Psalms 43:1--72:20
[A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)]
This Psalm is evidently a continuation of the preceding, and had the same author; and they are written as one in forty-six MSS. The sameness of subject, similarity of composition, and return of the same burden in both, are sufficient evidence of this opinion.
Vindicate <08199> [Judge.]
Fight for me <07378> [plead.]
ungodly <03808> [ungodly. or, unmerciful. the deceitful. Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity.]
God <0430> [the God.]
reject <02186> [why dost.]
walk <01980> [why go.]
Reveal <07971> [send.]
lead <05148> [lead.]
holy <06944> [thy holy.]
place where you live <04908> [tabernacles.]
go <0935> [Then.]
ecstatic joy <08057 01524> [my exceeding joy. Heb. the gladness of my joy.]
harp <03658> [upon.]
God ................... God ... God <0430> [O God.]
depressed <07817> [cast down]
saving intervention <03444> [health.]
{Yesh“th,} "salvations." or deliverances see Ps 44:4.
Korahites <01121> [A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. (Title.) for the sons.]
clearly heard <08085> [have heard.]
days .... times <03117> [in the times.]
occupy <03423> [drive out.]
<07489> [how thou didst afflict, etc.]
Or, rather, "how thou didst afflict the peoples (of Canaan,) and madest them (the Hebrews) to shoot forth;" for {shalach} is to send forth in any manner, and is applied to a vine spreading its roots, etc. Ps 89:9; Eze 17:6; Jer 17:8; and this sense is parallel with plantedst in the former line.
conquer <03423> [For.]
power <03225> [thy right.]
favor <0216> [light.]
partial <07521> [because.]
king <04428> [my king.]
Decree <06680> [command.]
drive back <05055> [Through thee.]
drive back <05055> [push.]
trample down <0947> [tread.]
deliver <03467> [But.]
humiliate <0954> [put them.]
God <0430> [In God.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
<07725> [Thou.]
whatever <08154> [spoil.]
handed <05414> [given.]
sheep .... eaten <03978 06629> [like sheep appointed for meat. Heb. as sheep of meat.]
scattered <02219> [scattered.]
sold <04376> [sellest.]
pittance <01952> [for nought. Heb. without riches. increase.]
made <07760> [makest.]
taunt <03933> [scorn.]
object of ridicule <04912> [by-word.]
contempt <04493> [shaking.]
humiliated <03639> [confusion.]
overwhelmed <03680> [covered.]
<06963> [For the.]
enemy <0341> [enemy.]
happened <0935> [All this.]
rejected <07911> [yet.]
violated <08266> [dealt.]
unfaithful <03820> [heart.]
disobeyed your commands <0838> [have.]
disobeyed your commands <0838> [steps. or, goings.]
battered <01794> [Though.]
ruins <04725> [in the.]
darkness <06757> [with the.]
rejected <07911> [If we.]
spread out <06566> [stretched.]
God <0430> [Shall.]
knows <03045> [knoweth.]
killed <02026> [Yea.]
killed <02026> [killed.]
Rouse <05782> [Awake.]
reject <02186> [cast.]
ignore <05641> [Wherefore.]
ignore <07911> [forgettest.]
help <05833> [for our help. Heb. a help for us. redeem.]
music director <05329> [(Title.) To the chief.]
Or, rather, "To the chief musician upon the hexachords, a didactic ode for the sons of Korah, and a song of loves." {Shoshannim} most probably denotes hexachords, or six-stringed instruments, from {shesh,} "six:" hence the Persian {shasta,} a six-stringed lute. This Psalm is supposed by some to be an epithalamium, or nuptial song, on the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter; but with what propriety could Solomon be described as fairer than the children of men, a mighty warrior, a victorious conqueror, and a prince whose throne is for ever and ever? A greater than Solomon is here; and the person described is no other than the Messiah, as is acknowledged by many Jewish writers. The Targum on ver. 3 says, "Thy beauty, {malka meshecha,} O King Messiah, is greater than the children of men;" and the Apostle expressly quotes it as such Heb 1:8, 9. It was probably written by David after Nathan's prophetic address 1 Ch 17:27.
Lilies <07799> [Shoshannim.]
well-written poem <04905> [Maschil. or, of instruction. A song.]
stirred <07370> [is inditing. Heb. boileth, or, bubbleth up.]
beautiful <02896> [a good.]
king <04428> [touching.]
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
handsome <03302> [fairer.]
impressive <02580> [grace.]
God <0430> [God.]
Strap <02296> [Gird.]
warrior <01368> [O most.]
majestic <01935> [glory.]
Ride <07392> [ride, etc. Heb. prosper thou, ride thou.]
victorious <06743> [prosperously.]
<01697> [because.]
right on behalf <06037> [meekness.]
right hand <03225> [right.]
arrows <02671> [Thine.]
sharp <08150> [sharp.]
Nations <05971> [people.]
throne <03678> [throne.]
God <0430> [O God.]
scepter ....... scepter <07626> [the sceptre.]
love <0157> [Thou.]
hate <08130> [hatest.]
God ... God <0430> [God. or, O God. thy God.]
anointed <04886> [hath.]
oil <08081> [oil.]
companions <02270> [above.]
garments <0899> [All.]
cassia <07102> [cassia.]
palaces <08127> [ivory.]
stringed <04482> [whereby.]
Princesses <04428> [Kings.]
right hand <03225> [upon.]
guests <07694> [queen.]
gold <03800> [gold.]
Listen <08085> [Hearken.]
Forget <07911> [forget.]
king <04428> [So shall.]
master <0113> [Lord.]
Submit <07812> [worship.]
Tyre <01323> [And the.]
gift <04503> [with.]
Rich <06223> [rich.]
favor <06440> [favour. Heb. face.]
princess <04428> [king's.]
magnificent <03520> [all glorious.]
clothed <03830> [clothing.]
escorted to <02986> [She.]
embroidered robes <07553> [raiment.]
maidens of honor <01330> [virgins.]
joy <08057> [With.]
enter <0935> [they shall.]
ancestors <01> [Instead.]
sons <01121> [children.]
princes <08269> [princes.]
greatness <08034> [I will.]
nations <05971> [therefore.]
