Psalms 115:1--117:2
[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.]
