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Ask a Questionhiding-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).
These words are applied by Christ (Mt 21:42) to Himself, as the foundation of the Church (compare Ac 4:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:4, 7). It may here denote God's wondrous exaltation to power and influence...
Joseph--for Ephraim (1Ch 7:20-29; Ps 78:67; Re 7:8), for Israel. Shepherd--(Compare Ge 49:24). leadest, &c.--(Ps 77:20). dwellest...cherubim--(Ex 25:20); the place of God's visible glory, whence He...
But--as in Ps 2:6, literally, "and." house--(1Ch 9:23), the tabernacle. temple--literally, "palace," applied to God's residence, the Holy of Holies (1Sa 3:3; 2Sa 22:7); the inner part of the...
thy name--perfections (Ps 5:11; 7:17). who hast set--literally, "which set Thou Thy glory," &c., or "which glory of Thine set Thou," &c., that is, make it more conspicuous as if earth were too...
God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De...
proved...visited...tried--His character was most rigidly tested, at all times, and by all methods, affliction and others (Ps 7:10). purposed that, &c.--or, my mouth does not exceed my purpose; I am...
The figures for deep distress are illustrated in Jeremiah's history (Jer 38:6-12). Patience and trust manifested in distress, deliverance in answer to prayer, and the blessed effect of it in...
Compare Nu 10:35; Ps 1:4; 22:14, on the figures here used. before him--as in Ps 68:2, from His presence, as dreaded; but in Ps68:3, in His presence, as under His protection (Ps 61:7).
carved work--(1Ki 6:29). thereof--that is, of the temple, in the writer's mind, though not expressed till Ps 74:7, in which its utter destruction by fire is mentioned (2Ki 25:9; Isa 64:11).
His sad state contrasted with former joys. was troubled--literally, "violently agitated," or disquieted (Ps 39:6;41:5). my spirit was overwhelmed--or, "fainted" (Ps 107:5; Jon 2:7).
For thy servant David's sake--that is, On account of the promise made to him. turn...anointed--Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After...
Arise, O Lord--God is figuratively represented as asleep to denote His apparent indifference (Ps 7:6). The use of "cheekbone" and "teeth" represents his enemies as fierce, like wild beasts ready to...
The secret of his confidence is his delight in communion with God (Ps 16:11; 23:6), beholding the harmony of His perfections, and seeking His favor in His temple or palace; a term applicable to the...
be reckoned up in order--(compare Ps 5:3; 33:14; Isa 44:7), too many to be set forth regularly. This is but one instance of many. The use of the plural accords with the union of Christ and His...
refuge--literally, "a place of trust" (Ps 2:12). strength--(Ps 18:2). present help--literally, "a help He has been found exceedingly." trouble--as in Ps 18:7.
While His power inspires dread, His revealed will should secure our confidence (compare Ps 19:7; 25:10), and thus fear and love combined, producing all holy emotions, should distinguish the worship...
These verses rather describe the wonders of the flood than the creation (Ge 7:19, 20; 2Pe 3:5, 6). God's method of arresting the flood and making its waters subside is poetically called a "rebuke"...
given me counsel--cared for me. my reins--the supposed seat of emotion and thought (Ps 7:9; 26:2). instruct me--or, excite to acts of praise (Isa 53:11, 12; Heb 12:2).
Terror-stricken animals and denuded forests close the illustration. In view of this scene of awful sublimity, God's worshippers respond to the call of Ps 29:2, and speak or cry, "Glory!" By...
sword, and...bow--for any instruments of violence. slay--literally, "slaughter" (1Sa 25:11). poor and needy--God's people (Ps 10:17; 12:5). The punishment of the wicked as drawn on...