Korahites <01121> [A.M. 3108. B.C. 896. (Title.) for. or, of. the sons.]
song <07892> [A song.]
alamoth <05961> [Alamoth.]
refuge <04268> [refuge.]
truly <03966> [a very.]
fear <03372> [will.]
earth ..... mountains <0776 02022> [though.]
mountains <02022> [mountains.]
tumble ....... sea <03220 03820> [midst of the sea. Heb. heart of the seas.]
waves <04325> [the waters.]
mountains <02022> [mountains.]
river's <05104> [a river.]
city <05892> [city.]
holy <06918> [holy.]
sovereign <05945> [most.]
God ... within ....... God <0430 07130> [God is.]
moved <04131> [she.]
at ... break <06437> [and that, etc. Heb. when the mourning appeareth.]
Nations <01471> [heathen.]
kingdoms <04467> [kingdoms.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
protector <04869> [our refuge. Heb. an high place for us.]
<03212> [Come.]
devastation <08047> [desolations.]
wars <04421> [maketh.]
shatters <07665> [breaketh.]
burns <08313> [burneth.]
striving <07503> [Be still.]
recognize <03045> [know.]
exalted ........ exalted <07311> [I will be.]
God <0430> [the God.]
psalm <04210> [(Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by Solomon on the removal of the ark into the temple, 2 Ch ch. 7.
Korahites <01121> [for. or, of.]
clap <08628> [clap.]
Shout <07321> [shout.]
awe-inspiring <03372> [is terrible.]
great <01419> [a great.]
subdued <01696> [subdue.]
feet <07272> [our feet.]
picked <0977> [choose.]
pride <01347> [excellency.]
loves <0157> [whom.]
God <0430> [God.]
amid <08643> [with a shout.]
blaring <06963> [sound.]
God <0430> [to God.]
king <04428> [our King.]
king <04428> [King.]
Sing <02167> [sing.]
well-written <07919> [with understanding. or, every one that hath understanding.]
reigns <04427> [reigneth.]
throne <03678> [throne.]
nobles <05081> [The princes, etc. or, The voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of, etc.]
God ..... God <0430> [the God.]
rulers <04043> [shields.]
highly <03966> [he is.]
song <07892> [A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. (Title.) Song.]
This Psalm is supposed to have been sung at the dedication of the second temple; though some think it was composed on the victory obtained by Jehoshaphat.
Korahites <01121> [for. or, of.]
great <01419> [Great.]
worthy <03966> [greatly.]
city <05892> [city.]
hill <02022> [mountain.]
lofty <03303> [Beautiful.]
source of joy <04885> [joy.]
peaks <03411> [on the sides.]
city <07151> [the city.]
terrified <0926> [were.]
shake uncontrollably <07461> [Fear.]
writhing <02427> [pain.]
shatter <07665> [breakest.]
ships <0591> [ships.]
east <06921> [east.]
heard <08085> [As we.]
city .......... city <03068 05892> [city of the Lord.]
God God <0430> [God.]
reflect <01819> [thought.]
loyal love <02617> [loving-kindness.]
within <07130> [in the.]
reputation <08034> [According.]
execute <03225> [thy right.]
towns <01323> [daughters.]
judgment <04941> [because.]
around <05437> [Walk.]
Count <05608> [tell.]
Consider <07896 03820> [Mark ye well. Heb. Set your heart to. consider. or, raise up.]
tell <05608> [that ye.]
God ... God <0430> [this God.]
<05090> [guide.]
psalm <04210> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm was probably written by one of the descendants of the sons of Korah, during the Babylonian captivity.
Korahites <01121> [for. or, of.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
inhabitants <03427> [inhabitants.]
saying <06310> [mouth.]
thoughts <01900> [meditation.]
learn <05186> [incline.]
song that imparts wisdom <04912> [parable.]
insightful song <02420> [dark.]
afraid <03372> [Wherefore.]
times <03117> [days.]
sinful <05771> [iniquity.]
threaten <06120> [heels.]
trust <0982> [trust.]
boast <01984> [boast.]
pay <05414> [give.]
live <02421> [That he.]
experience <07200> [see.]
wise people <02450> [wise.]
fools <03684> [fool.]
leave <05800> [leave.]
grave <07130> [Their inward, etc.]
Or, "Their grave is their house for ever, their dwelling place through all generations, though their names are celebrated over countries."
eternal <01755> [all generations. Heb. generation and generation. they call.]
wealth <03366> [in honour.]
last <03885> [abideth.]
The word {yalin,} rendered abideth, signifies to lodge for a night. Man's continuance in the world, or in honour or distinction, resembles a traveller's lodging at an inn, whence he removes in the morning; and is frequently far more transient and evanescent.
animals <0929> [beasts.]
fools <03689> [folly.]
approve .... philosophy <07521 06310> [approve their sayings. Heb. delight in their mouth.]
sheep <06629> [Like.]
<08371> [they.]
death <04194> [death.]
godly <03477> [upright.]
dawns <01242> [morning.]
impressive houses <06697 02073> [their.]
<06697> [beauty. or, strength. in the grave, etc. or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them.]
God <0430> [God.]
power <03027> [power. Heb. hand. the grave. or, hell.]
pull <03947> [shall.]
afraid <03372> [Be not.]
wealth <03519> [glory.]
take <03947> [he shall.]
wealth <03519> [his.]
alive <02416> [while he lived. Heb. in his life. blessed.]
praise <03034> [praise.]
join <0935> [He. Heb. The soul.]
ancestors <01755> [to the generation.]
never <03808> [never.]
people <0120> [Man.]
understand <0995> [understandeth.]
like <04911> [is like.]
Asaph <0623> [(Title.) of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
El <0410> [mighty.]
Lord <03068> [even.]
speaks <01696> [hath spoken.]
summons <07121> [called.]
Zion <06726> [Out.]
most <04359> [perfection.]
God <0430> [God.]
God <0430> [Our.]
silent <02790> [keep.]
fire <0784> [a fire.]
rages <03966> [it shall.]
summons <07121> [call.]
judge <01777> [judge.]
Assemble <0622> [Gather.]
covenant people <02623> [my saints.]
ratified <03772> [made.]
heavens <08064> [heavens.]
God <0430> [God.]
Selah <05542> [Selah.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
people <05971> [O my.]
accusing <05749> [testify.]
God ... God <0430> [I am.]
wild animal <02416> [every.]
cattle <0929> [cattle.]
I ... track <03045> [know.]
insects <02123> [wild.]
mine <05978> [mine. Heb. with me.]
world <08398> [world.]
contains <04393> [fulness.]
Present <02076> [Offer.]
Repay <07999> [pay.]
