Psalms 18:1-50
servant <05650> [A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018. (Title.) the servant.]
when <03117> [in the day.]
I love <07355> [I will.]
source <02391> [my.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
stronghold <04686> [fortress.]
rocky <06697> [strength. Heb. rock. whom.]
shield <04043> [buckler.]
horn <07161> [horn.]
refuge <04869> [high.]
called <07121> [I will.]
praise <01984> [who.]
delivered <03467> [so shall.]
waves <02256> [sorrows.]
currents <05158> [floods.]
chaos <01100> [ungodly men. Heb. Belial.]
[The sorrows, or, cords.]
snares <04170> [snares.]
distress <06862> [distress.]
heard <08085> [heard.]
cry <07775> [my cry.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
roots <04146> [foundations.]
ascended <05927> [went.]
nose ......... mouth <0639 06310> [out of his. Heb. by his. fire.]
made .... sink <05186> [He bowed.]
Jehovah is here represented as a mighty warrior going forth to fight the battles of David. When He descended to the engagement, the very heavens bowed to render his descent more awful: His military tent was substantial darkness; the voice of His thunder was the warlike alarm which sounded to battle; the chariot in which He rode was the thick clouds of heaven, conducted by cherubs, and carried on by the irresistible force and rapid wings of an impetuous tempest; and the darts and weapons He employed were thunder-bolts, lightnings, fiery hail, deluging rains, and stormy winds! No wonder that when God arose all His enemies were scattered, and those that hated Him fled before Him.
thick cloud <06205> [darkness.]
mounted <07392> [rode.]
glided <01675> [he did fly.]
<05643> [secret.]
thick ... clouds <05645> [thick.]
brightness <05051> [At the.]
hail <01259> [hail.]
thundered <07481> [thundered.]
sovereign <05945> [Highest.]
<01513> [coals.]
shot <07971> [Yea.]
<07232> [he shot.]
depths <0650> [channels.]
inner regions <04146> [foundations.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
reached down <07971> [He sent.]
pulled <04871> [drew.]
surging water <04325 07227> [many waters. or, great waters.]
strong ............ strong <05794 0553> [strong.]
hate <08130> [them.]
strong <0553> [they were.]
day <03117> [me in.]
Lord <03068> [but.]
brought ... out <03318> [brought.]
pleased <02654> [because.]
repaid <01580> [rewarded.]
blameless <01252> [cleanness.]
obeyed <08104> [For I.]
rebelled <07561> [have not.]
regulations <04941> [For all.]
reject <05493> [I did.]
innocent <08549> [upright.]
kept <08104> [before. Heb. with. I kept.]
Lord rewarded <07725 03068> [the Lord recompensed me.]
<05869> [in his eyesight. Heb. before his eyes.]
one who is faithful <02623> [With the.]
prove to be loyal ........... trustworthy <02616 08552> [thou wilt.]
deceptive ...... perverse <06141 06617> [froward.]
perverse <06617> [shew thyself froward. or, wrestle.]
deliver <03467> [save.]
proud <08213> [bring.]
<0215> [thou wilt.]
lamp <05216> [candle. or, lamp.]
God <0430> [my God.]
charge <07323> [by thee.]
charge <07323> [run. or, broken. by my God.]
manner <01870> [his way.]
reliable <06884> [tried. or, refined.]
shield <04043> [a buckler.]
gives <0247> [girdeth.]
The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his body.
removes <05414> [maketh.]
gives ... the agility <07737> [maketh.]
terrain <01116> [high.]
trains <03925> [teacheth.]
bow <07198> [so that.]
shield <04043> [shield.]
right hand <03225> [right.]
willingness <06037> [gentleness. or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me.]
widen <07337> [enlarged.]
feet <07166> [feet. Heb. ancles.]
give <0247> [girded.]
kneel <03766> [subdued. Heb. caused to bow.]
[necks.]
<06965> [that.]
grind <07833> [beat.]
beat ... underfoot <07324> [cast.]
hostile <07379> [from.]
make <07760> [made.]
army ......... people <05971> [a people.]
hear <08088> [As soon, etc. Heb. at the hearing of the ear.]
Foreigners <01121> [strangers. Heb. sons of the stranger.]
powerless <03584> [shall submit. or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie.]
foreigners <01121> [strangers.]
shake with fear <02727> [afraid.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
praiseworthy <01288> [blessed.]
<0430> [the God.]
exalted <07311> [exalted.]
vindicates <05414> [avengeth. Heb. giveth avengements for me.]
makes <01696> [subdueth. or, destroyeth.]
snatch <07311> [liftest.]
violent men <0376 02555> [violent man. Heb. man of violence.]
give you thanks <03034> [will I give thanks. or, confess.]
praises <02167> [sing.]
