Psalms 101:1--150:6
sing <07891> [I will sing.]
Lord <03068> [unto thee.]
walk in <07919> [behave.]
come <0935> [O when.]
conduct <01980> [walk.]
integrity .............. integrity <08549 08537> [a perfect.]
consider <07896> [set.]
what ....... evil <01697 01100> [wicked thing. Heb. thing of Belial.]
hate <08130> [I hate.]
dishonest <07750> [them.]
part <01692> [it shall not.]
perverse <06141> [A froward.]
I .... permit <03045> [know.]
secret <05643> [Whoso.]
cocky <01362> [an high.]
favor <05869> [Mine.]
live <03427> [that they.]
way ... integrity <08549 01870> [in a perfect way. or, perfect in the way.]
<06213> [He that worketh.]
welcome .... presence <05869 03559> [tarry in my sight. Heb. be established.]
morning <01242> [early.]
remove <03772> [cut off.]
prayer ...................... prayer <08605> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) A Prayer.]
This psalm was evidently composed towards the close of the Babylonian captivity; and probably by the prophet Daniel.
oppressed <06041> [of. or, for. overwhelmed.]
pours out <08210> [poureth.]
hear <08085> [Hear.]
cry <07775> [let my.]
ignore <05641> [Hide.]
Listen <05186> [incline.]
time ....... When <03117> [in the day.]
days <03117> [my days.]
smoke <06227> [like smoke. or, (as some read) into smoke. my bones.]
heart <03820> [heart.]
withered <03001> [withered.]
unable <07911> [so that.]
anxiety <06963> [the voice.]
skin <01320> [skin. or, flesh.]
I ............. screech owl <01819 03563> [like.]
owl <06893> [a pelican.]
stay awake <08245> [watch.]
solitary <0909> [alone.]
enemies <0341> [Mine.]
mock <01984> [mad.]
curses <07650> [sworn.]
eat <0398> [I Have.]
mix <04537> [mingled.]
because <06440> [Because.]
pick <05375> [thou hast.]
days <03117> [My days.]
withered <03001> [I am withered.]
Lord <03068> [thou.]
reputation <02143> [thy remembrance.]
rise <06965> [Thou.]
appointed time <04150> [the set.]
Lord <03068> [When.]
reveals <07200> [he shall.]
when ... responds <06437> [He will.]
reject <0959> [not despise.]
recorded <03789> [This.]
people <05971> [the people.]
look <08259> [For he.]
above <04791> [the height.]
hear <08085> [To hear.]
free <06605> [to loose.]
die <01121 08546> [those that are appointed to. Heb. the children of.]
away <06031> [He weakened. Heb. He afflicted.]
short <07114> [shortened.]
say <0559> [I said.]
generations <08141> [thy years.]
perish ................. remove ...... disappear <06 02498> [They shall.]
endure <05975> [endure. Heb. stand.]
years <08141> [thou art.]
years <08141> [years.]
children <01121> [The children.]
descendants <02233> [their seed.]
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.]
Praise <01288> [Bless.]
This sublime poem on the works of God in creation and providence, is ascribed to David in the LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic; and as it opens and closes with the same words as the preceding psalm, it is probable that it was composed on the same occasion; and it is written as part of it in nine MSS.
Lord ...... Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
magnificent <01431 03966> [art very great.]
robed <03847> [clothed.]
splendor <01935> [honour.]
light <0216> [with light.]
stretches <05186> [stretchest.]
lays the beams <07136> [Who layeth.]
makes <07760> [maketh.]
travels along <01980> [walketh.]
makes <06213> [Who maketh.]
attendant <08334> [ministers.]
earth .... foundations <03245 04349 0776> [Who laid the foundations of the earth. Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases.]
upended <04131> [that it.]
retreat <05127> [they fled.]
up <05927> [They go up, etc. or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend.]
set <07760> [hast set.]
turns <07971> [He sendeth. Heb. Who sendeth.]
The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by the providence of God, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing; partly ascending from the great deep through the strata of the earth, partly exhaled in vapour from the surface of the ocean, and thence falling in rain, especially on the tops and sides of mountains, they break forth into fresh springs, and form streams and rivers. .# De 8:7 Isa 35:7 41:18
<01980> [run. Heb. walk.]
water <08248> [They give.]
wild donkeys <06501> [the wild.]
quench <07665> [quench. Heb. break.]
birds <05775> [the fowls.]
chirp <05414> [sing. Heb. give a voice.]
waters <08248> [watereth.]
upper rooms <05944> [his chambers.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
grass <02682> [causeth.]
crops <06212> [herb.]
produce <03318> [that he.]
wine <03196> [wine.]
oil ..... faces <08081 06440> [oil to make his, etc. Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil.]
food <03899> [bread.]
birds <06833> [the birds.]
herons <02624> [as for.]
herons <02624> [the stork.]
The stork is a species of the ardea or heron genus, about the size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils: it feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the name {chaseedah,} which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from the Greek [storge,] natural affection.
wild goats <03277> [the wild goats.]
The {y„ƒl,} is the ibex, or rock goat, so called from {ƒlah,} to ascend, because it is famous for mounting to the tops of the highest rocks. Its general appearance is that of the tame goat, of a dusky brown colour; but the male is larger, with long horns, bending backwards.
rock badgers <08227> [the conies.]
make <07896> [makest.]
comes ... which ....... forest prowl <03293 07430> [of the forest do creep forth. Heb. thereof do trample on the forest.]
lions <03715> [The young.]
seeking <01245> [seek.]
many <07231> [how.]
great skill <02451> [in wisdom.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
deep ............... large <01419> [this great.]
living things <02416> [beasts.]
travel <01980> [There go.]
whale <03882> [leviathan.]
made <03335> [made. Heb. formed. to play.]
ignore <05641> [hidest.]
take away <0622> [thou takest.]
return <07725> [return.]
send <07971> [sendest.]
replenish <02318> [renewest.]
splendor <03519> [The glory.]
endure <05769> [endure. Heb. be. rejoice.]
looks down <05027> [looketh.]
touches <05060> [he toucheth.]
pleasing <07879> [meditation.]
rejoice <08055> [I will be.]
sinners <02400> [sinners.]
Praise <01288> [Bless.]
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
It appears from 1Ch ch. 16, where the former part of this Psalm, as far as the 16th verse, is found with little variation, that David composed it at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion, and he himself probably enlarged it afterwards with the glorious detail of God's merciful dealings with Abraham and his posterity till their settlement in the land of Promise. The Hallelujah, which terminates the preceding Psalm, is made the title of this by the Septuagint, Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic; and the Syriac considers it a paraphrase on the words, "Fear not, Jacob, to go down into Egypt;" "and teaches us spiritually not to fear when we are obliged to contend with devils; for God is our shield, and will fight for us."
Give thanks <03034> [Give.]
Call <07121> [call.]
known <03045> [make known.]
Sing <07891 02167> [Sing unto.]
music ........ miraculous <07878 06381> [talk ye.]
Boast <01984> [Glory.]
hearts <03820> [let the heart.]
Seek ......... Seek <01875 01245> [Seek.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Seek ......... Seek ... presence <01875 01245 06440> [seek his face.]
Recall <02142> [Remember.]
[the judgements.]
children <02233> [ye seed.]
chosen ones <0972> [his chosen.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
judgment <04941> [judgments.]
remembers <02142> [He hath remembered.]
thousand <0505> [a thousand.]
lasting <05769> [an everlasting.]
give <05414> [Unto thee.]
portion <02256> [lot. Heb. cord.]
few <04962> [a few.]
resident aliens <01481> [and strangers.]
touch <05060> [Touch.]
chosen ones <04899> [mine.]
prophets <05030> [and do.]
called <07121> [Moreover.]
cut off <07665> [brake.]
sent <07971> [He sent.]
Joseph <03130> [Joseph.]
feet <07272> [Whose.]
placed .... iron collar <05315 0935 01270> [he was laid in iron. Heb. his soul came into iron.]
prediction <01697> [his word.]
put <07760> [made.]
property <07075> [substance. Heb. possession.]
advisers <02205> [teach.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
land <0776> [the land.]
fruitful <06509> [And he.]
numerous <06105> [made.]
caused <02015> [He turned.]
hate <08130> [to hate.]
sent <07971> [sent.]
Aaron <0175> [Aaron.]
They executed <07760> [They.]
signs <0226> [his signs. Heb. words of his signs. wonders.]
made <07971> [sent.]
disobey <04784> [rebelled.]
overrun <08317> [brought.]
come <0935> [there.]
gnats <03654> [and lice.]
hail ..... rain <01259 01653> [them hail for rain. Heb. their rain hail.]
locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
struck <05221> [He smote.]
firstfruits <07225> [chief.]
out <03318> [brought.]
stumbled <03782> [and there.]