Pray <07121> [call.]
deliver <02502> [deliver.]
honor <03513> [glorify.]
evildoer <07563> [wicked.]
declare <05608> [What.]
<05375> [thou shouldest.]
hate <08130> [hatest.]
reject <07993> [castest.]
join <07521> [consentedst.]
associate <02506> [hast been partaker. Heb. thy portion was.]
associate <02506> [partaker.]
damage <07971> [givest. Heb. sendest.]
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
plot against <01696> [speakest.]
slander <01848> [slanderest.]
brother <0517> [thine own.]
silent <02790> [I kept.]
thought <01819> [thoughtest.]
But now ... will ..... state <01961 03198> [that I was altogether such an one as thyself.]
Or, as Bishop Horsley renders, "that I AM [{Eheyeh}] is such an one as thyself."
state <03198> [will.]
case <06186> [set.]
consider <0995> [consider.]
reject <07911> [forget.]
shreds <02963> [I tear.]
rescue <05337> [none.]
thank-offering <02076> [Whoso.]
obeys <07760> [to him.]
obeys ... commands <01870 07760> [ordereth his conversation. Heb. disposeth his way.]
power to deliver <03468> [salvation.]
Nathan <05416> [A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.) when.]
confronted ..... affair <0935> [after.]
God <0430> [O God.]
great <07230> [multitude.]
compassion <07356> [tender.]
wipe away <04229> [blot.]
Wash <03526> [Wash.]
Cleanse <02891> [cleanse.]
aware <03045> [For I.]
sin <02403> [my sin.]
sinned <02398> [Against.]
evil <07451> [evil.]
right <06663> [that thou.]
confront ...... when ... condemn <01696 08199> [when.]
birth <02342> [shapen.]
conceived <03179> [conceive. Heb. warm.]
desire <02654> [Behold.]
inner man <02910> [inward.]
<05640> [in the hidden.]
Sprinkle <02398> [Purge.]
pure ........ whiter <02891 03835> [and.]
whiter <03835> [whiter.]
Grant <08085> [Make.]
bones <06106> [bones.]
Hide <05641> [Hide.]
Wipe <04229> [blot.]
Create <01254> [Create.]
pure <02889> [clean.]
Renew <02318> [renew.]
resolute <03559> [right. or, constant.]
reject <07993> [Cast.]
take <03947> [take.]
Holy <06944> [holy.]
again <07725> [Restore.]
joy <08342> [joy.]
obey <05564> [uphold.]
desire <05081> [free.]
teach <03925> [Then.]
ways <01870> [ways.]
turn <07725> [converted.]
Rescue <05337> [Deliver.]
murder <01818> [bloodguiltiness. Heb. bloods.]
God ... God <0430> [thou God.]
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
deliverance <06666> [righteousness.]
Lord <0136> [O Lord.]
Then <06605> [open.]
mouth <06310> [mouth.]
want <02654> [desirest.]
would <05414> [else would I. or, that I should. delightest.]
sacrifices <02077> [sacrifices.]
humble spirit ..... humble <07307 07665> [a broken spirit.]
reject <0959> [thou.]
do what <03190> [Do.]
favor <07522> [thy.]
Fortify <01129> [build.]
accept <02654> [pleased.]
sacrifices <02077> [sacrifices.]
Doeg <01673> [A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) Doeg.]
informed <05046> [told.]
boast <01984> [boastest.]
evil <07451> [mischief.]
powerful man <01368> [O mighty.]
loyal love <02617> [goodness.]
tongue <03956> [Thy.]
sharp <03913> [like.]
deceiver <06213> [working.]
love <0157> [lovest.]
lies <08267> [lying.]
destroy <01105> [devouring.]
[O thou. or, and the.]
God <0410> [God.]
permanent heap ... ruins <05422 05331> [destroy thee. Heb. beat thee down. pluck.]
uproot <08327> [root.]
land <0776> [the land.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
be <03372> [and fear.]
evildoer <07832> [laugh.]
man <01397> [Lo.]
make <07760> [made.]
trusted <0982> [trusted.]
confident <05810> [strengthened.]
destroy <01942> [wickedness. or, substance.]
flourishing <07488> [like.]
trust <0982> [I trust.]
thank <03034> [praise.]
rely <06960> [wait.]
good <02896> [for it is.]
machalath <04257> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) Mahalath.]
Fools <05036> [fool.]
say <0559> [said.]
<07843> [Corrupt.]
commit <08581> [have done.]
God ........... does what <0430 06213> [there is.]
looks <08259> [looked.]
wise <07919> [any that.]
seeks <01875> [seek.]
rejects <05472> [Every.]
corrupt <0444> [filthy.]
does <06213> [none.]
behave .................... call <06466 07121> [Have.]
Here 70 MSS., several editions, and the ancient versions add {kol,} "all," as in Ps 14.
devour ........ eating <0398> [who eat.]
terrified .......... fear <06343> [There.]
absolutely terrified .......... fear <06342 06343> [were they in great fear. Heb. they feared a fear.]
annihilates <06340> [scattered.]
humiliate <0954> [thou hast.]
God .............. God <0430> [because.]
<05414> [Oh, etc. Heb. Who will give salvations, etc.]
Zion <06726> [out.]
God <0430> [God.]
Instead of {elohim,} "God," more than 20 MSS., with the LXX., Syriac, and Chaldee, read {yehowah,} "Jehovah," as in Ps 14:7.
<07725> [bringeth.]
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
Ziphites <02130> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) Ziphims.]
[by the name.]
Vindicate <01777> [judge.]
foreigners <02114> [strangers.]
ruthless <06184> [oppressors.]
respect <07760> [they have.]
May ......... repaid <07725> [reward.]
those who wait ... ambush me ......... demonstration <08324> [mine enemies. Heb. those that observe me.]
destroy <06789> [cut.]
freewill offering <05071> [freely.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
good <02896> [for it.]
rescues ... from <05337> [For he.]
triumph <05869> [and mine.]
accompanied by stringed instruments <05058> [A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Neginoth.]
Listen <0238> [Give.]
ignore <05956> [hide.]
upset <07300> [I mourn.]
pressure <06125> [oppression.]
hurl <04131> [for they.]
heart <03820> [My.]
horrors <0367> [terrors.]
Fear <03374> [Fearfulness.]
terror <06427> [horror.]
overwhelms <03680> [overwhelmed. Heb. covered.]
place ....... strong wind <05584 07307> [the windy storm.]
