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Ask a QuestionFor 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...
A beautiful figure expresses the grateful nature of His influence; 7, and, carrying out the figure, the results are described in an abundant production. the righteous--literally, "righteousness." ...
(Compare Ps 50:7). The reproof follows to Ps 81:12. if thou wilt hearken--He then propounds the terms of His covenant: they should worship Him alone, who (Ps 81:10) had delivered them, and would...
This relation is perpetual with David's descendants, as a whole typical in official position of his last greatest descendant. Hence though in personal relations any of them might be faithless and...
horn...exalt--is to increase power (Ps 75:5). anointed...fresh--or, "new" oil--(Ps 23:5) a figure for refreshment (compare Lu 7:46). Such use of oil is still common in the East.
make a loud noise--or, "burst forth" (Isa 14:7; 44:23). before...King--hail Him as your sovereign; and while, with every aid to demonstrate zeal and joy, intelligent creatures are invited to...
The covenant was often ratified. word--answering to "covenant" [Ps 105:9] in the parallel clause, namely, the word of promise, which, according to Ps 105:10, He set forth for an inviolable law. ...
Israel...and Jacob--that is, Jacob himself is meant, as Ps105:24 speaks of "his people." Still, he came with his whole house (Ge46:6, 7). sojourned--(Ge 47:4). land of Ham--or, Egypt (Ps 78:51).
The entrance--literally, "opening"; God's words, as an open door, let in light, or knowledge. Rather, as Hengstenberg explains it, "The opening up," or, "explanation of thy word." To the natural...
Again--Anew the promise recurs. Translate as the Greek order is, "He limited a certain day, 'To-day.'" Here Paul interrupts the quotation by, "In (the Psalm of) David saying after so long a time...
like a tree--(Jer 17:7, 8). planted--settled, fast. by--or, "over." the rivers--canals for irrigation. shall prosper--literally, "make prosper," brings to perfection. The basis of this condition...
The wicked are not reliable because by nature they are full of wickedness, or literally, "wickednesses," of every kind (Ro 8:7). sepulchre--a dwelling-place of corruption, emitting moral...
When...are turned back--It is the result of God's power alone. He, as a righteous Judge (Ps 7:11), vindicates His people. He rebukes by acts as well as words (Ps 6:1; 18:15), and so effectually as...
his countenance--literally, "their faces," a use of the plural applied to God, as in Ge 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isa 6:8, &c., denoting the fulness of His perfections, or more probably originating in a...
walketh--(Compare Ps 1:1). uprightly--in a complete manner, as to all parts of conduct (Ge 17:1), not as to degree. worketh--or, "does." righteousness--what is right. in his heart--sincerely (Pr...
terrible things--that is, by the manifestation of justice and wrath to enemies, accompanying that of mercy to His people (Ps 63:9-11;64:7-9). the confidence--object of it. of all...earth--the whole...
cast...off--with abhorrence (compare Ps 43:2; 44:9). There is no disavowal of guilt implied. The figure of fire to denote God's anger is often used; and here, and in De 29:20, by the word "smoke,"...
for...glory of thy name [and for] thy name's sake--both mean for illustrating Thy attributes, faithfulness, power, &c. purge...sins--literally, "provide atonement for us." Deliverance from sin and...
thy hand...upon--that is, strengthen (Ezr 7:6; 8:22). man of...hand--may allude to Benjamin (Ge 35:18). The terms in the latter clause correspond with those of Ps 80:15, from "and the branch," &c.,...
The perpetuity of the priesthood, here asserted on God's oath, corresponds with that of the kingly office just explained. after the order--(Heb 7:15) after the similitude of Melchisedek, is fully...
I will praise thee with my whole heart--(Compare Ps 9:1). before the gods--whether angels (Ps 8:5); or princes (Ex 21:6; Ps 82:6); or idols (Ps 97:7); denotes a readiness to worship the true God...