Considering the immense number of men, women, children, and cattle, it must certainly have appeared extraordinary, that there was none among them weak or feeble, none unable to perform the journey. The order was that "not a hoof should be left behind;" and He who commanded gave strength to obey.
happy <08055> [glad.]
afraid <06343> [for.]
spread <06566> [spread.]
asked <07592> [asked.]
satisfied <07646> [satisfied.]
food <03899> [bread.]
opened <06605> [opened.]
remembered <02142> [For he.]
Abraham <085> [Abraham.]
led .... out <03318> [And he.]
joy <08342> [with joy.]
shouted <07440> [gladness. Heb. singing.]
handed <05414> [gave.]
took possession <03423> [inherited.]
produced <05999> [the labour.]
That is, "the produce of their labour;" the cities and houses they had built, the vineyards they had planted, etc.
keep <08104> [That.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
[(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.]
[A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. (Title.)]
This Psalm is composed of two Psalms; ver. 1-5 being the same as Ps 57:7-11; and ver. 6-13 the same as Ps 60:5-12; and it is probably to be referred to the same period as the latter.
determined <03820> [my heart.]
sing <07891> [I will.]
whole heart <03519> [my glory.]
Awake ......... wake <05782> [Awake.]
Awake ......... wake <05782> [I myself.]
give you thanks <03034> [praise.]
loyal love <02617> [thy mercy.]
clouds <07834> [clouds. or, skies.]
Rise <07311> [Be thou.]
splendor <03519> [thy glory.]
ones you love <03039> [That thy.]
Deliver <03467> [save.]
answer <06030> [and answer me.]
spoken <01696> [spoken.]
triumph <05937> [I will rejoice.]
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
Ephraim <0669> [Ephraim.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
make <07993> [I cast.]
Philistia <06429> [over Philistia.]
lead me into ....... bring me <05148> [who will lead.]
rejected <02186> [who hast.]
go <03318> [go forth.]
Give <03051> [Give.]
futile <07723> [for vain.]
God's <0430> [Through.]
trample down <0947> [tread.]
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.)]
It is generally supposed that this Psalm was composed by David, when persecuted by Saul, who was rendered more implacable by the base and malicious calumnies of Doeg and others; though some are of opinion, that it was written when David fled from Absalom, and that Ahithophel, rather than Doeg, is the typical person against whom it is principally directed.
ignore <02790> [Hold.]
God <0430> [O God.]
say <06310> [the mouth.]
deceptive <04820> [of the deceitful. Heb. of deceit. are opened. Heb. have opened themselves. with.]
surround <05437> [compassed.]
attack <03898> [fought.]
love <0160> [For my.]
pray <08605> [but I.]
repay <07760> [they.]
hate <08135> [hatred.]
Appoint ... evil <06485 07563> [Set thou.]
Dr. Sykes, Michaelis, and others, contend that these imprecations are those of David's enemies against himself; and they would render, "Set, say they, a wicked," etc: but this is rendered highly improbable by the 8th verse being applied by St. Peter to the traitor Judas, of whom David was certainly not a type. (See ver. 20.) Bp. Horsley and others, however, render the verbs in the future tense, the first verb alone being in the imperative; justly considering the Psalmist as merely uttering prophetic denunciations of God's displeasure against sinners.
accuser <07854> [and let.]
accuser <07854> [Satan. or, an adversary.]
[be condemned. Heb. go out guilty, or wicked.]
prayer <08605> [and let.]
days <03117> [his days.]
another <0312> [another.]
job <06486> [office. or, charge.]
creditor <05383> [extortioner.]
strangers <02114> [strangers.]
<04900> [none.]
compassion <02603> [favour.]
memory <0319> [Let his.]
arrives <08034> [their name.]
sins <05771> [Let the.]
sin <02403> [let not.]
forgotten <04229> [blotted.]
Lord <03068> [before.]
cut off <03772> [cut off.]
bothered <02142> [he remembered.]
harassed <07291> [persecuted.]
killed <04191> [slay.]
made <03847> [As he.]
poured <0935> [so let.]
seeped into <07130> [into his bowels. Heb. within him.]
garment <0899> [as the garment.]
repay <06468> [Let this.]
say <01696> [them.]
intervene <06213> [But do.]
loyal love <02617> [thy mercy.]
oppressed <06041> [For I.]
heart <03820> [and my.]
away <01980> [gone.]
shaken <05287> [I am tossed.]
knees <01290> [knees.]
I <01320> [my flesh.]
disdained <02781> [a reproach.]
see <07200> [when they.]
Help <05826> [Help.]
faithful .... deliver <03467 02617> [save me.]
curse ............ humiliated <07043 0954> [Let them.]
servant <05650> [but let.]
covered <03847> [be clothed.]
profusely <03966> [greatly.]
praise <01984> [I will praise.]
stands <05975> [For he.]
needy <034> [poor.]
deliver <03467> [to save.]
threaten <08199> [those that condemn. Heb. the judges of.]
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
This Psalm was probably composed by David after Nathan's prophetic address; and, from the grandeur of the subject and the sublimity of the expressions, it is evident that it can only refer, as the ancient Jews fully acknowledged, to the royal dignity, priesthood, victories, and triumphs of the MESSIAH.
Lord's <03068> [The Lord.]
Sit down <03427> [Sit.]
make <07896> [until.]
dominion <04294> [the rod.]
Zion <06726> [out.]
Rule <07287> [rule.]
people ......... battle ............ youth <05971 02428 03208> [Thy.]
when <03117> [day.]
hills <01926> [beauties.]
sunrise <07358> [from the womb, etc. or, more than the womb of the morning: thou shalt have, etc. thou hast.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
revoke <05162> [will not.]
priest <03548> [Thou.]
right hand <03225> [at thy.]
strikes down <04272> [strike.]
day <03117> [in the day.]
executes <01777> [judge.]
fills <04390> [fill.]
shatters <04272> [wound.]
vast <07227> [many. or, great.]
drinks <08354> [He shall.]
lifts <07311> [therefore.]
lifts <07311> [lift.]
Praise ... Lord ........ Lord <01984 03050 03068> [A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
As this is an alphabetical Psalm, every member of each verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Hallelujah, which begins with the fifth, must be considered as the title.
give thanks <03034> [I will.]
assembly <05475> [assembly.]
deeds are ... eagerly <04639> [works.]
awaited <01875> [sought.]
desire <02656> [that have.]
majestic <01935> [honourable.]
faithfulness <06666> [righteousness.]
does <06213> [He hath.]
merciful <02587> [gracious.]
compassionate <07349> [full.]
gives <05414> [hath given.]
food <02964> [meat. Heb. prey. he will.]
announced <05046> [shewed.]
giving <05414> [that he.]
acts <04639> [works.]
precepts <06490> [all his.]
firm <05564> [They.]
firm <05564> [stand fast. Heb. are established. are done.]
delivered <07971> [sent.]
observed <06680> [he hath.]
holy <06918> [holy.]
obey <03374> [fear.]
good moral insight <02896 07922> [a good understanding. or, good success.]
carry out ........... praise <06213 08416> [do his commandments. Heb. do them.]
praise <08416> [his praise.]
Praise ... Lord .......... Lord <01984 03050 03068> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
This is another of the alphabetical Psalms, being formed exactly as the preceding in the division of its verses; and, like it, was probably composed for the use of the Jews, after their return from captivity.
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
delight <02654> [delighteth.]
wealth <01952> [Wealth.]
integrity <06666> [and his.]
shines <02224> [there ariseth.]
merciful <02587> [he is gracious.]
just <06662> [righteous.]
It ... well <02896> [good.]
generously <02603> [sheweth.]
conducts ... business honestly <03557> [he will.]
honestly <04941> [discretion. Heb. judgement.]
upended <04131> [Surely.]
just <06662> [the righteous.]
fear <03372> [shall not.]
confident <03820> [heart.]
trusts <0982> [trusting.]
<03820> [heart.]
fear <03372> [shall.]
triumph <07200> [until he.]
generously gives <06340 05414> [He.]
generously <06340> [dispersed.]
integrity <06666> [righteousness.]
<07161> [horn.]
wicked ..................... wicked <07563> [wicked.]
frustration <02786> [gnash.]
melt away <04549> [melt.]
desire <08378> [desire.]
[(Title.)]
