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Selected Verse: Psalms 25:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 25:14 |
King James |
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. |
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] |
| The reason of the blessing explained--the pious enjoy communion with God (compare Pro 3:21, Pro 3:12), and, of course, learn His gracious terms of pardon. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The secret of the Lord - On the word here rendered "secret," see the notes at Job 15:8. It properly means a couch or cushion; and then, a divan or circle of friends sitting together; then, deliberation or consultation; then, familiar contact, intimacy; and then, a "secret," - as if it were the result of a private consultation among friends, or something which pertained to them, and which they did not wish to have known. It is rendered "secret" in Gen 49:6; Job 15:8; Job 29:4; Psa 25:14; Pro 3:32; Pro 11:13; Pro 20:19; Pro 25:9; Amo 3:7; "counsel" in Psa 55:14; Psa 64:2; Psa 83:3; Jer 23:18, Jer 23:22; and "assembly" in Psa 89:7; Psa 111:1; Jer 6:11; Jer 15:17; Eze 13:9. The word "friendship" would perhaps express the meaning here. The sense is, that those who fear the Lord are admitted to the intimacy of friendship with Him; are permitted to come into His presence, and to partake of His counsels; are allowed free access to Him; or, as it is more commonly expressed, have "fellowship" with Him. Compare Jo1 1:3. The language is such as would be applied to the intimacy of friends, or to those who take counsel together. The language belongs to a large class of expressions denoting the close connection between God and His people.
With them that fear him - With those who truly and properly reverence Him, or who are His true worshippers: Psa 5:7; Job 1:1.
And he will show them his covenant - Margin, "And his covenant to make them know it." The meaning is, that God will impart to them the true knowledge of His covenant; or, in other words, He will enable them to understand what there is in that covenant, or in its gracious provisions, that is adapted to promote their happiness and salvation. The word "covenant" here is the same term which is commonly used to describe the arrangements which God has made for the salvation of people: see Psa 25:10. Whatever there is in that arrangement to promote the happiness and salvation of His people, He will cause them to understand. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The lxx renders סוד, κραταίωμα, as though it were equivalent to יסוד. The reciprocal נוסד, Psa 2:2 (which see), leads one to the right primary signification. Starting from the primary meaning of the root סד, "to be or to make tight, firm, compressed," סוד signifies a being closely pressed together for the purpose of secret communication and converse, confidential communion or being together, Psa 89:8; Psa 111:1 (Symm. ὁμιλία), then the confidential communication itself, Psa 55:15, a secret (Aquila ἀπόῤῥητον, Theod. μυστήριον). So here: He opens his mind without any reserve, speaks confidentially with those who fear Him; cf. the derivative passage Pro 3:32, and an example of the thing itself in Gen 18:17. In Psa 25:14 the infinitive with ל, according to Ges. ֗132, rem. 1, as in Isa 38:20, is an expression for the fut. periphrast.: faedus suum notum facturus est iis; the position of the words is like Dan 2:16, Dan 2:18; Dan 4:15. הודיע is used of the imparting of not merely intellectual, but experimental knowledge. Hitzig renders it differently, viz., to enlighten them. But the Hiph. is not intended to be used thus absolutely even in Sa2 7:21. בּריתו is the object; it is intended of the rich and deep and glorious character of the covenant revelation. The poet has now on all sides confirmed the truth, that every good gift comes down from above, from the God of salvation; and he returns to the thought from which he started. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The secret - His love and favour, which is called his secret, Job 29:4; Pro 3:32, because it is known to none but him that enjoyeth it. Will shew - He will make them clearly to understand it, both its duties and its blessings; neither of which ungodly men rightly understand. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The secret of the Lord is with them - טוד sod, the secret assembly of the Lord is with them that fear him; many of them have a Church in their own house.
He will show them his covenant - He will let them see how great blessings he has provided for them that love him. Some refer this to the covenant of redemption by Christ Jesus. |
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;