From the sweeping wind and tempest,--Absalom and his rebellious party.
Frustrate <06385> [divide.]
That is, "Distract their counsels; and let their devices be confounded;"--and the prayer was heard; See the Parallel Passages.
see <07200> [I have.]
Day <03119> [Day.]
wickedness <0205> [mischief.]
Disaster <01942> [Wickedness.]
violence <08496> [deceit.]
enemy <0341> [For.]
arrogantly <01431> [magnify.]
bear .................. hide <05375 05641> [then I.]
man like me <06187 0582> [a man mine equal. Heb. a man according to my rank. my guide.]
confided <03045> [mine acquaintance.]
personal thoughts <04985 05475 03162> [We took sweet counsel together. Heb. Who sweetened counsel. walked.]
<04194> [Let death, etc.]
Or, rather, "Death shall seize on them; they shall descend quickly into the grave;" which is a prediction of the sudden destruction which befell the ringleaders of this unnatural rebellion.
go down <03381> [them.]
Sheol <07585> [hell. or, the grave.]
evening <06153> [Evening.]
moan <01993> [cry.]
rescue <06299> [He hath.]
greatly <07227> [there.]
hear <08085> [hear.]
reigned <03427> [even.]
change <02487> [Because, etc. or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they fear not God. no changes.]
attacks <07971> [put.]
friends <07965> [at peace.]
breaks <02490> [broken. Heb. profaned.]
<06310> [The words.]
animosity <07128> [war.]
Throw <07993> [Cast.]
burden <03053> [burden. or, gift. suffer.]
God <0430> [O God.]
Pit <0875> [pit.]
Violent ... deceitful people ...... half .... lifespan <01818 04820 0582 02673 03117> [bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days.]
Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days.
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) upon {Jonath-elem- rechokim.}]
Or, as it may be rendered, "concerning the dumb dove, (or oppressed band) in distant places," i.e., David, or his companions; though some consider it as the name of a tune, and others a musical instrument.
prayer <04387> [Michtam. or, a golden Psalm.]
Philistines <06430> [when.]
mercy <02603> [Be.]
attacking <07602> [swallow.]
defeat <08324> [enemies. Heb. observers.]
many <07227> [many.]
Exalted <04791> [most.]
God ... boast ...... God <0430 01984> [In God I will.]
God ........ God ... trust <0430 0982> [in God I have.]
habit <06087> [they.]
plotting <04284> [all.]
stalk <01481> [gather.]
lurk <06845> [hide.]
watch <08104> [mark.]
escape <06405> [escape.]
anger <0639> [in thine.]
keep <05608> [tellest.]
Put <07760> [put.]
scroll <05612> [are they.]
when <03117> [When.]
enemies <0341> [then.]
God <0430> [for.]
afraid <03372> [I will not.]
vows <05088> [Thy.]
I ..... fulfill <07999> [I will.]
deliver <05337> [For.]
feet <07272> [wilt.]
serve <01980> [walk.]
life <0216> [the light.]
[A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) {Al-tas-chith.} or, destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
This Psalm is supposed to have been called {al tashcheth,} or "destroy not," because David thus addressed one of his followers when about to kill Saul in the cave; and {michtam,} or "golden," because written, or worthy to be written, in gold.
fled <01272> [when.]
mercy ....... mercy ...................... passes <02603 05674> [be.]
shelter <05315> [soul.]
shadow <06738> [shadow.]
trouble <01942> [until.]
sovereign God <0430 05945> [God most.]
vindicates <01584> [that.]
send ................. send <07971> [send.]
enemies ... hurl insults <02778 07602> [from the reproach of him. or, he reproacheth him, etc. swallow.]
send ................. send <07971> [send.]
among ...... devour <08432 03857> [among.]
devour <03857> [set.]
teeth <08127> [whose.]
tongues <03956> [tongue.]
Rise <07311> [Be thou.]
sky .......... earth <08064 0776> [above.]
splendor <03519> [thy glory.]
net <07568> [a net.]
discouraged <05315> [my soul.]
<03820> [my.]
determined ...... determined <03559> [fixed. or, prepared. I will.]
Awake .... Awake ......... wake up <05782> [Awake.]
soul <03519> [my glory.]
Awake .... Awake ......... wake up ... dawn <05782 07837> [I myself will awake early.]
Literally,"I will awaken the morning," or dawn; a highly poetical expression, which Milton and others have borrowed:-- Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn.
loyal love <02617> [For.]
faithfulness <0571> [truth.]
[(Title.) {Al-taschith.} or, Destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
really ....... judge <0552 08199> [Do.]
rulers <0482> [O congregation.]
people <01121> [O ye.]
plan <03820> [in heart.]
deal <06424> [weigh.]
turn aside <02114> [estranged, etc.]
born <0990> [as soon, etc. Heb. from the belly.]
venom <02534> [poison.]
like ........ deaf <01823 02795> [like. Heb. according to the likeness of. serpent.]
deaf <02795> [the deaf.]
[adder or asp.]
{Pethen,} is no doubt the {boeten} of the Arabians, which M. Forskal describes as spotted with black and white, about one foot in length, nearly half an inch thick, oviparous, and its bite almost instant death. It is the aspic of the ancients, and is so called the literati of Cyprus, though the common people call it [kouphe,] deaf.
respond <08085> [Which.]
That serpents might be charmed or rendered harmless was well known to the ancients. Virgil, and many others state the fact:--{Frigidus in pratis cantando, rumpitur anguis.} "In the meadows the cold snake is burst by incantation."
skilled snake-charmer <02266 02449> [charming never so wisely. or, be the charmer never so cunning.]
break ... teeth <02040 08127> [Break their.]
lions <03715> [young.]
[a snail.--]
{Shabbelool,} in Chaldee {tivlala,} the snail, is probably so called from the Arabic {balla,} to wet, moisten, because of the glutinous slime emitted from its body, by which it appears to waste itself away in its own motion; and in the same manner the wicked prove their own destruction.
moves <01980> [pass.]
stillborn <05309> [untimely.]
kindling <0329> [thorns.]
sweep it away <08175> [as.]
raw <02416> [both living, etc. Heb. as living as wrath.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
bathe <07364> [wash.]
rewarded <06529> [Verily there is.]
godly ... rewarded <06529 06662> [a reward for. Heb. fruit of the, etc.]
is <03426> [verily he.]
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) {Al-tas-chith.} or, destroy not. A golden Psalm.]
prayer <04387> [Michtam.]
