The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit | ר֥וּחַ Ru.ach | H7307 | wind · noun, common feminine singular construct |
| LORD | יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| spake | דִּבֶּר di.ber- | H1696 | perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| word | וּמִלָּת֖וֹ u.mi.la.To | H4405 | a word · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| tongue | לְשׁוֹנִֽי le.sho.Ni | H3956 | the tongue (of man or animals) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix |
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The Spirit of the Lord spake by me - Hence the matter of his writing came by direct and immediate inspiration. His word was in my tongue - Hence the words of this writing were as directly inspired as the matter.
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me,.... The psalms and songs he composed were not the fruits of his own genius, but were written by him under the inspiration of the Spirit of God; by whom holy men of God, the penmen of the Scriptures, spoke, even as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, of whom David was one, being a prophet; see Acts 1:16 Acts 2:30; so the Targum here,"David spoke by the spirit of prophecy of the Lord:''or spake "in me" (h); what he spoke was first internally impressed upon his mind by the Spirit of God, and then he expressed it with his tongue, as follows: and his word was in my tongue; not only the matter of his psalms was indited by the Spirit of God, and suggested to his…
Read the whole note in the consoleThe psalm of thanksgiving, in which David praised the Lord for all the deliverances and benefits that he had experienced throughout the whole of his life, is followed by the prophetic will and testament of the great king, unfolding the importance of his rule in relation to the sacred history of the future. And whilst the psalm may be regarded (2 Samuel 22) as a great hallelujah, with which David passed away from the stage of life, these "last words" contain the divine seal of all that he has sung and prophesied in several psalms concerning the eternal dominion of his seed, on the strength of the divine promise which he received through the prophet Nathan, that his throne should be establishe…
Read the whole note in the consoleThe Spirit of the Lord speaks through me: David spoke of God, and in the process, God spoke through David.
In Moses' day the Spirit was given by the imposition of hands; and Peter imparted the Spirit by the imposition of hands. Upon you also, who are to be baptized, the grace will come. In what manner I do not say, for I do not anticipate the proper time.… We learn clearly in the book of Kings [Samuel], of Samuel and David, how by the Holy Spirit they prophesied and were leaders of the prophets. Samuel in fact was called the "seer." David says plainly: "The spirit of the Lord has spoken by me;" and in the psalms: "and do not take your holy spirit from me;" and again: "May your good spirit guide me on level ground."
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Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Speaks through me. He bestowed His holy spirit on me and spoke through me. Whenever [the verse refers] to prophecy, the word דִּבֵּר is appropriate as [we find] "Did [Adonoy] only speak to Moshe, He also spoke to us."4Bamidbar 12:2. "I will speak through him."5Ibid 12:6. The reason for it is because the spirit enters into the prophet and speaks through him.
Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Clarke, Gill, Calvin and Keil & Delitzsch are in the public domain; Tyndale Open Study Notes © Tyndale House Publishers, CC BY-SA 4.0 — all from the Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org). Rashi: the Rosenbaum & Silbermann Pentateuch (public domain) and the Judaica Press and Metsudah Tanakh (CC BY), via Sefaria. Spurgeon's Treasury of David: public domain (lyteword's markdown edition, CC0).