This and the following five Psalms form what is called by the Hebrews the great Hallel, or praise; which was sung on their most solemn festivals, and particularly after the celebration of the Passover. (See Mt 26:30. Mr 24:26.) This and the following were probably composed after the return from the captivity.
Praise ... Lord Praise ....... praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Praise .... Praise ... servants ..... praise <01984 05650> [Praise, O.]
exalted <07311> [high.]
splendor <03519> [his glory.]
Lord <03068> [like.]
who sits ..... throne <03427> [dwelleth. Heb. exalteth himself to dwell.]
bends <08213> [humbleth.]
sky <08064> [in heaven.]
Bp. Lowth observes that the two members of this line are to be referred severally to the two preceding lines; as if it were, "Who is exalted to dwell in the heavens; and who humbleth himself to inspect the things on earth."
earth <0776> [in the earth.]
raises <06965> [raiseth.]
dirt ......... garbage <06083 0830> [out of.]
needy <034> [needy.]
barren <06135> [maketh.]
makes ....... family <01004 03427> [keep house. Heb. dwell in an house.]
[(Title.)]
This short, and apparently imperfect Psalm, for elegance and sublimity, yields to few in the whole book. The composition of it is inexpressibly beautiful, and in the highest style of poetry.
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
nation <05971> [a people.]
sea <03220> [sea.]
Jordan River <03383> [Jordan.]
skip <07540> [skipped.]
Tremble <02342> [Tremble.]
[A.M. 3108. B.C. 896. (Title.)]
This seems to be an [epinikion,] or triumphal song, in which the victory is wholly ascribed to Jehovah; and to none can it be referred with more propriety than to that of Jehoshaphat over the confederated forces of his enemies, 2 Ch 20.
Lord ........ name <03068 08034> [unto us.]
loyal love <02617> [for thy mercy.]
God <0430> [But our.]
pleases <06213 02654> [he hath.]
idols <06091> [Their idols.]
They are metal, stone, and wood; and though generally made in the form of man, they can neither see, hear, smell, feel, walk, nor speak! Even the wiser heathen made them the objects of their jests.
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
trust <0982> [trust.]
deliverer <05828> [their help.]
notice <02142> [hath.]
family ... Israel ...... family <01004 03478> [the house of Israel.]
bless <01288> [He will bless.]
young <06996> [both small.]
old <01419> [and. Heb. with.]
<03068> [Lord.]
children's <01121> [you.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
creator <06213> [made.]
heavens ..... Lord <08064> [heaven.]
earth <0776> [but the earth.]
dead <04191> [dead.]
descend <03381> [go down.]
[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.]
[(Title.)]
This Psalm, the shortest in the whole collection, is written as a part of the preceding in thirty-two MSS.: it celebrates the deliverance from the Babylonian captivity, the grand type of the redemption of the world by the Messiah.
Praise <01984> [O praise.]
Applaud ..... foreigners <07623 0523> [praise him.]
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
This Psalm was probably composed by David after Nathan's prophetic address; and sung by alternate choirs at some public festival. It largely partakes of David's spirit, and everywhere shews the hand of a master; the style is grand and sublime; the subject noble and majestic.
cried out <07121> [called.]
distress <04712> [in distress. Heb. out of distress.]
wide open place <04800> [set me.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
afraid <03372> [on my side. Heb. for me.]
helper <05826> [taketh.]
look ... triumph <07200> [therefore.]
trust <0982> [than to put.]
nations <01471> [All nations.]
pushed <04135> [destroy them. Heb. cut them off.]
bees <01682> [like bees.]
disappeared <01846> [quenched.]
name <08034> [in the name.]
pushed <04135> [destroy them. Heb. cut them down.]
strength <05797> [is my strength.]
celebrate <06963> [voice.]
right hand <03225> [the right.]
right hand ...... right hand <03225> [right hand.]
die <04191> [die.]
proclaim <05608> [declare.]
severely punished <03256> [chastened.]
Open <06605> [Open.]
enter <0935> [I will go.]
gate <08179> [This gate.]
Dr. Kennicott supposes that this verse was sung by the priest, the next by the king, the three next by a chorus of people, the 25th by the king, the two next by the priest, the 28th by the king, and the last the grand chorus of the whole assembly.
deliverer <03444> [and art.]
stone <068> [The stone.]
<07218> [the head.]
Lord's ...... amazing <03068 06381> [the Lord's doing. Heb. from the Lord.]
amazing <06381> [it is.]
day <03117> [the day.]
brought ...... happy <01523> [we will.]
deliver <03467> [Save.]
success <06743> [send now.]
May ... one ........... blessed ..... blessings <01288> [Blessed.]
May ... one ........... blessed ..... blessings <01288> [we have.]
God <0410> [God.]
<0215> [shewed.]
Tie <0631> [bind.]
horns <07161> [the horns.]
God ........... God <0410 0430> [my God.]
[A.M. 3560. B.C. 444. (Title.)]
This Psalm, which was probably composed by Ezra, is another of the alphabetical Psalms: it consists of twenty-two parts, answering to the number of the Hebrew letters; every part being divided into eight verses, and each verse beginning with that letter which forms the title of the part; that is, the first part of eight verses with [Aleph,] the second with [Bˆyth,] etc. It is an elegant, important, and useful composition; the chief subjects of which are the excellence of God's laws, and the happiness of those who observe them. ALEPH
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
blameless <08549> [undefiled. or, perfect, or sincere.]
obey <01980> [walk.]
observe <05341> [keep.]
seek <01875> [seek.]
ashamed <0954> [shall I.]
focused <05027> [I have.]
give you ... thanks <03034> [I will.]
learn <03925> [when.]
just regulations <06664 04941> [thy righteous judgments. Heb. judgments of thy righteousness.]
keep <08104> [I will.]
abandon <05800> [O forsake.]
young person <05288> [shall.]
guarding ...... instructions <08104> [by taking.]
heart <03820> [my whole.]
stray <07686> [O let me.]
words <0565> [Thy word.]
sin <02398> [that I.]
praise <01288> [Blessed.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
proclaim <05608> [I declared.]
rejoice <07797> [rejoiced.]
meditate <07878> [meditate.]
focus <05027> [have respect.]
delight <08173> [delight.]
forget <07911> [not forget.]
Gimel <01580> [Deal.]
{Gemol,} "reward" thy servant: let him have the return of his faith and prayers. From this word is derived the name of [GÅ’ymel,] {gimmel,} the third letter of the alphabet, which is prefixed to every verse in this part: this is a stroke of the Psalmist's art and ingenuity.
live <02421> [I may live.]
Open <01540> [Open. Heb. Reveal.]
marvelous <06381> [wondrous.]
foreigner <01616> [a stranger.]
hide <05641> [hide.]
I <05315> [soul.]
times <06256> [at all times.]
reprimand <01605> [rebuked.]
doomed <0779> [cursed.]
Spare <01556> [Remove.]
observe <05341> [for I have.]
rulers <08269> [Princes.]
servant <05650> [thy servant.]
rules <05713> [testimonies.]
<0582> [my counsellors. Heb. men of my counsel.]
collapse <05315> [soul.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
word <01697> [according.]
told <05608> [declared.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
meditate <07878> [so shall I talk.]
I <05315> [soul.]
collapse <01811> [melteth. Heb. droppeth. strengthen.]
Remove <05493> [Remove.]
law <08451> [grant me.]
choose <0977> [chosen.]
regulations <04941> [thy judgments.]
fast <01692> [stuck.]
ashamed <0954> [put me.]
run <07323> [run.]
enable <07337> [enlarge.]
Teach <03384> [Teach.]
observe <05341> [I shall keep.]
understanding <0995> [Give me.]
observe ..... keep <05341 08104> [I shall.]
keep <08104> [observe.]
Guide <01869> [Make me.]
path <05410> [the path.]
delight <02654> [therein.]
Give <05186> [Incline.]
unjustly <01215> [and not to.]
Turn <05674> [Turn. Heb. Make to pass.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
Confirm <06965> [Stablish.]
honors <03374> [who is devoted.]
away <05674> [Turn.]
regulations <04941> [for thy.]
long <08373> [I have.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
word <01697> [So shall.]
word <01697> [have wherewith, etc. or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing.]
trust <0982> [for I trust.]
deprive me <05337 01697> [take not.]
await <03176> [for I have.]
keep <08104> [So shall.]
The language of this verse is very emphatic. Perfect obedience will constitute a large proportion of heavenly happiness to all eternity; and the nearer we approach to it on earth, the more we anticipate the felicity of heaven.
keep <08104> [keep.]