The seven poems of the celebrated Arabian poets who flourished before the time of Mohammed, called {MoÆ’llakat,} from being suspended on the walls of the temple of Mecca, were also called {Modhabat,} "golden," because they were written in letters of gold on the papyrus; and probably this is another reason why the six poems of David were called golden.
Saul <07586> [when.]
Deliver <05337> [Deliver.]
Protect ...... attack <07682 06965> [defend me. Heb. set me on high.]
Rescue <03467> [save.]
ambush <0693> [they.]
powerful men <05794> [the mighty.]
rebelled <06588> [not.]
<07323> [run.]
action <05782> [awake.]
help ... Take notice <07125 07200> [help me. Heb. meet me.]
God ...... God <0430> [the God.]
punish <06485> [visit.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
mercy <02603> [be not.]
hurl insults <05042> [belch.]
me <02719> [swords.]
hears <08085> [who.]
Lord ........... nations <03068 01471> [Thou.]
nations <01471> [heathen.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Instead of {–zzo,} "his strength," fourteen MSS., read {–zzee,} "my strength." "O my strength, I will wait upon thee."
God <0430> [God.]
refuge <04869> [defence. Heb. high place.]
God ........ God <0430> [The God.]
me .... me .... enable <06923> [prevent.]
<07200> [let.]
triumph <08324> [enemies. Heb. observers.]
strike <02026> [Slay.]
homeless vagabonds <05128> [scatter.]
bring ... down <03381> [bring.]
shields <04043> [our shield.]
sinful <02403> [For the.]
trapped <03920> [taken.]
curses <0423> [cursing.]
wipe .... Wipe ........ them <03615> [Consume.]
know <03045> [and let.]
evening <06153> [at evening.]
wander <05128> [wander.]
eat <0398> [for meat. Heb. to eat.]
refuse to sleep <03885> [grudge, etc. or, if they be not satisfied, then they will stay all night. if.]
sing <07891> [But.]
praise <07442> [sing aloud.]
morning <01242> [morning.]
refuge <04869> [for thou.]
when <03117> [day.]
strength <05797> [O my.]
God ...... God <0430> [for.]
[A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. (Title.) {Shu-shan-eduth.}]
Probably a hexachord harp, or lute; for {ƒiduth} appears to be the same as the Arabic {“od,} a harp or lute; concerning {shushan,} see on Ps 45; 80, titles.
prayer <04387> [Michtam. or, a golden Psalm.]
fought <05327> [when he strove.]
Valley <01516> [valley.]
God <0430> [O God.]
turned on <06555> [scattered. Heb. broken.]
turned back ........................... restore <07725> [O turn.]
earth <0776> [made.]
split <06480> [broken.]
Repair <07495> [heal.]
experience <07200> [shewed.]
drink <08248> [to drink.]
rallying flag <05251> [a banner.]
<06440> [because.]
ones you love <03039> [That.]
safe <03467> [save.]
God <0430> [God.]
triumph <05937> [rejoice.]
parcel <02505> [divide.]
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
[Sichem.]
Valley <06010> [valley.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
helmet <04581> [strength.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
Edom <0123> [over.]
shout in triumph <07321> [triumph. or, triumph thou over me (by an irony).]
lead me into ....... bring me <02986 05148> [Who.]
fortified city <05892 04692> [strong city. Heb. city of strength.]
God ... God <0430> [Wilt.]
rejected <02186> [hadst.]
go ... battle <03318> [didst.]
Give <03051> [Give.]
futile <07723> [vain.]
help ....... help <05833 08668> [help. Heb. salvation.]
conquer <06213> [we shall.]
trample down <0947> [tread.]
[(Title.) {Neginah.}]
Instead of {neginath,} many MSS., have {neginoth;} and two MSS., supply {mizmor,} "a Psalm." Some suppose this Psalm was composed when David was driven by Absalom's rebellion beyond Jordan, and from the sanctuary of God.
hear <08085> [Hear.]
most remote <07097> [From.]
despair <03820> [my heart.]
rocky <06697> [the rock.]
shelter <04268> [thou.]
strong <05797> [strong.]
guest <01481> [abide.]
find shelter <02620> [trust. or, make my refuge.]
hear <08085> [hast heard.]
reward <03425> [heritage.]
king long life <04428 03117 03254> [wilt prolong the king's life. Heb. shalt add days to the days of the king.]
several generations <01755> [many generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
<03427> [abide.]
<04487> [prepare.]
praises <02167> [sing.]
day ... day <03117> [that I.]
Jeduthun <03038> [(Title.) Jeduthun.]
me <05315> [Truly. or, Only.]
me <05315> [my soul.]
patiently wait <01747> [waiteth. Heb. is silent.]
delivers <03444> [from.]
protector <06697> [He only.]
refuge <04869> [defence. Heb. high place.]
<07227> [I shall.]
threaten <02050> [How.]
threaten <02050> [imagine.]
murderers <07523> [ye shall.]
leaning <05186> [bowing.]
<03289> [consult.]
use <07521> [delight.]
blessings <01288> [bless.]
inwardly <07130> [inwardly. Heb. in their inward parts.]
soul <05315> [soul.]
Patiently wait <01826> [wait.]
soul .......... confidence <05315 08615> [my.]
protector <06697> [rock.]
upended <04131> [I shall.]
God ....... God <0430> [In God.]
exalts <03519> [glory.]
protector <06697> [rock.]
Trust <0982> [Trust.]
Pour <08210> [pour.]
God <0430> [God.]
human beings <0120> [Surely.]
unreliable <03577> [of high.]
weighed <05927> [laid.]
together <03162> [altogether. or, alike. lighter.]
trust <0982> [Trust.]
wealth <02428> [riches.]
become attached <07896> [set.]
declared <01696> [spoken.]
strong <05797> [power. or, strength.]
loyal love <02617> [mercy.]
repay <07999> [renderest.]
wilderness <04057> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. (Title.) when.]
God <0410> [thou.]
long <07836> [early.]
soul <05315> [soul.]
flesh <01320> [flesh.]
dry ... parched land ..... no water <05889 0776 01097 04325 06723> [dry and thirsty land, where no water is. Heb. weary land without water.]
have seen .... witnessed <07200> [To see.]
sanctuary <06944> [in the.]
loyal love <02617> [Because.]
lips <08193> [lips.]
praise <01288> [Thus.]
lift <05375> [I will lift.]
soul <05315> [my soul.]
choice meat <02459> [marrow. Heb. fatness. with joyful.]
deliverer <05833> [Because.]