<01431> [Great.]
king ......... chosen ruler ...... descendants <04428 04899 02233> [to his.]
Psalms 40:1-17
[A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.)]
This psalm is supposed to have been composed by David about the same time, and on the same occasion, as the two preceding; with this difference, that here he magnifies God for have obtained the mercy which he sought there. It also contains a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
relied ... on <06960> [I waited. Heb. In waiting I waited.]
turned <05186> [inclined.]
lifted ... out <05927> [brought.]
watery pit <0953 07588> [horrible pit. Heb. pit of noise.]
slimy <03121> [the miry.]
placed <06965> [set.]
secure <03559> [established.]
gave <05414> [And he.]
praising <08416> [praise.]
many <07227> [many.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
seek help <06437> [respecteth.]
<07750> [as turn.]
many <07227> [Many.]
purposes <04284> [thoughts.]
thwart <06186> [they cannot, etc. or, none can order them unto thee.]
sacrifices <02077> [Sacrifice.]
<0241> [mine ears.]
<03738> [opened. Heb. digged.]
come <0935> [Lo.]
scroll <04039> [in the.]
want <02654> [I delight.]
law <08451> [yea.]
dominates ... thoughts <04578 08432> [within my heart. Heb. in the midst of my bowels.]
told <01319> [preached.]
spare <03607> [not.]
know <03045> [thou knowest.]
failed <03680> [not hid.]
justice <06666> [righteousness.]
reliability <0530> [faithfulness.]
deliverance <08668> [salvation.]
loyal love <02617> [lovingkindness.]
withhold <03607> [Withhold.]
From this verse to the end, we have quite a new subject; for the former contains a thanksgiving, and this contains a supplication. It is nearly the same as the seventieth, and probably formed a distinct Psalm.
loyal love <02617> [let thy.]
innumerable <04557> [innumerable.]
sins ................ head <05771 07218> [mine.]
outnumber <06105> [they are.]
strength <03820> [heart.]
fails <05800> [faileth. Heb. forsaketh.]
<07521> [Be.]
hurry <02363> [make.]
embarrassed <0954> [Let them be ashamed.]
The verbs in the preceding verse, in which the psalmist simply prays for deliverance, are in the imperative; but here, and in the following verses, they are in the future tense, and naturally express the language of lively faith and hope, rather than that of wishing the destruction foreseen and predicted.
snatch away ............ want <01245 02655> [that.]
turned <05472> [driven.]
humiliated <08074> [desolate.]
say <0559> [say.]
seek <01245> [all.]
love <0157> [love.]
say <0559> [say.]
oppressed <06041> [I am poor.]
Lord <0136> [the Lord.]
helper <05833> [help.]
delay <0309> [make.]
Psalms 103:1-22
Praise ............... holy <01288 06944> [A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. Bless.]
within <07130> [all that.]
holy name <08034 06944> [holy name.]
forget ..... deeds <07911 01576> [forget not.]
He ...... forgives <05545> [forgiveth.]
heals <07495> [healeth.]
who delivers <01350> [redeemeth.]
crowns <05849> [crowneth.]
satisfies <07646> [satisfieth.]
youth <05271> [thy youth.]
does <06213> [executeth.]
revealed <03045> [He made.]
deeds <05949> [his acts.]
compassionate <07349> [merciful.]
patient <0750> [slow.]
great loyal love <02617 07227> [plenteous in mercy. Heb. great of mercy.]
stay angry <05201> [neither.]
does <06213> [dealt.]
skies <08064> [as the, etc. Heb. according to the height of heaven.]
loyal love <02617> [his mercy.]
far .... eastern ......... removes ........ from <04217 07368> [as the east.]
far ............ removes ........ from <07368> [so far.]
father <01> [Like.]
faithful followers <03373> [them.]
knows <03045> [he knoweth.]
clay <06083> [we are dust.]
life <03117> [his days.]
flower <06731> [a flower.]
wind <07307> [the wind.]
place <04725> [it is gone. Heb. it is not.]
place <04725> [and the.]
loyal love <02617> [the mercy.]
faithful <06666> [his righteousness.]
descendants <01121> [unto children's.]
keep <08104> [To such.]
careful <02142> [remember.]
established <03559> [prepared.]
kingdom <04438> [his kingdom.]
Praise <01288> [Bless.]
powerful warriors <01368 03581> [that excel in strength. Heb. mighty in strength.]
carry out ... decrees ..... orders <06213 01697> [do his.]
warriors <06635> [all ye his hosts.]
servants <08334> [ministers.]
made <04639> [all his works.]
