Psalms 18:32-42
gives <0247> [girdeth.]
The girdle was a necessary part of the eastern dress: It strengthened and supported the loins; served to confine the garments close to the body; and to tuck them in when journeying. The strength of God was to his soul what the girdle was to his body.
removes <05414> [maketh.]
gives ... the agility <07737> [maketh.]
terrain <01116> [high.]
trains <03925> [teacheth.]
bow <07198> [so that.]
shield <04043> [shield.]
right hand <03225> [right.]
willingness <06037> [gentleness. or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me.]
widen <07337> [enlarged.]
feet <07166> [feet. Heb. ancles.]
give <0247> [girded.]
kneel <03766> [subdued. Heb. caused to bow.]
[necks.]
<06965> [that.]
grind <07833> [beat.]
beat ... underfoot <07324> [cast.]
Psalms 144:1
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.]
Numbers 24:18-19
Jacob <03290> [Of Jacob.]
destroy <06> [shall destroy.]
Joshua 1:9
repeat <06680> [Have.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
afraid <06206> [be not.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
Joshua 14:12
Anakites <06062> [the Anakims.]
assuming <0194> [if so be.]
conquer <03423> [I shall.]
Joshua 14:2
drawing lots <01486> [lot.]
Though God had sufficiently pointed out by the predictions of Jacob and Moses what portions he designed for each tribe, yet we readily discern an admirable proof of His wisdom, in the orders he gave to decide them by lot. By this means the false interpretations which might have been given to the words of Jacob and Moses were prevented; and by striking at the root of whatever might occasion jealousies and disputes among the tribes, he evidently secured the honesty of those appointed to distribute the conquered lands of Canaan. Besides, the success of this method gave a fresh proof of the divinity of the Jewish religion, and the truth of its oracles. Each tribe finding itself placed by lot exactly in the spot where Jacob and Moses foretold, it was evident that Providence had equally directed both the predictions and that lot; and it would be the greatest folly and presumption not to acknowledge the inspiration of God in the words of Jacob and Moses; the direction of his hand in the lot, and his providence in the event.
Joshua 10:12
sun <08121> [Sun.]
Joshua doubtless acted, on this occasion, by an immediate impulse upon his mind from the Spirit of God. The terms here employed to record the miracle, agree with the accustomed manner in which the the motions of the earth and sun are described in our own day. The sun apparently moves, but really is stationary; while the diurnal movement of the earth on its axis is by us unnoticed, and would not have been known except by astronomical science. The sun appeared to the Israelites over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Ajalon, and there they stayed in their course for "a whole day." Many vain enquiries have been made concerning the way in which this miracle was wrought, and many difficulties and objections have been urged against understanding it literally. But the fact is authenticated by the Divine testimony; and the manner in which it was accomplished lies entirely out of our province, because beyond our comprehension.
still <01826> [stand thou. Heb. be silent.]
Aijalon <0357> [Ajalon.]
[Aijalon.]
Joshua 10:1
[Adoni-zedec.]
did <06213> [as he had.]
people <03427> [how the.]
Joshua 19:13
Gath Hepher <01662> [Gittah-hepher.]
Placed by Jerome two miles from Sephoris, or Dioc‘sarea, towards Tiberias.
[Gath-hepher. methoar. or, which is drawn.]