<06738> [therefore.]
soul <05315> [My soul, etc.]
"My soul cleaveth {davekah} after Thee;" which not only shews the diligence of the pursuit, and the nearness of the attainment, but the fast hold he had of the mercy of God.
pursues <01692> [followeth.]
right hand <03225> [thy.]
seek <01245> [seek.]
descend <0935> [go.]
Each <05064> [They shall fall, etc. Heb. They shall make him run out, like water, by the hands of the sword.]
corpses <04521> [a portion.]
king ................. mouths <04428 06310> [But, etc.]
David shall come to the kingdom according to the promise of God.
king <04428> [the king.]
oaths <07650> [sweareth.]
mouths <06310> [the mouth.]
Listen <08085> [A.M. 2943. B.C. 1061. Hear.]
Protect <05341> [preserve.]
Hide <05641> [Hide.]
plots <05475> [secret.]
crowd <07285> [insurrection.]
sharpen <08150> [whet.]
aim <01869> [bend.]
shoot ......... shoot <03384> [shoot.]
<08535> [the perfect.]
suddenly <06597> [suddenly.]
encourage <02388> [encourage.]
carry <01697> [matter. or, speech. commune.]
hide snares <02934 04170> [of laying snares. Heb. to hide snares.]
see <07200> [Who.]
devise ..... disguise .... plot <02664 02665> [search.]
<08552> [they accomplish, etc. or, we are consumed by that which they have thoroughly searched. a diligent search. Heb. a search searched. both.]
God <0430> [God.]
suddenly <06597> [suddenly.]
wounded <04347> [shall they be wounded. Heb. their wound shall be.]
slander <03956> [tongue.]
see <07200> [all that.]
fear <03372> [fear.]
reflect <07919> [they.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
upright <03477> [upright.]
Praise <08416> [Praise.]
awaits <01747> [waiteth. Heb. is silent.]
Zion <06726> [in Sion.]
Vows <05088> [unto.]
hear <08085> [thou.]
you <01320> [unto thee.]
record <01697> [Iniquities. Heb. Words, or Matters, of Iniquities. prevail.]
rebellion <06588> [transgressions.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
choose <0977> [choosest.]
allow <07126> [causest.]
satisfied <07646> [we shall be.]
awesome <03372> [terrible.]
deliverance <06664> [righteousness.]
God <0430> [O God.]
trust <04009> [the confidence.]
ends <07099> [all.]
across the wide <07350> [afar.]
power <03581> [Which.]
demonstrated <0247> [girded.]
calm <07623> [Which.]
raging ..... roaring <07588> [noise.]
commotion <01995> [tumult.]
<07099> [in the.]
awestruck <03372> [afraid.]
Thunder and lightning, storms and tempests, eclipses and meteors, tornadoes and earthquakes, are proofs to all that there is a Supreme Being, who is wonderful and terrible in His acts.
living <04161> [outgoings.]
east <01242> [the morning.]
The rising and setting sun, the morning and evening twilight, the invariable succession of day and night, are all ordained by Thee, and contribute to the happiness and continuance of man and beast.
praise <07442> [rejoice. or, sing.]
visit <06485> [visitest.]
rain ....... fertile <07783 07227> [and waterest it. or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain.]
fertile <07227> [greatly.]
streams <06388> [the river.]
provide ....... prepare <03559> [thou preparest.]
soak ... plowed ground <01417 05181> [settlest the furrows thereof. or, causest rain to descend into the furrows thereof. makest it soft. Heb. dissolvest it. blessest.]
crown <05849> [crownest.]
good <02896> [with thy. Heb. of thy. thy paths.]
abundance <01880> [fatness.]
glisten <07491> [drop.]
joy <01524> [rejoice. Heb. are girded with joy.]
meadows <03733> [pastures.]
shout <07321> [they shout.]
Shout <07321> [A.M. 3469. B.C. 535. Make.]
earth <0776> [all ye lands. Heb. all the earth.]
awesome <03372> [How terrible.]
great <07230> [through.]
cower <03584> [submit themselves. or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie.]
<03212> [Come.]
awesome <03372> [terrible.]
turned <02015> [He turned.]
passed <05674> [they.]
rejoice <08055> [there.]
rules <04910> [ruleth.]
watches <05869> [his eyes.]
rebels <05637> [let.]
Praise <01288> [O bless.]
Loudly <06963> [make.]
preserves <07760> [holdeth. Heb. putteth.]
allow <05414> [suffereth.]
tested .... purified .... refined <0974 06884> [hast proved us.]
purified .... refined <06884> [tried.]
led <0935> [broughtest.]
suffer <04975> [upon.]
men <0582> [caused.]
fire ... water <0784 04325> [through.]
brought ... out <03318> [but thou.]
wide <07310> [wealthy. Heb. moist.]
enter ... temple <0935 01004> [go into.]
I will fulfill <07999> [pay.]
uttered <06475> [uttered. Heb. opened.]
mouth <06310> [mouth.]
trouble <06862> [when.]
fattened <04220> [fatlings. Heb. marrow. with the.]
offer <05927 06213> [I will offer.]
<03212> [Come.]
declare <05608> [and I will.]
cried out <07121> [I cried.]
<07311> [he was.]
<07200> [If I regard.]
<05058> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) Neginoth.]
God <0430> [God.]
bless <01288 06440> [bless us.]
<06440> [cause.]
Selah <05542> [upon us. Heb. with us.]
living ......... like <01870> [That.]
living ......... like <01870> [thy way.]
deliver <03444> [saving.]
foreigners ............... people <03816> [O let.]
execute <08199> [for thou.]
govern <05148> [govern. Heb. lead.]
earth <0776> [Then.]
God ... God <0430> [our own.]
God <0430> [God.]
ends <0657> [all the.]
Then .............. deserves <03372> [fear.]
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
This magnificent and truly sublime ode is supposed, with much probability, to have been composed by David, and sung at the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim.
God .... action <06965 0430> [God arise.]
scatter <06327> [be scattered.]
adversaries .... him <08130> [that hate.]
<06440> [before him. Heb. from his face.]
smoke <06227> [As smoke.]
wax <01749> [as wax.]
[in the presence.]
godly <06662> [But.]
rejoice ...... overcome <05970 07797> [rejoice.]
overcome ... joy <07797 08057> [exceedingly rejoice. Heb. rejoice with gladness.]