Praise ... Lord .............. Praise ... Lord <01288 03068> [bless the Lord.]
Psalms 106:1--107:43
[(Title.)]
As part of the preceding Psalm is found in 1 Ch ch. 16, so the first and two last verses of this are found in the same place; and it is highly probable this was composed upon the same occasion as the former, to which it seems to be a continuation; for as that celebrates the mercies of God to Israel, so this confesses and deplores the rebellions of Israel against Jehovah.
Praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Give thanks <03034> [O give.]
good <02896> [for he.]
adequately <04448> [utter.]
praiseworthy <08416> [all his praise.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
who promote <08104> [keep.]
do <06213> [doeth.]
time <06256> [at all times.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
attention <06485> [visit.]
see <07200> [may see.]
rejoice <08055> [rejoice.]
boast <01984> [glory.]
ancestors <01> [Our.]
remember <02142> [they.]
many <07230> [multitude.]
rebelled <04784> [but.]
delivered <03467> [he saved.]
power <01369> [that he.]
shouted <01605> [He rebuked.]
In the descriptions of the Psalmist, everything has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion.
<03212> [so he.]
delivered <03467> [And he.]
rescued <01350> [redeemed.]
quickly forgot <04116 07911> [They soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat.]
Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
wait <02442> [waited.]
craving <0183> [But.]
insatiable craving <08378 0183> [lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust. tempted.]
granted <05414> [he gave.]
struck <07971> [but sent.]
They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many, surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of {razon,} "leanness," however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read {zeraâ€n,} "nausea or loathing," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word {zara} is used, and rendered, "it be loathsome."
resented <07065> [envied.]
holy priest <06918> [the saint.]
traded <04171> [Thus.]
majestic <03519> [their glory.]
That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.
image <08403> [into.]
rejected <07911> [forgat.]
God <0410> [God.]
performed <06213> [which.]
amazing <06381> [Wondrous.]
The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us, that the Egyptians called their country [Chemia,] Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi, [Chemi,] to the present day.
acts <03372> [terrible.]
threatened <0559> [he said.]
chosen one <0972> [his chosen.]
interceded <05975> [stood.]
rejected <03988> [they despised.]
fruitful land <02532 0776> [the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire.]
believe <0539> [they believed.]
grumbled <07279> [murmured.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
<05375> [Therefore.]
<05375> [lifted.]
die <05307> [overthrow. Heb. make them fall. to scatter.]
worshiped <06775> [joined.]
dead <04191> [of the dead.]
The word {maithim} signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men,--warriors, kings, or lawgivers,-- who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life.
actions <04611> [with their.]
plague <04046> [the plague.]
angry <07107> [angered.]
suffered <03415> [so that.]
aroused <04784> [Because.]
spoke <0981> [he spake.]
destroy <08045> [did not.]
<03068> [concerning.]
mixed <06148> [But.]
learned <03925> [learned.]
worshiped <05647> [And.]
snare <04170> [which.]
sacrificed <02076> [they sacrificed.]
However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
demons <07700> [devils.]
shed <08210> [shed.]
land <0776> [the land.]
defiled <02930> [defiled.]
unfaithful <02181> [went.]
deeds ...... actions <04639 04611> [their own.]
angry <0639> [the wrath.]
despised <08581> [insomuch.]
people who belong to him <05159> [his own.]
handed <05414> [he gave.]
hated <08130> [and they.]
Many <07227> [Many.]
attitude <06098> [with their.]
degraded <04355> [brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened.]
remembered <02142> [And he.]
relented <05162> [repented.]
great <07230> [to the.]
Deliver .... Lord <03467 03068> [Save us.]
Gather <06908> [gather.]
give thanks <03034> [to give.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
[A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.)]
The author of this Psalm is unknown; but it was evidently written to commemorate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; and it may easily be perceived that it must have been sung in alternate parts, having a double burden, or two intercalary verses often recurring. Bp. Lowth considers it as written "after the method of the ancient pastorals, where, be the subject of their verse what it will, each swain endeavours to excel the other; and one may perceive their thoughts and expressions gradually to rise upon each other." "No doubt," he adds, "the composition of this Psalm is admirable throughout; and the descriptive part of it adds at least its share of beauty to the whole; but what is most to be admired is its conciseness, and withal the expressiveness of the diction, which strikes the imagination with illimitable elegance. The weary and bewildered traveller--the miserable captive in the dungeon--the sick and dying man--the seaman foundering in a storm--are described in so affecting a manner, that they far exceed any thing of the kind, though never so much laboured."