<01980> [And I will.]
secure <07342> [at liberty. Heb. at large.]
seek <01875> [for I seek.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
ashamed <0954> [will not.]
delight <08173> [I will delight.]
love <0157> [which.]
hands <03709> [hands.]
commands <04687> [unto thy.]
meditate <07878> [and I will.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
hope <03176> [upon which.]
comforts <05165> [This.]
promise <0565> [for thy.]
Arrogant <02086> [proud.]
aside <05186> [yet have.]
remember <02142> [remembered.]
Rage <02152> [horror.]
{ZilÆ’phah} properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs {Simoom,} (see Ps 11:6.) It is here used in a figurative sense for the most horrid mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin.
night <03915> [night.]
keep <08104> [kept.]
observe <05341> [because.]
Khet <02506> [my portion.]
<0559> [I have.]
seek <02470> [I intreated.]
<06440> [favour. Heb. face.]
mercy <02603> [be merciful.]
consider <02803> [thought.]
<07725> [turned.]
eagerly <02363> [made.]
ropes <02256> [The bands. or, The companies.]
forget <07911> [but I.]
middle <02676> [midnight.]
just <06664> [thy.]
friend <02270> [a companion.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
good <02896 06213> [dealt well.]
Teach ... proper <03925 02898> [Teach me.]
reliable <0539> [I Have.]
afflicted <06031> [Before.]
keep <08104> [but now.]
good ..... good <02896 02895> [good.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
Arrogant <02086> [proud.]
observe <05341> [I will.]
heart <03820> [with my whole.]
hearts ... calloused <02954 03820> [heart is as fat.]
delight <08173> [but I.]
good <02896> [good.]
important <02896> [better.]
hands <03027> [Thy hands.]
understanding <0995> [give me.]
learn <03925> [that I may.]
loyal followers .... glad <03373 08055> [fear thee.]
hope <03176> [I have.]
know <03045> [I know.]
just <06664> [right. Heb. righteousness.]
faithful devotion <0530> [thou in.]
loyal love <02617> [merciful.]
console <05162> [for my comfort. Heb. to comfort me.]
compassion <07356> [thy tender.]
law <08451> [for thy.]
arrogant <02086> [the proud.]
me <08267> [without.]
meditate <07878> [but I will.]
loyal followers <03373> [Let those.]
fully <08549> [sound.]
ashamed <0954> [that I be.]
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.]
How long <03117> [How.]
endure <06213> [when.]
arrogant <02086> [The proud.]
This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East: deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.
law <08451> [which.]
commands <04687> [All thy.]
reliable <0530> [faithful. Heb. faithfulness. they.]
Help <05826> [help.]
almost <04592> [almost.]
reject <05800> [but I forsook.]
Revive <02421> [Quicken.]
keep <08104> [so shall I.]
Lamed <05769> [For ever.]
faithfulness <0530> [faithfulness.]
all generations <01755> [unto all generations. Heb. to generation and generation.]
established <03559> [thou hast]
stood <05975> [abideth. Heb. standeth.]
Today ... stand <05975 03117> [They continue this.]
servants <05650> [all are.]
law <08451> [thy law.]
died <06> [I should.]
never <05769> [will never.]
Deliver <03467> [I am thine.]
seek <01875> [for I have.]
wicked <07563> [wicked.]
concentrate <0995> [but I.]
realize <07200> [I have seen.]
That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it bounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity.
commands <04687> [but thy.]
love <0157> [O how.]
commandments <04687> [through.]
always <05769> [they are ever. Heb. it is ever.]
teachers <03925> [than all.]
rules <05715> [for thy.]
discerning <0995> [understand.]
observe <05341> [because.]
<03607> [refrained.]
aside <05493> [departed.]
teach <03384> [for thou.]
sweeter <04452> [sweet.]
mouth <02441> [taste. Heb. palate.]
precepts <06490> [Through.]
hate <08130> [therefore.]
deceitful actions <0734 08267> [false way.]
word <01697> [word.]
lamp <05216> [lamp. or, candle.]
vowed <07650> [sworn.]
keep <08104> [that I will.]
terribly <06031> [afflicted.]
revive <02421> [quicken.]
accept <07521> [Accept.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
life <05315> [My soul.]
Rather, "My life {naphshee} is continually in my hand;" i.e., it is in constant danger; every hour I am on the confines of death. The LXX., Syriac, and Ethiopic read, "in thy hand;" but this is a conjectural and useless alteration.
forget <07911> [yet do I not.]
wicked <07563> [wicked.]
wander <08582> [yet I erred.]
rules <05715> [Thy testimonies.]
joy <08342> [for they.]
determined <05186> [inclined.]
obey <06213> [perform. Heb. do. the end.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
divided loyalties <05588> [vain thoughts.]
Or, "divided thoughts," {saiÆ’phim,} or, as Gesenius renders, {bie Bneybeutigen (in ber Religion)} "ambiguities (or indecisions) in Religion;" Luther, {Flattergeister,} "inconstant fellows;" LXX. [paranomoi,] "transgressors," Vulgate {iniqui,} "iniquitous," and Jerome, {tumultuosos,} "tumultuous."
law <08451> [thy law.]
hiding <05643> [my hiding.]
shield <04043> [my shield.]
hope <03176> [I hope.]
Turn <05493> [Depart.]
observe <05341> [for I will.]
Sustain <05564> [Uphold.]
disappoint <0954> [and let me.]
Support <05582> [Hold.]
focus <08159> [and I will.]
despise <05541> [trodden.]
stray <07686> [err.]
unreliable <08649> [their deceit.]
remove <07673> [Thou.]
When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in {scori‘,} which Thou sweepest away.
remove <07673> [puttest away. Heb. causest to cease.]
love <0157> [therefore.]
body <01320> [My flesh.]
do <06213> [I have.]
abandon ..... oppressors <03240 06231> [leave me.]
Guarantee <06148> [surety.]
arrogant <02086> [let not.]
Show <06213> [Deal.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
servant <05650> [I am thy.]
insight <0995> [give.]
understand <03045> [that I.]
time <06256> [time.]
<06213> [to work.]
That is, "to take vengeance," as {Æ’sah} signifies, Jer 18:23; Mal 3:17, by an ellipsis of the noun. When infidels, profligates, and Pharisees, "make void the law of God," generally, then it is time for God to arise to vindicate His own honour and maintain His cause among men.
break <06565> [they.]
love <0157> [I love.]
precepts <06490> [I esteem.]
<03474> [all things.]
{Kol,} "all" seems to have been omitted by all the versions, except the Chaldee; which reads simply, "all thy precepts;" and this renders the text more perspicuous and unembarrassed.
hate <08130> [and I.]
rules <05715> [testimonies.]
<05315> [doth.]
doorway <06608> [entrance.]
Or, "opening;" {paithach:} the Scriptures give satisfactory light to the mind upon every subject of which they treat; and speedily communicate more useful knowledge to the simplest believer, upon the most important topics, than the acutest philosophers have been able to develop through successive ages.
insight <0995> [it giveth.]
open <06473> [opened.]
long <02968> [I longed.]
Turn <06437> [Look.]
typically ..... loyal <04941 0157> [as thou usest to do unto those. Heb. according to the custom toward those.]
Direct <03559> [Order.]
sin <0205> [let not.]
<06440> [Make.]
Teach <03925> [and teach.]
rules <05713> [testimonies.]
just <06664> [righteous. Heb. righteousness. faithful. Heb. faithfulness.]
zeal <07068> [zeal.]
consumes ..... enemies <06789 06862> [consumed me. or, cut me off. because.]
word <0565> [Thy word.]
Gold has need to be refined; but thy word is purity itself, reflecting the holiness of Jehovah's character and government, and requiring and leading to purity of heart and life.
pure <06884> [pure. Heb. tried, or refined.]
insignificant <06810> [small.]
forget <07911> [yet do.]
<06666> [Thy righteousness.]
Men, as Bp. Horne observes, may decree wickedness by a law; or they may change their decrees, and with them what is right to-day may be wrong to-morrow; but the law of God is righteousness, and it is truth, to-day and for ever.
endures <05769> [an everlasting.]
law <08451> [and thy.]
Distress <06862> [Trouble.]
confront ......... commands <04672 04687> [taken hold on me. Heb. found me. yet thy.]
just <06664> [righteousness.]
insight <0995> [give me.]
insight <0995> [understanding.]
cried <07121> [cried.]
observe <05341> [I will.]
keep <08104> [and I shall keep. or, that I may keep.]
before <06923> [I prevented.]
That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.
hope <03176> [hoped.]
eyes <05869> [eyes.]
nighttime hours <0821> [the night watches.]
