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Ask a QuestionNo 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...