Sing ... God <07891 0430> [Sing unto God.]
rides <07392> [rideth.]
name ............... name <08034> [his name.]
Lord <03050> [JAH.]
[Yƒhh,] JAH, is an abbrevivation of [Yeh“vƒh,] JEHOVAH and signifies self-existence:--He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all.
father <01> [A father.]
advocate <01781> [a judge.]
holy <06944> [in his.]
God <0430> [God.]
homes <01004> [families. Heb. a house. he bringeth.]
rebels <05637> [the rebellious.]
God <0430> [O God.]
march <06805> [thou didst.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
heavens <08064> [the heavens.]
Sinai <05514> [Sinai.]
God ..... God ... God <0430> [the God.]
fall ........... sustain <05130 03559> [didst.]
fall <05130> [send. Heb. shake out. confirm thine inheritance. Heb. confirm it.]
live <02416> [Thy congregation.]
God <0430> [thou.]
Lord <0136> [Lord.]
good news <06635> [company. Heb. army.]
Kings <04428> [Kings.]
leading ... run away ... run away ... lovely lady <05074> [did flee apace. Heb. did flee, did flee. she.]
lie <07901> [Though.]
That is, probably, "Though ye have laboured and lain down between the brick-kilns in Egypt--a poor, enslaved, and oppressed people, yet ye shall gradually rise to dignity, prosperity, and splendour; as a dove, which has been defiled with dirt, disordered, and dejected, by washing herself in a running stream, and trimming her plumage, gradually recovers the serenity of her disposition, the purity of colour, and the richness and varied elegance of her appearance."
lie <07901> [ye have.]
wings <03671> [the wings.]
sovereign judge <07706> [When.]
snow <07949> [in it, it was. or, for her, she was.]
snow <07949> [as snow.]
<0430> [of God.]
Bashan ......... Bashan <01316> [of Bashan.]
look with envy <07520> [Why.]
mountains ....... mountain <02022> [the hill.]
chariots <07393> [chariots.]
thousands <0505> [thousands. or, many thousands. as in Sinai.]
ascend <05927> [ascended.]
captives <07628> [led.]
receive <03947> [received.]
men <0120> [for men. Heb. in the man.]
rebels <05637> [rebellious.]
Lord <03050> [that.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
Day ... day <03117> [daily.]
God .... God <0410> [our God.]
Lord <03069> [unto.]
rescue <08444> [issues.]
God <0430> [God.]
hairy <08181> [the hairy.]
persist <01980> [of such.]
Bashan <01316> [Bashan.]
depths <04688> [the depths.]
feet <07272> [That.]
stomp <04272> [dipped. Heb. red.]
<03956> [the tongue.]
processions ..... processions <01979> [even.]
musicians ... playing ... stringed instruments <05059> [the players.]
midst <08432> [among.]
praise <01288> [Bless.]
assemblies <04726> [from the fountain. or, ye that are of the fountain.]
little <06810> [little.]
princes .......... princes ...... princes <08269> [princes.]
robes <07277> [and their council. or, with their company.]
decreed <06680> [commanded.]
demonstrate ... power <05810> [strengthen.]
temple <01964> [Because.]
Kings <04428> [shall.]
cry against <01605> [Rebuke.]
wild beast .... reeds <07070 02416> [company of spearmen. or, beasts of the reeds.]
assemble <05712> [multitude.]
humble themselves <07511> [every.]
nations ....................... scatters ... nations <0967 05971> [scatter thou. or, he scattereth.]
like <02654> [delight.]
They <02831> [Princes.]
Ethiopia <03568> [Ethiopia.]
voluntarily offers <07323> [stretch.]
kingdoms <04467> [ye kingdoms.]
rides <07392> [rideth.]
ancient times <06924> [of old.]
thunders loudly <05414> [send out. Heb. give. his voice.]
Acknowledge <05414> [Ascribe.]
sovereignty <01346> [his excellency.]
power ........ power <05797> [and his strength.]
This refers to the phenomena of thunder and lightning; for all nations have observed the electric fluid is an irresistible agent,--destroying life, tearing towers and castles to pieces, rending the strongest oaks, and cleaving the most solid rocks; and the most enlightened nations have justly considered it as an especial manifestation of the power and sovereignty of God.
skies <07834> [clouds. or, heavens.]
awe-inspiring <03372> [terrible.]
gives <05414> [he that giveth.]
praise <01288> [Blessed.]
Lilies <07799> [(Title.) Shoshannim.]
David <01732> [A Psalm.]
It is uncertain when this Psalm was composed; though it is probable that it was written by David during the rebellion of Absalom. It is an exceedingly fine composition; it evidently refers to the advent, passion, and resurrection of our Lord, to the vocation of the Gentiles, and the reprobation of Jews: See the Marginal References.
water <04325> [the waters.]
sink <02883> [I sink.]
[deep mire. Heb. the mire of depth. deep waters. Heb. depth of waters.]
current <07641> [the floods.]
exhausted <03021> [I am.]
throat <01627> [my throat.]
eyes <05869> [mine.]
looking <03176> [I wait.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
numerous .... hairs <07231 08185> [more than.]
enemies <0341> [being.]
repay <07725> [then I.]
guilt <0819> [and my sins. Heb. and my guiltiness.]
hidden <03582> [hid.]
rely ................. seek <06960 01245> [Let not.]
Lord ............... God ... Israel <03069 03478 0430> [O God of Israel.]
suffer <05375> [Because.]
disgraced <03639> [shame.]
stranger <02114> [become.]
foreigner <05237> [and an alien.]
zeal <07068> [zeal.]
insults <02781> [and the.]
I <05414> [I made.]
ridicule <04912> [I became.]
sit <03427> [They.]
songs <05058> [I was.]
drunkards <08354> [drunkards. Heb. drinkers of strong drink.]
prayer <08605> [my prayer.]
favorably <07522> [in an.]
great ........ faithful <07230 0571> [in the.]
Rescue .......... Deliver <05337> [Deliver.]
Rescue ......... sink Deliver <02883 05337> [let me.]
mud ............... deep <02916 04615> [out of.]
current <04325> [waterflood.]
pit <0875> [pit.]
loyal love <02617> [for thy.]
turn <06437> [turn.]
great <07230> [according.]
ignore <05641> [hide.]
trouble <06887> [for I am.]