The ancient Jews divided the night into three watches of four hours each, beginning at six o'clock in the evening; before the last of which, "the day break," or "morning watch," as the LXX. and Vulgate read, the Psalmist was awake.
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
loyal love <02617> [according unto.]
revive ..... typically do <02421 04941> [quicken me.]
<07126> [draw nigh.]
[for from.]
near <07138> [near.]
commands <04687> [all.]
rules <05713> [thy testimonies.]
See <07200> [Consider.]
forget <07911> [for I.]
Fight for <07378> [Plead.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
deliverance <03444> [Salvation.]
seek <01875> [for they.]
great <07227> [Great. Heb. Many. are thy.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
numerous <07227> [Many.]
aside <05186> [yet do I.]
See <07200> [Consider.]
revive <02421> [quicken.]
instructions .... reliable <01697 0571 07218> [Thy word is true from the beginning. Heb. The beginning of the word is true.]
just <06664> [and every one.]
Rulers <08269> [Princes.]
disobeying <03820> [my heart.]
rejoice <07797> [rejoice.]
finds <04672> [as one.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
Seven <07651> [Seven times.]
That is, probably many times, or frequently, as the term seven frequently denotes; but Rabbi Solomon says that this is to be understood literally; for they praised God twice in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after; twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after; making in the whole seven times.
just <06664> [because.]
completely <07227> [Great.]
stumble <04383> [nothing shall offend them. Heb. they shall have no stumbling block.]
<03068> [Lord.]
<06213> [and done.]
your <05315> [soul.]
love <0157> [and I love.]
<01870> [for all my.]
cry <07440> [Let my cry.]
insight <0995> [give me.]
Deliver ..... promised <05337 0565> [deliver me.]
lips <08193> [my lips, etc.]
Or, more literally, and accordant with the context. "My lips shall pour forth (tabbÆ’nah) praise; for (kee) thou hast taught me thy statues."
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
commands <04687> [for all thy.]
hand <03027> [Let.]
choose <0977> [for.]
long <08373> [longed.]
law <08451> [and thy law.]
<05315> [Let my.]
regulations <04941> [and let thy.]
wandered <08582> [gone astray.]
looking <01245> [seek.]
forget <07911> [for I do.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [(Title.) A Song of degrees.]
Bp. Patrick and others suppose this Psalm to have been composed by David, when the calumnies of Doeg and others forced him to flee his country.
distress <06869> [my distress.]
lie .... lips <08267 08193> [from lying lips.]
severely punish <05414 03254> [What shall, etc. or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, What shall it profit thee?]
severely <03254> [done. Heb. added.]
sharp <08150> [Sharp, etc. or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper.]
arrows <02671> [arrows.]
miserable <0190> [Woe.]
Meshech <04902> [Mesech.]
[Meshech. the tents.]
<05315> [soul.]
[for peace. or, a man of peace.]
speak <01696> [when.]
song <07892> [(Title.) A Song.]
<05375> [I will, etc. or, Shall I lift up my eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?]
<05375> [lift up.]
help <05828> [My help.]
allow .......... sleep <05414 05123> [will not.]
protector <08104> [he that.]
slumber <05123> [shall.]
shade <06738> [thy shade.]
right <03225> [upon.]
sun <08121> [the sun.]
protect ........ protect <08104> [preserve.]
protect ........ protect <08104> [he shall.]
do <03318> [thy going out.]
<05704> [from this time.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [(Title.) A Song of degrees.]
glad <08055> [was glad.]
<03212> [Let us go.]
designed <01129> [builded.]
there <08033> [Whither.]
<05715> [the testimony.]
give thanks <03034> [to give.]
sit <03427> [there.]
sit <03427> [are set. Heb. do sit. the thrones.]
Pray <07592> [Pray.]
prosper <07951> [they shall.]
peace <07965> [Peace.]
fortresses <0759> [within thy palaces.]
temple <01004> [the house.]
pray <01245> [I will seek.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) A Song of degrees.]
This Psalm is probably a complaint of the captives in Babylon, relative to the contempt and cruel usage they received.
<05375> [lift I.]
enthroned in <03427> [O thou.]
eyes ............. eyes ............... eyes <05869> [as the eyes.]
eyes ............. eyes ............... eyes <05869> [so our eyes.]
favor ...... favor <02603> [Have mercy.]
some <07227> [for we are.]
taunts <03933> [with the scorning.]
song <07892> [(Title.) A Song.]
It is uncertain what the particular deliverance was which is celebrated in this Psalm. Some refer it to the deliverance of Hezekiah from Sennacherib; and others to the return from the Babylonian captivity; while Dr. A. Clarke refers it to that of the Jews from the massacre intended by Haman.
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
Israel <03478> [now may.]
men <0120> [when men.]
swallowed <0233 01104> [Then they.]
swallowed <01104> [swallowed.]
anger <0639> [their wrath.]
water <04325> [the waters.]
raging <02121> [the proud.]
hand <05414> [who hath not.]
lives <05315> [Our soul.]
bird <06833> [as a bird.]
song <07892> [A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.) A Song.]
trust <0982> [that trust.]
Mount <02022> [be as mount.]
Those who ................. forever <03427> [but abideth.]
mountains <02022> [As the mountains.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
scepter <07626> [the rod.]
wicked <07562> [the wicked. Heb. wickedness.]
good <02895> [Do good.]
upright <03477> [upright.]
bent on <05186> [As for such.]
sinful path <06128> [crooked.]
behave <06466> [with the workers.]
peace <07965> [peace.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [(Title.) A Song of degrees.]
This Psalm evidently appears to have been composed in consequence of the proclamation of Cyrus in favour of the Jews, giving them leave to return to their own land, and rebuild their city and temple.
<07725> [turned again, etc. Heb. returned the returning of Zion.]
dreaming <02492> [we were like.]
joy <06310> [Then was.]
said <0559> [then said.]
accomplished <06213> [done great thing for them. Heb. magnified to do with them.]
restore <07725> [Turn again.]
streams <0650> [as the streams.]
plant <02232> [that sow.]
shout for joy <07440> [joy. or, singing.]
<03212> [that goeth.]
bag ... seed <04901 02233> [precious seed. or, seed basket. shall doubtless.]
song <07892> [(Title.) A Song.]
Solomon <08010> [for Solomon. or, of Solomon.]
Lord ................. Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
build ....... build <01129> [build.]
work <05998> [they labour.]
Lord .... build ....... build ........ Lord <01129 03068> [that build it. Heb. that are builders of it in it. except.]
guard ...... watchman <08104> [the watchman.]
vain <07723> [vain.]
rise <06965> [rise up.]
food <03899> [the bread.]
provide <05414> [for so he.]
sons <01121> [children.]
arrows <02671> [arrows.]
Sons <01121> [so are children.]
blessed <0835> [Happy.]
fills ... quiver <04390 0827> [his quiver full of them. Heb. filled his quiver with them. they shall.]
confront <01696> [speak. or, subdue.]
[or, destroy.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [(Title.) A Song of degrees.]
loyal followers <03373> [every one.]
keeps <01980> [walketh.]
eat <0398> [thou shalt eat.]
what ............. secure <02896> [and it shall.]
fruitful vine <01612 06509> [a fruitful vine.]
olive branches <08363 02132> [olive plants.]
around <05439> [round about.]
bless .... Zion <01288 06726> [bless thee.]
see <07200> [thou shalt see.]
see <07200> [thou shalt see.]
peace <07965> [peace.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [A.M. 3470. B.C. 534. (Title.) A Song of degrees.]
This Psalm was most probably composed in consequence of the opposition of the Samaritans.
<07227> [Many. or, Much. have they.]
youth <05271> [from.]
Israel <03478> [may.]
defeated <03201> [yet they have.]
plowers plowed <02790> [The plowers.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
cut <07112> [cut asunder.]
humiliated <0954> [be confounded.]
grass <02682> [as the grass.]
one who gathers the grain <06014> [he that bindeth.]
blessing <01293> [The blessing.]
song <07892> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) A Song.]
deep <04615> [Out of.]
Pay attention <0241> [let thine ears.]
keep track <08104> [shouldest mark.]
forgive <05547> [But there.]
be honored <03372> [that thou mayest.]
rely ...... rely <06960> [I wait.]
word <01697> [and in his.]
Lord <0136> [waiteth.]
watchmen ..... morning ..... watchmen ..... morning <08104 01242> [I say more than they that watch for the morning. or, which watch unto the morning.]
Israel <03478> [Let Israel.]
Lord .... Lord <03068> [for with.]
deliver <06299> [he shall redeem.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [(Title.) A Song of degrees.]
