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Expresses the general tone of feeling of the Psalm.
They are vainglorious.
This conquest was complete.
that he hath done this--supply "it," or "this"--that is, what the Psalm has unfolded.
If, as is probable, this Psalm was written at the time of the captivity, the writer now intimates the tokens of God's returning favor.
Praise, &c.--(See on Ps 104:35), begins and ends the Psalm, intimating the obligations of praise, however we sin and suffer 1Ch 16:34-36 is the source from which the beginning and end of this Psalm...
70:5) for "thinketh upon me." It forms a suitable appendix to the preceding, and is called "a Psalm to bring to remembrance," as the thirty-eighth [see on Ps 38:1, title].
judgments--rules of conduct formed by God's judicial decisions; hence the wide sense of the word in the Psalms, so that it includes decisions of approval as well as condemnation.
The New Testament psalm of love, as the forty-fifth Psalm (see Ps 45:1, title) and the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament.
The general sentiment of the whole Psalm is expressed. The righteous need not be vexed by the prosperity of the wicked; for it is transient, and their destiny undesirable.
Long life crowns all other temporal favors. As Ps 125:5, this Psalm closes with a prayer for peace, with prosperity for God's people.
Destroy--or, "condemn" them to destruction as guilty.
As before, such conduct implies disbelief or disregard of God's government.
the faithful--or literally, "faithfulness" (Ps 31:23).
them--(Margin.)
He neither slanders nor spreads slander.
dark waters--or, clouds heavy with vapor.
And this on past experience in his military life, set forth by these figures.
What he asks for himself is the common lot of all the pious.
Extend these blessings to all Thy people in all their distresses.
God displays openly His purposed goodness to His people.
The sorrows of the impenitent contrasted with the peace and safety secured by God's mercy.
On the contrary, the good are not only blessed, but made to see the ruin of their foes.
Friends desert, but foes increase in malignity.
God is not only our sole help, but only worthy of praise.
yet unable to save themselves or others.
(Compare Ps 4:1; 5:1).