Psalms 42:1-3
[A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)]
{Maschil,} or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, "An instructive Psalm," or didactic ode, "for the sons of Korah." It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion.
Korahites <01121> [the sons.]
longs ........ long <06165> [panteth. Heb. brayeth. so panteth.]
thirst <06770> [thirsteth.]
living <02416> [living.]
go <0935> [when.]
weep <01832> [tears.]
day <03117> [while.]
Psalms 63:1-3
wilderness <04057> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) when.]
God <0410> [thou.]
long <07836> [early.]
soul <05315> [soul.]
flesh <01320> [flesh.]
dry ... parched land ..... no water <05889 0776 01097 04325 06723> [dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Heb. weary land without water.]
have seen .... witnessed <07200> [To see.]
sanctuary <06944> [in the.]
loyal love <02617> [Because.]
lips <08193> [lips.]
Psalms 77:1-3
Jeduthun <03038> [A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) Jeduthun.]
psalm <04210> [A Psalm.]
This Psalm is allowed by the best judges to have been written during the Babylonian captivity.
Asaph <0623> [of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
cry out <06817> [I cried.]
pay attention <0238> [gave.]
time ................. night <03117 03915> [In the.]
trouble ......... hand ........ I <06869 03027 05315> [my.]
hand <03027> [sore. Heb. hand. my soul.]
remember <02142> [I remembered.]
think <07878> [I complained.]
strength <07307> [spirit.]
Psalms 119:81-83
Kaf <03615> [fainteth.]
hope <03176> [but I.]
eyes <05869> [eyes.]
comfort <05162> [When wilt.]
wineskin ..... smoke <07008 04997> [like a bottle in the smoke.]
As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.
forget <07911> [yet do I.]