Some think that this Psalm was composed by David when accused by Saul and his courtiers that he affected the crown; though others refer it to the time of the captivity; and consider it as containing a fair account of the manner in which the captives behaved themselves.
heart <03820> [my heart.]
<01980> [neither.]
<01980> [exercise. Heb. walk. high for me. Heb. wonderful for me.]
quiet <01826> [quieted.]
<05315> [myself. Heb. my soul.]
young child carried ... its ..... content .... young child ... carry <01580> [as a child.]
Israel <03478> [Let Israel.]
<05704> [from henceforth. Heb. from now.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.) A Song of degrees.]
Some attribute this Psalm to Solomon; and others refer it to the building of the second temple; but it seems more probable that it was sung at the solemn induction of the ark into the tabernacle of Mount Zion, expressing the holy joy and triumph of that event.
remember <02142> [remember.]
strenuous <06031> [all his afflictions.]
swore <07650> [he sware.]
powerful ruler <046> [the mighty.]
enter <0935> [I will not.]
allow ..... sleep <08153 05414> [give sleep.]
find <04672> [I find.]
dwelling place <04908> [an habitation. Heb. habitations.]
powerful ruler <046> [for the mighty.]
Ephrathah <0672> [at Ephratah.]
found <04672> [we found.]
go <0935> [will go.]
worship <07812> [worship.]
Ascend <06965> [Arise.]
ark <0727> [the ark.]
priests <03548> [thy priests.]
loyal followers <02623> [let thy saints.]
shout <07442> [shout.]
servant <05650> [thy servant.]
reject <07725> [turn not.]
made .... promise <07650> [sworn.]
descendants <06529> [Of the fruit.]
descendants <0990> [body. Heb. belly.]
sons ............ sons <01121> [If thy children.]
sons ............ sons <01121> [their children.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
decided <0183> [he hath desired.]
resting place <04496> [my rest.]
live <03427> [here will.]
chosen <0183> [for I have.]
supply ........ her <01288> [abundantly. or, surely. bless her provision.]
need <07646> [I will satisfy.]
protect <03847> [clothe.]
godly people <02623> [her saints.]
make <06779> [will I make.]
determined <06186> [I have ordained.]
dynasty <05216> [lamp. or, candle.]
enemies <0341> [His enemies.]
crown <05145> [but upon.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [(Title.) A Song of degrees.]
This Psalm was probably composed when David was made king over all Israel.
good <02896> [how good.]
together <03162> [together. Heb. even together.]
fine <02896> [It is like.]
flows down ........ flows down <03381> [that ran down.]
dew ... Hermon <02919 02768> [As the dew of Hermon.]
Mr. Maundrell says, "We were sufficiently instructed by experience what the holy Psalmist means by 'the dew of Hermon,' our tents being as wet with it as if it had rained all night." Some suppose that Zion here means a part of Mount Hermon (De 4:48); but it is not written Sion here, but Zion, which is at Jerusalem.
Lord <03068> [for there the Lord.]
life <02416> [even life.]
song ... ascents <07892 04609> [A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.) A Song of degrees.]
Praise ... Lord ....... Lord ...... Lord's <01288 03068> [bless ye.]
night <03915> [which by night.]
Lift <05375> [Lift up.]
sanctuary <06944> [in the sanctuary. or, in holiness.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
bless .... Zion <01288 06726> [bless thee.]
[A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. (Title.)]
Bp. Patrick supposes this to be the morning hymn which the precentor called upon the Levites to sing at the opening of the gates of the temple, as the foregoing was sung at the shutting in the evening; but it is more probable that it was composed by Solomon, to be sung at the dedication of the temple.
Praise ... Lord Praise ........ praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord.]
Praise .... Praise ... name ...... praise <01984 08034> [Praise ye the name.]
servants <05650> [O ye servants.]
serve <05975> [that stand.]
courts <02691> [the courts.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
pleasant <05273> [for it is.]
Lord <03050> [the Lord.]
special possession <05459> [his peculiar.]
know <03045> [I know.]
<03068> [Whatsoever.]
seas <03220> [in the seas.]
clouds <05387> [He causeth.]
lightning <06213 01300> [he maketh lightnings.]
Dr. Russel informs us that seldom a night passes at Aleppo without much lightning in the north-west, but not attended with thunder; and when it appears in the west or south-western points, it is a sure sign of the approaching rain, which is often followed with thunder. See the note on Job 38:26.
brings .... out <03318> [he bringeth]
struck <05221> [smote.]
men ... animals <0120 0929> [both of man and beast. Heb. from man unto beast.]
performed awesome <0226 07971> [sent tokens.]
Pharaoh <06547> [upon Pharaoh.]
defeated <05221> [smote.]
Sihon <05511> [Sihon.]
kingdoms <04467> [and all the.]
gave ... land <05414 0776> [gave their.]
name <08034> [Thy name.]
lasts <01755> [throughout all generations. Heb. to generations and generations.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
compassion <05162> [he will repent.]
idols <06091> [idols.]
eyes .... see <05869 07200> [eyes have they.]
make <06213> [They that.]
Zion <06726> [out of Zion.]
dwells <07931> [which dwelleth.]
[(Title.)]
This Psalm is little else than a repetition of the preceding, with the addition of the burden, "for his mercy endureth for ever," at the end of each verse; and it was doubtless composed on the same occasion. It seems evidently to have been a responsive song; the first part of the verse being probably sung by the Levites, and the burden by the people.
Give thanks <03034> [Give thanks.]
loyal love <02617> [for his mercy.]
God ... gods <0430> [the God.]
Lord ... lords <0113> [the Lord.]
performs <06213> [who alone.]
In the contrivance of the celestial bodies--in their specific gravities, relations, connections, influences on each other, revolutions, etc.; and in the wonderful adaptation of the atmosphere for the purposes of refracting the light, forming rain, dew, snow, etc., are exhibited the most astonishing displays of the Divine wisdom.
sun <08121> [The sun.]
rule <04475> [to rule. Heb. for the rulings.]
moon ... stars <03394 03556> [The moon and stars.]
The sun is the monarch of day, the state of light; the moon of the night, the state of darkness. The rays of the sun falling on the atmosphere, are refracted and diffused over the whole of the hemisphere of the earth immediately under his orb; while those rays of that vast luminary which, because of the earth's smallness in comparison with the sun, are diffused on all sides beyond the earth, falling on the opaque disc of the moon, are reflected back on the lower hemisphere, or the part of the earth opposite the sun. But the reflected light being 50,000 times less in intensity than that of the sun, there is a sufficient distinction between day and night, though each is ruled and determined by one of these two great lights.
led <03318> [brought out.]
through <05674> [pass through.]
tossed <05287> [But overthrew. Heb. But shaked off.]
loyal love <02617> [for his mercy.]
remembered <02142> [remembered.]
down <08216> [in our low estate.]
gives food <05414 03899> [who giveth food.]
God ... heaven <08064 0410> [the God of heaven.]
[A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.)]
The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity.
rivers <05104> [the rivers.]
[there sat.]
weep <01058> [we wept.]
hang <08518> [we hanged.]
Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it "the brook or river of willows."
captors <07617> [For there.]
<01697> [a song. Heb. the words of a song. wasted us. Heb. laid us on heaps.]
songs ................ song ... Zion <06726 07892> [the songs of Zion.]
sing <07891> [How shall.]
foreign land <0127 05236> [strange land. Heb. land of a stranger.]
forget .......... crippled <07911> [I forget.]
right hand <03225> [let my right.]
tongue <03956> [let my tongue.]
give <05927> [if I prefer.]
priority ........ joy <08057 07218> [my chief joy. Heb. the head of my joy.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
Edomites <01121> [the children.]
[Rase it. Heb. make bare.]
daughter <01323> [daughter.]
devastated <07703> [who art.]
devastated <07703> [destroyed. Heb. wasted. happy.]
[rewardeth. etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst unto us.]
smashes <05310> [and dasheth.]
rock <05553> [the stones. Heb. the rock.]
David <01732> [A.M. 3485. B.C. 519. (Title.) A Psalm of David.]
Five MSS. omit {ledawid;} and the LXX. and Arabic prefix also the names of Haggai and Zechariah; and it is probable that it was composed to be sung at the dedication of the second temple.
give you thanks <03034> [I will praise.]
heart <03820> [with my whole.]
The versions and several MSS. add Jehovah.
heavenly assembly <0430> [before.]
heavenly assembly <0430> [the gods. Or, God. Elohim.]
holy <06944> [toward.]
give thanks <03034> [and praise.]
exalted <01431> [for thou hast.]
