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Selected Verse: Psalms 25:16 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 25:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Turn [06437] thee unto me, and have mercy [02603] upon me; for I am desolate [03173] and afflicted [06041]. |
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King James |
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare Psa 13:1; Psa 17:13, &c.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence (Psa 9:8; Psa 18:48). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Turn thee unto me - Rather, the Hebrew means: "look upon me." The idea, however, is that the face of God was, as it were, turned in another direction, or that He was not attentive to him; and he prays that He would turn and behold him; that He would see him in his trouble.
And have mercy upon me - The psalmist seems to have felt that if God would look upon him he would pity him. He would see his case to be so sad that He would show him compassion - as, when we see an object of distress, "the eye affects the heart."
For I am desolate - The word here rendered "desolate" - יחיד yâchı̂yd - means properly "one alone, only;" and then, one who "is alone," or who is solitary, forsaken, wretched. There is no deeper sadness that ever comes over the mind than the idea that we are alone in the world; that we do not have a friend; that no one cares for us; that no one is concerned about anything that might happen to us; that no one would care if we were to die; that no one would shed a tear over our grave.
And afflicted - In what way we do not know. David, however, was very often in circumstances when he could use this language. The other parts of the psalm show that the "affliction" to which he here refers was that which arose from the recollection of the sins of his early life, and from the designs and purposes of his enemies. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The rendering "regard me," so far as פּנה אל means God's observant and sympathising turning to any one (lxx ἐπιβλέπειν), corresponds to Psa 86:16; Lev 26:9. For this he longs, for men treat him as a stranger and refuse to have anything to do with him. יחיד is the only one of his kind, one who has no companion, therefore the isolated one. The recurrence of the same sounds עני אני is designedly not avoided. To whom could he, the isolated one, pour forth his affliction, to whom could he unveil his inmost thoughts and feelings? to God alone! To Him he can bring all his complaints, to Him he can also again and again always make supplication. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Turn thee unto me - Probably the prayer of the poor captives in Bablyon, which is continued through this and the remaining verses. |
48 He delivereth [06403] me from mine enemies [0341]: yea, thou liftest me up [07311] above those that rise up [06965] against me: thou hast delivered [05337] me from the violent [02555] man [0376].
8 And he shall judge [08199] the world [08398] in righteousness [06664], he shall minister judgment [01777] to the people [03816] in uprightness [04339].
13 Arise [06965], O LORD [03068], disappoint [06923] him [06440], cast him down [03766]: deliver [06403] my soul [05315] from the wicked [07563], which is thy sword [02719]:
1 To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. How long wilt thou forget [07911] me, O LORD [03068]? for ever [05331]? how long wilt thou hide [05641] thy face [06440] from me?
9 For I will have respect [06437] unto you, and make you fruitful [06509], and multiply [07235] you, and establish [06965] my covenant [01285] with you.
16 O turn [06437] unto me, and have mercy [02603] upon me; give [05414] thy strength [05797] unto thy servant [05650], and save [03467] the son [01121] of thine handmaid [0519].