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(Compare Ps 31:14; 62:7).
terrible acts--which produce dread or fear.
(Compare Ps 107:3; Isa 11:12).
hosts--(compare Ps 103:21).
God's eternal possession of a throne of justice is contrasted with the ruin of the wicked.
The figure made more special by that of a lion lurking.
prevented--(Ps 18:3).
froward--contrary to.
uttereth--pours forth as a stream; a perpetual testimony.
thy strength...thy salvation--as supplied by Thee.
The mediate cause is the king's faith, the efficient, God's mercy.
The repetition of "heart" denotes his sincerity.
In his profession of trust he includes the terms of the prayer expressing it.
Men's usual reliances in their greatest exigencies are, in themselves, useless.
taste and see--try and experience.
gnasheth...teeth--in beastly rage.
The righteous described as to the elements of character, thought, word, and action.
together--at once; entirely (Ps 4:8).
may be rendered as an assertion, that God will not withhold (Ps16:1).
The figure drawn from the habits of the ox.
shame of...face--blushes in disgrace.
37:36) may have occasioned its composition.
His universal sovereignty now exists, and will be made known.
Though their way is folly, others follow the same course of life.
Hide, &c.--Turn from beholding.
The terms of the last clause express full indulgence of grief.
which is described in detail (compare Ps 7:14-16).
Wilt not thou?--or, "Is it not Thou?"
a plentiful rain--a rain of gifts, as manna and quails.