When <03117> [In the day.]
made ... bold <07292> [strengthenedst.]
kings <04428> [All the kings.]
hear <08085> [when they hear.]
sing <07891> [they shall.]
deeds ....... magnificent <01419> [for great.]
Lord <03068> [Though.]
recognizes ... proud <01364> [but the proud.]
from far away <04801> [afar off.]
<03212> [Though I walk.]
revive <02421> [thou wilt.]
oppose <07971> [thou shalt stretch.]
right <03225> [and thy right.]
avenges <01584> [perfect.]
loyal love <02617> [thy mercy.]
abandon <07503> [forsake.]
psalm <04210> [A.M. 2956. B.C. 1048. (Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by David when made king of Israel; though some think it was written by him when accused of traitorous designs against Saul. It is a most sublime ode on the wisdom, knowledge, presence, and justice of God: the sentiments are grand, the style highly elevated, and the images various, beautiful, and impressive.
examine <02713> [thou hast.]
know <03045> [knowest.]
understand <0995> [understandest.]
far <07350> [afar off.]
carefully observe <02219> [compassest. or, winnowest.]
travel <0734> [my path.]
aware <05532> [and art acquainted.]
word <04405> [there is not.]
aware <03045> [thou knowest.]
squeeze ..... behind .... front <06696 0268> [beset me.]
place <07896> [and laid.]
knowledge <01847> [knowledge.]
ascend <05266> [I ascend.]
Sheol <07585> [in hell.]
fly <05375> [If I take.]
Light has been proved, by many experiments, to travel at the astonishing rate of 194,188 miles in one second of time; and comes from the sun to the earth, a distance of 95,513,794 miles in 8 minutes and nearly 12 seconds! But, could I even fly upon the wings or rays of the morning light, which diffuses itself with such velocity over the globe from east to west, instead of being beyond Thy reach, or by this sudden transition be able to escape Thy notice, Thy arm could still at pleasure prevent or arrest my progress, and I should still be encircled with the immensity of Thy essence. The sentiment in this noble passage is remarkably striking and the description truly sublime.
wings <03671> [the wings.]
settle <07931> [dwell.]
darkness <02822> [Surely.]
night <03915> [even the night.]
darkness .................. darkness <02822 02825> [the darkness.]
dark ........ night <02821 03915> [hideth not. Heb. darkeneth not. the darkness, etc. Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light.]
made <07069> [For thou.]
wove ...... mother's <05526 0517> [covered me.]
<03372> [for I am fearfully.]
amazing <06381> [marvellous.]
thoroughly <03966> [right well. Heb. greatly.]
hidden <06108> [substance. or, strength, or body. when I.]
depths <08482> [in the lowest.]
scroll <05612> [in thy book.]
recorded <03789> [all my members. Heb. all of them. which in continuance were fashioned. or, what days they should be fashioned.]
fathom <03365> [precious.]
vast <06105> [how great.]
grains <07235> [they are more.]
counting <06974> [when I awake.]
kill <06991> [Surely.]
Get away ..... violent <05493 01818> [depart from.]
rebel <0559> [for they speak.]
enemies <06145> [thine.]
hate .... hate <08130> [Do not I.]
despise <06962> [and am not.]
absolutely hate <08130 08503> [hate them.]
Examine <02713 0410> [Search me.]
probe ....... know <03045> [know.]
See <07200> [And see.]
tendency ........... path <01870 06090> [wicked way. Heb. way of pain, or grief.]
lead <05148> [and lead.]
path <01870> [the way.]
rescue <02502> [A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. Deliver.]
men ..... violent men <0120 0376 02555> [violent man. Heb. man of violences.]
plan <02803> [imagine.]
day <03117> [continually.]
<08150> [sharpened.]
serpent <05175> [like a serpent.]
viper's <05919> [adders.]
Lord shelter <08104 03068> [Keep me.]
Protect <05341> [preserve.]
knock ... over <01760> [overthrow.]
Proud <01343> [The proud.]
say .... Lord ....... Lord <0559 03068> [I said unto.]
pay attention <0238> [hear.]
strong <05797> [the strength.]
shield <05526> [thou hast covered.]
Lord .... let <05414 03068> [Grant not.]
succeed ..... Selah <07311 05542> [lest they exalt themselves. or, let them not be exalted.]
harm done <05999> [let the mischief.]
coals <01513> [burning coals.]
throw <05307> [let them.]
bottomless pits <04113> [into deep.]
Let not, etc. or, Let not an evil speaker a wicked man of violence be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow.
slanderer .............. man <0376> [an evil speaker. Heb. a man of tongue.]
slanderer ........ calamity ....... man <0376 07451> [evil.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
godly <06662> [Surely.]
upright <03477> [the upright.]
quickly <02363> [A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058. make haste.]
prayer <08605> [Let my prayer.]
David, who was now driven from Judea, and far from the sanctuary, here prays that the devotion of his heart, and the elevation of his hands, might be accepted; that the one might ascend to heaven fragrant and well pleasing as the cloud of incense, and the other, in conjunction with it, be prevalent as the {minchah,} or evening oblation.
accept <03559> [set forth. Heb. directed.]
incense <07004> [as incense.]
uplifted <04864> [the lifting.]
evening <06153> [the evening.]
guard <07896 08108> [Set a watch.]
participate <05186 03820> [Incline not.]
let me ...... participate <05953> [to practise.]
eat <03898> [and let me.]
godly <06662> [the righteous.]
strike <01986> [smite, etc. or, smite me kindly and reprove me; let not their precious oil break my head, etc. for yet my.]
judges <08199> [When their judges.]
listen <08085> [they shall hear.]
pleasant <05276> [for they.]
bones <06106> [bones.]
looking <05869> [mine eyes.]
expose .... danger <06168 05315> [leave not my soul destitute. Heb. make not my soul bare.]
<03027> [from the snares.]
wicked <07563> [the wicked.]
<05674> [escape. Heb. pass over.]
well-written song ... David <04905 01732> [A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Maschil of David. or, A]
Psalm of David giving instruction.
prayer <08605> [A Prayer.]
David was twice in great peril in caves: on one occasion, in the cave of Adullam, when he fled from Achish king of Gath; and on another, in the cave of Engedi, where he had taken refuge from the pursuit of Saul. It is not certain to which of these events this Psalm refers; though probably to the former.
cave <04631> [when he was.]
cry out ...... plead <06963> [with my voice.]
pour out <08210> [poured out.]
tell <05046> [I shewed.]
strength <07307> [my spirit.]
watch <03045> [then thou.]
path <0734> [In the way.]
Look <05027> [I looked, etc. or, Look on the right hand and see. but there was.]
run <04498> [refuge.]
nowhere ....... concerned about <06 01875> [failed me. no man cared for my soul. Heb. perished from me; no man sought after my soul.]
shelter <04268> [Thou art.]
security <02506> [my portion.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
trouble <01809> [for I am.]
stronger <0553> [for they.]
I <05315> [my soul.]
godly <06662> [the righteous.]
vindicate <01580> [thou shalt.]
psalm <04210> [(Title.) A Psalm.]
The LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Arabic state that this Psalm was composed by David on the rebellion of his son Absalom; and there are several passages in it which agree remarkably well with that period; for then he had most reason to fear lest God should deal with him according to his sins; which he deprecates with such a deep sense of his unworthiness, that it has hence been numbered among the penitential Psalms, of which it is the last. In it he prays to God for pardon, ver. 1; acknowledges the impossibility of being saved but by grace, ver. 2; deplores the lamentable effects of sin, ver. 3, 4; comforts himself with a retrospect of God's mercies of old, ver. 5; and prays, in a variety of expressions, for remission of sin, sanctification, and redemption, ver. 6-12.
faithfulness <0530> [thy faithfulness.]
sit ... judgment <0935 04941> [enter not.]
before <06440> [in thy sight.]
enemies <0341> [the enemy.]
smash <01792> [smitten.]
live <03427> [made me.]
me <07307> [is my spirit.]
shocked <03820> [my heart.]
recall <02142> [remember.]
spread <06566> [stretch forth.]
soul <05315> [my soul.]
Answer ... quickly <06030 04118> [Hear me.]
strength <07307> [my spirit.]
reject <05641 06440> [hide not.]
join <04911> [lest I be like, etc. or, for I am become like, etc. unto them.]
hear <08085> [to hear.]
hear .............. Show <08085 03045> [cause me.]
long for you <05375> [for I lift.]
protection <03680> [flee unto thee. Heb. hide me with thee.]
Teach <03925> [Teach.]
<0430> [for thou art.]
presence <07307> [thy spirit.]
land <0776> [the land.]
revive <02421> [Quicken.]
justice <06666> [for thy righteousness.]