Give thanks <03034> [Give.]
good <02896> [good.]
loyal love <02617> [for his mercy.]
delivered .......... delivered <01350> [Let the.]
power <03027> [from.]
gathered <06908> [gathered.]
south <03220> [south. Heb. sea.]
wandered <08582> [wandered.]
found <04672> [they found.]
This is the first similitude; in which the Israelites in captivity are compared to travellers in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey.
cried out <06817> [Then.]
delivered <05337> [he delivered.]
level <01869> [he led.]
<03212> [that they.]
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
sat <03427> [Such.]
Here begins the second comparison; in which the state of the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a dreary dungeon.
sat <03427> [as sit.]
bound <0615> [bound.]
rebelled <04784> [Because.]
rejected <05006> [contemned.]
humble <03665> [he brought.]
helped <05826> [and there.]
brought ... out <03318> [brought.]
tore off <05423> [brake.]
fools <0191> [Fools.]
This is the third comparison; the captives being compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences of their own sins.
ways ....... sins <01870 05771> [because.]
lost ......... drew near <08581> [abhorreth.]
drew <05060> [and they.]
sent <07971> [He sent.]
healed <07495> [healed.]
rescued <04422> [delivered.]
present <02076> [sacrifice.]
proclaim <05608> [declare.]
loudly <07440> [rejoicing. Heb. singing.]
traveled <03381> [They.]
This is the fourth comparison; their captivity was as dangerous and alarming as a dreadful tempest at sea; with a most natural and striking description of which we are here presented.
traveled <03381> [go down.]
amazing <06381> [his wonders.]
gave the order <0559> [he commandeth.]
<05975> [raiseth. Heb. maketh to stand. lifteth.]
sailors <05315> [their soul.]
staggered <05128> [stagger.]
[are at their wit's end. Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up.]
led <05148> [he bringeth.]
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
exalt <07311> [exalt.]
assembly <06951> [in the congregation.]
turned <07760> [turneth.]
water <04325> [water-springs.]
fruitful <06529> [a fruitful.]
barren <04420> [barrenness. Heb. saltness.]
turned <07760> [turneth.]
hungry <07457> [there he.]
city <05892> [a city.]
cultivated <02232> [sow.]
yielded <06213> [which may.]
blessed <01288> [He blesseth.]
decrease <04591> [suffereth.]
their <04591> [Again.]
The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.
their <04591> [they are.]
decreased <06115> [oppression.]
pour <08210> [poureth.]
contempt <0937> [contempt.]
wander <08582> [causeth.]
wasteland <08414> [wilderness. or, void place.]
needy <034> [setteth.]
oppression <06040> [from. or, after. maketh.]
godly <03477> [righteous.]
sinner <05766> [iniquity.]
wise <02450> [is wise.]
consider <0995> [they shall understand.]
Psalms 116:1-19
[A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.)]
From several instances of the Chaldee dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been written after the Babylonian captivity.
love <0157> [love.]
heard <08085> [because.]
call <07121> [therefore.]
long <03117> [as long as I live. Heb. in my days.]
ropes <02256> [sorrows.]
confronted ..... confronted <04672> [gat hold upon me. Heb. found me. I found.]
called <07121> [called.]
Lord ... Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
merciful <02587> [Gracious.]
fair <06662> [and righteous.]
protects <08104> [preserveth.]
trouble <01809> [I was.]
<04494> [thy rest.]
vindicated <01580> [dealt.]
rescued <02502> [For thou.]
<05869> [mine.]
feet <07272> [and my feet.]
serve <01980> [walk.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
faith <0539> [I believed.]
said <01696> [therefore.]
severely <03966> [I was greatly.]
rashly <02648> [in my.]
men <0120> [All.]
celebrate <05375> [I will take.]
call on <07121> [call.]
fulfill ... vows <05088 07999> [pay my vows.]
values <03368> [Precious.]
Yes <0577> [truly.]
<01121> [the son.]
<06605> [thou hast.]
offering <02077> [the sacrifice.]
call <07121> [call.]
Psalms 116:1
[A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.)]
From several instances of the Chaldee dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been written after the Babylonian captivity.
love <0157> [love.]
heard <08085> [because.]
Psalms 1:1
blessed <0835> [A.M. 3560. B.C. 444. Blessed.]
follow <01980> [walketh.]
advice <06098> [counsel.]
wicked <07563> [ungodly. or, wicked. standeth.]
pathway <01870> [way.]
sit in <03427> [sitteth.]
scoffers <03887> [scornful.]
