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A truly grateful love will be evinced by acts of worship, which calling on God expresses (Ps 116:13; Ps 55:16; 86:7; compare Ps 17:6;31:2).
So when He has led us to rely on His truth, He will "make us to the praise of His grace" by others. "Those who fear Thee will be glad at my prosperity, as they consider my cause their cause" (Ps...
holy...works--literally, "merciful" or "kind, goodness" (Ps144:2) is the corresponding noun. righteous--in a similar relation of meaning to "righteousness" (Ps145:7).
This is the consequence, if such has been his conduct. mine honour--(compare Ps 3:3; 4:2)--my personal and official dignity.
compass thee--as those seeking justice. return thou on high--assume the judgment seat, to be honored as a just Ruler by them.
They are here distinctly pointed out, though by changing the person, a very common mode of speech, one is selected as a representative of wicked men generally. The military figures are of obvious...
temple...heaven--The connection seems to denote God's heavenly residence; the term used is taken from the place of His visible earthly abode (Ps 2:6; 3:4; 5:7). Thence He inspects men with close...
payeth not--not able; having grown poor (compare De 15:7). Ability of the one and inability of the other do not exclude moral dispositions. God's blessing or cursing makes the difference.
My heart panteth--as if barely surviving. light...from me--utter exhaustion (Ps 6:7; 13:3).
above--literally, "above" (Ge 1:7). heavens...earth--For all creatures are witnesses (De 4:26; 30:19; Isa1:2).
I will abide--So I desire to do (compare Ps 23:6). trust in the covert, &c.--make my refuge, in the shadow (compare Ps17:8; 36:7).
hand [and] right hand--power (Ps 17:7; 60:5). sea, and...rivers--limits of his empire (Ps 72:8).
he--"who formed," Ps 94:9. knoweth our frame--literally, "our form." we are dust--made of and tending to it (Ge 2:7).
walk before the Lord--act, or live under His favor and guidance (Ge17:1; Ps 61:7). land of the living--(Ps 27:13).
thy hand--of God, or power in distressing him (Ps 38:2). moisture--vital juices of the body, the parching heat of which expresses the anguish of the soul. On the other figures, compare Ps6:2, 7;...
Destroy--literally, "swallow" (Ps 21:9). divide their tongues--or, "confound their speech," and hence their counsels (Ge 11:7). the city--perhaps Jerusalem, the scene of anarchy.
prevent me--(Ps 21:3). see my desire--in their overthrow (Ps 54:7). enemies--as in Ps 5:8.
dwell in thy courts;...[and] satisfied with the goodness ... temple--denote communion with God (Ps 15:1; 23:6; compare Ps 5:7). This is a blessing for all God's people, as denoted by the change of...
This history had been handed down (Ex 12:14; De 6:20) for God's honor, and that the principles of His law might be known and observed by posterity. This important sentiment is reiterated in (Ps 78:...
hiding-place--(Compare Ps 27:5). shield--(Ps 3:3; 7:10). hope in thy word--confidently rest on its teachings and promises.
more than the ancients--Antiquity is no help against stupidity, where it does not accord with God's word [Luther] (Job 32:7-9). The Bible is the key of all knowledge, the history of the world,...
net in a pit--or, "pit of their net"--or, "net-pit," as "holy hill" for "hill of holiness" (Ps 2:6); a figure from hunting (Ps 7:15). Their imprecations on impenitent rebels against God need no...
No lawful construction can be devised to change the sense here given and sustained by the ancient versions, and above all by Paul (Heb 1:8). Of the perpetuity of this government, compare 2Sa 7:13;...
wash...wicked--denoting great slaughter. The joy of triumph over the destruction of the wicked is because they are God's enemies, and their overthrow shows that He reigneth (compare Ps 52:5-7; 54:7...
lift up my hands--a gesture of prayer (Ps 63:4; 141:2). oracle--place of speaking (Ex 25:22; Nu 7:89), where God answered His people (compare Ps 5:7).
These may be the "words of David" and his pious friends, who, at Ephratah--or Beth-lehem (Ge 48:7), where he once lived, may have heard of the ark, which he found for the first time in the fields...
1Sa 23:19, 29; 26:1-25. After an earnest cry for help, the Psalmist promises praise in the assurance of a hearing. He shall...evil--or, "Evil shall return on" (Ps 7:16) my enemies or watchers, that...
their end--future (Ps 37:37, 38), which is dismal and terribly sudden (Pr 1:27; 29:1), aggravated and hastened by terror. As one despises an unsubstantial dream, so God, waking up to judgment (Ps 7...
Mine eye mourneth--literally, "decays," or fails, denoting exhaustion (Ps 6:7; 31:9). I...called--(Ps 86:5, 7). stretched out--for help (Ps 44:20).