Psalms 118:1--136:26
[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.]
