saul died in battle}.
But
I {David} will trust in You!
{God - meaning David will live all the days allotted to him by God -
the sin unto death will cause the days God had decreed for you
in eternity past to be shortened.}
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