<03318> [bring.]
loyal love <02617> [of thy mercy.]
servant <05650> [for I am thy.]
David <01732> [(Title.) A Psalm of David.]
Calmet and others think that this Psalm was composed by David after the death of Absalom; and from a collation of it with Ps 18, in which the same ideas and form of expression occur, there can be no doubt of both having proceeded from the same pen, and that David was the author.
protector <06697> [my strength. Heb. my rock.]
trains <03925> [teacheth.]
battle <07128> [to war. or, to the war, etc.]
loves <02617> [My goodness. or, mercy. my fortress.]
submit <07286> [who subdueth.]
human <0120> [what is man.]
mankind <01121> [or the son.]
People <0120> [Man.]
days <03117> [his days.]
sink <05186> [Bow.]
Touch <05060> [touch.]
Hurl <01299> [Cast forth.]
Shoot <07971> [shoot out.]
Reach <07971> [Send.]
from .............. power <03027> [hand. Heb. hands. deliver me.]
from .............. power <03027> [the hand.]
<06310> [mouth.]
<03225> [their right hand.]
sing ... new <02319 07891> [sing a new.]
instrument <05035> [upon.]
<05414> [that giveth.]
delivers <08668> [salvation. or, victory.]
<06475> [who delivereth.]
rescue ..... power <05337 03027> [and deliver me.]
plants <05195> [as plants.]
corner pillars <02106> [as corner stones.]
carved <02404> [polished. Heb. cut. the similitude.]
storehouses <04200> [our garners.]
all kinds <02177> [all manner of store. Heb. from kind to kind. our sheep.]
weighted down <05445> [strong to labour. Heb. able to bear burdens, or loaden with flesh. no breaking in.]
[yea, happy.]
David <01732> [A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. (Title.) David's.]
This incomparable song of praise, which is the last of the acrostic or alphabetical Psalms, each verse beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet, is supposed to have been composed by David towards the close of his life.
praise <08416> [Psalm of praise.]
I ... extol <07311 0430> [extol thee.]
<0430> [my God.]
praise <01288> [I will bless.]
day <03117> [Every day.]
great <01419> [Great.]
fathom ... greatness <01420 02714> [and his greatness is unsearchable. Heb. and of his greatness there is no search.]
One generation <01755> [generation.]
focus on <07878> [will speak.]
deeds <01697> [works. Heb. things, or, words.]
proclaim <0559> [And men.]
declare ... great deeds <01420 05608> [I will declare thy greatness. Heb. thy greatness I will declare it.]
kindness <05042> [abundantly.]
sing <07442> [sing.]
Lord ... merciful <02587 03068> [Lord is gracious.]
great loyal love <02617 01419> [of great mercy. Heb. great in mercy.]
good <02896> [good.]
he has made <04639> [All thy.]
loyal followers <02623> [and thy saints.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
so that .... acknowledge <03045> [make known.]
kingdom ..... kingdom <04438> [kingdom.]
kingdom .... eternal kingdom <04438 05769> [everlasting kingdom. Heb. kingdom of all ages.]
supports <05564> [upholdeth.]
lifts <02210> [raiseth up.]
looks <05869> [The eyes.]
anticipation .... provide <07663 05414> [wait upon thee. or, look unto thee.]
open <06605> [openest.]
just <06662> [righteous.]
exhibits love <02623> [holy. or, merciful, or bountiful.]
near .... cry ....... cry <07138 07121> [nigh unto.]
cry ....... cry ..... sincerely <07121 0571> [call upon.]
<06213> [fulfil.]
hears <08085> [he also will.]
protects <08104> [preserveth.]
wicked <07563> [all the wicked.]
mouth <06310> [My mouth.]
live <01320> [let all flesh.]
Praise ... Lord Praise ... Lord <01984 03050 03068> [A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Praise .... Praise ... Lord <01984 03068> [Praise the Lord.]
live <02416> [While I live.]
trust <0982> [Put.]
deliver <08668> [help. or, salvation.]
life's breath <07307> [His breath.]
return <07725> [he returneth.]
plans <06250> [his thoughts.]
blessed <0835> [Happy.]
God <0410> [the God.]
hope <07664> [whose.]
made heaven <08064 06213> [made heaven.]
sea <03220> [the sea.]
who remains ... faithful <0571 08104> [keepeth truth.]
<06213> [executeth.]
gives food <05414 03899> [which giveth food.]
releases <05425> [looseth.]
sight <06491> [openeth.]
lifts <02210> [raiseth.]
loves <0157> [loveth.]
protects <08104> [preserveth.]
<01870> [the way.]
rules <04427> [reign.]
God <0430> [thy God.]
good <02896> [for it is good.]
praise <08416> [and praise.]
rebuilds <01129> [build.]
gathers <03664> [he.]
heals <07495> [healeth.]
wounds <06094> [wounds. Heb. griefs.]
great .... awesome <01419 07227> [Great.]
limit .... wisdom <08394 04557> [his understanding is infinite. Heb. of his understanding there is no number.]
lifts up <05749> [lifteth up.]
knocks <08213> [he casteth.]
covers <03680> [covereth.]
provides <03559> [prepareth.]
enamored <02654> [delighteth.]
impressed <07521> [he taketh.]
delight <07521> [taketh.]
faithful followers <03373> [fear.]
Extol ...... Praise ... God <07623 01984 0430> [praise thy God.]
strong He blesses <02388 01288> [he hath.]
He blesses <01288> [blessed.]
brings peace <07760 07965> [He maketh peace, etc. Heb. Who maketh thy border peace.]
provides <07646> [filleth.]
best grain <02406 02459> [finest of the wheat. Heb. fat of wheat.]
sends <07971> [sendeth.]
order <01697> [his word.]
sends <05414> [giveth.]
spreads <06340> [scattereth.]
throws <07993> [casteth.]
withstand <05975> [who can stand.]
proclaims <05046> [sheweth.]
word <01697> [word. Heb. words.]
statutes <02706> [his statutes.]
done ...... nation <06213 01471> [not dealt so.]
[Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
angels <04397> [all his angels.]
heavenly assembly <06635> [all his hosts.]
sun <08121> [sun.]
highest heaven ....... sky <08064> [heavens.]
waters <04325> [waters.]
command <06680> [for he.]
established <05975> [He hath also.]
earth <0776> [from the earth.]
creatures <08577> [ye dragons.]
fire <0784> [Fire.]
stormy <05591> [stormy.]
mountains <02022> [Mountains.]
animals <02416> [Beasts.]
birds <06833 03671> [flying fowl. Heb. birds of wing.]
kings <04428> [Kings.]
young men <0970> [young men.]
name ....... name <08034> [for his name.]
exalted <07682> [excellent. Heb. exalted.]
majesty <01935> [glory.]
victorious <07311> [exalteth.]
praise <08416> [the praise.]
people ............... people <05971> [a people.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Sing <07891> [Sing.]
assembly <06951> [in the congregation.]
Let ... rejoice <08055> [rejoice.]
people <01121> [let the.]
dancing <04234> [in the dance. or, with the pipe.]
tambourine <08596> [with the timbrel.]
delight <07521> [taketh pleasure.]
exalts <06286> [beautify.]
godly <02623> [the saints.]
shout for joy <07442> [sing.]
praise <07319> [the high.]
<01627> [mouth. Heb. throat.]
two-edged <06374> [and a two-edged.]
execute <06213> [to execute.]
vindicated <01926> [this honour.]
Praise ... Lord Praise ...... Praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
sanctuary <06944> [in his sanctuary.]
sky <07549> [in the firmament.]
mighty <01369> [for his mighty.]
surpassing <07230> [according.]
blast <08629> [with the sound.]
horn <07782> [trumpet. or, cornet. the psaltery.]
tambourine <08596> [with the timbrel.]
dancing <04234> [dance. or, pipe.]
stringed <04482> [stringed.]
flute <05748> [organs.]
loud cymbals ...... cymbals <06767 08088> [the loud cymbals.]
breath <05397> [Let every thing.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF PSALMS. The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nations find in these compositions a language at once suitable to their feelings, and expressive of their highest joys and deepest sorrows, as well as of all the endlessly varied wishes and desires of their hearts. Whether the pious believer is disposed to indulge the exalted sentiments of praise and thanksgiving towards the ALMIGHTY FATHER of his being; to pour out his soul in penitence or prayer; to bewail, with tears of contrition, past offences; to magnify the goodness and mercy of GOD; to dwell with ecstacy on the divine attributes of wisdom and omnipotence; or to rejoice in the coming of the MESSIAH, the Psalms afford him the most perfect models for expressing all his feelings.