Answer ... right away <06030 04118> [hear me speedily. Heb. make haste to hear me.]
near <07126> [Draw.]
redeem <01350> [redeem.]
enemies <0341> [because.]
insulted <02781> [my reproach.]
disgraced <03639> [dishonour.]
enemies <06887> [mine.]
insults <02781> [Reproach.]
make ... lose <05136> [I am.]
look for <06960> [I looked.]
sympathy <05110> [take pity. Heb. to lament with me. but there.]
comforters <05162> [comforters.]
poison .... food <01267 07219> [gall for my meat.]
Bochart, from a comparison of this passage with Joh 19:29, thinks that {rosh} is the same herb as the evangelist calls [ ,] hyssop; a species of which, growing in Judea, he proves from Isaac ben Orman, an Arabian writer, to be so bitter as not to be eatable. Theophylact expressly tells us, that the hyssop was added [ ,] as being deleterious, or poisonous: and Nonnus, in his paraphrase, says, [ ] "One gave the deadly acid mixed with hyssop."
vinegar <02558> [vinegar.]
table <07979> [Let their table, etc.]
Or, rather, "Their table shall become a snare; their eyes shall be darkened," etc., in the future tense.
snare <04170> [a trap.]
eyes <05869> [Their eyes.]
violently <04975> [make their.]
Pour <08210> [Pour.]
overtake <05381> [take.]
camp <02918> [Let their.]
camp <02918> [habitation. Heb. palace.]
uninhabited <03427> [let none dwell. Heb. let there not be a dweller.]
harass <07291> [For.]
discipline ............. punish <05221 02491> [whom.]
spread ... news <05608> [they talk.]
punish <02491> [those, etc. Heb. thy wounded.]
Hold <05414> [Add.]
accountable ..... sins <05771> [iniquity. or, punishment of iniquity.]
<0935> [let them.]
deleted <04229> [blotted.]
listed <03789> [be written.]
oppressed <06041> [I am poor.]
deliver <03444> [let thy.]
sing praises <01984> [I will.]
magnify <01431> [magnify.]
please <03190> [also shall.]
oppressed <06035> [The humble. or, The meek.]
encouraged <03824> [your heart.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
captive people <0615> [his prisoners.]
heavens <08064> [Let.]
swims <07430> [moveth. Heb. creepeth.]
God <0430> [God.]
rebuild <01129> [build.]
descendants <02233> [The seed.]
loyal <0157> [they.]
David <01732> [A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm is almost word for word the same as the five last verses of Psalm 40; and it is written as a part of the succeeding Psalm in about 27 MSS. Both Psalms evidently appear to have been written by David during the rebellion of Absalom, and probably at the crisis when he heard of the sanguinary counsel which Ahithophel had given respecting him; or, as some suppose, when beyond Jordan.
written ..... attention <02142> [to bring.]
God <0430> [O God.]
Lord .... help <05833 03068> [to help me. Heb. to my help.]
life <05315> [my soul.]
Rather,"my life," {naphshee;} for the word has frequently this meaning.
<05472> [be turned.]
driven back <07725> [back.]
Aha Aha <01889> [Aha, aha.]
He„ch! He„ch! a note of extreme contempt; marking insult and triumph at the same time.
oppressed <06041> [I am.]
hurry ............... delay <02363 0309> [make.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
taken shelter <02620> [do I.]
Never <0408> [let me.]
Vindicate <06666> [in thy.]
rescuing <06403> [cause.]
Listen <05186> [incline.]
protector ... refuge <04583 06697> [my strong habitation. Heb. to me for a rock of habitation.]
safe <06680> [thou hast.]
high ridge <05553> [my rock.]
power ....... hand <03027 03709> [out of the.]
confidence <08615> [For thou.]
trusted <04009> [my trust.]
leaned <05564> [By thee.]
pulled <01491> [thou art.]
praise <08416> [my praise.]
[as a wonder.--]
{Kemopaton,} "as a prodigy:" my low estate,--my slaying the lion and bear,--conquering the Philistine,--escaping the fury of Saul,--being raised to the throne of Israel,--enduring such uncommon trials and afflictions,--and experiencing such wonderful deliverances, all mark me out as the subject of "wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong Refuge."
secure <05797> [thou art.]
reject <07993> [Cast.]
old age <02209> [old age.]
This determines the period when this Psalm was composed; for it was in David's old age that the rebellion of Absalom took place.
strength <03581> [when.]
waiting <08104> [and they.]
waiting .... chance <08104 05315> [lay wait for. Heb. watch or observe.]
plot <03289> [take.]
God <0430> [God.]
rescue <05337> [for there.]
God .......... God <0430> [O God.]
hurry <02363> [make.]
humiliated ............. with <0954 05844> [Let them be, etc.]
"They shall be confounded," etc.: these are prophetic denunciations.
with <05844> [covered.]
wait <03176> [But.]
praise <08416> [praise.]
proclaim <06310> [My mouth.]
day <03117> [all the day.]
fathom <03045> [I know.]
come <0935> [I will go.]
proclaim <02142> [I will make.]
justice <06666> [thy righteousness.]
taught <03925> [thou hast.]
<05046> [hitherto.]
when ............. until <05704> [Now.]
when .... old .......... until <02209 05704> [when I am old and grey-headed. Heb. until old age and grey hairs. until I.]
strength <02220> [strength. Heb. arm.]
justice <06666> [Thy righteousness.]
done <06213> [who hast.]
[who is like.]
God is alone,--who can resemble Him? He is that eternal, illimitable, unimpartible, unchangeable, incomprehensible, uncompounded, ineffable Being, whose essence is hidden from all created intelligences, and whose counsels cannot be fathomed by any creature.
experience <07200> [which.]
revive <02421> [quicken.]
up <05927> [shalt bring.]
Raise <07235> [increase.]
comfort <05162> [comfort.]
instrument <03627> [psaltery. Heb. instrument of psaltery.]
faithfulness <0571> [even.]
Holy One <06918> [O thou.]
lips <08193> [My lips.]
praise <05315> [my soul.]
tongue <03956> [My tongue.]
embarrassed ... ashamed <0954 02659> [for they.]
Solomon <08010> [A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. (Title.) A Psalm.]
This Psalm seems to have been composed by David in his last days, when he had set his beloved son on the throne. "Then," says Calmet, "transported with joy and gratitude, he addressed this Psalm to God, in which he prays Him to pour out His blessings on the young king, and upon the people. He then, wrapped up in a divine enthusiasm, ascends to a higher subject; and sings the glory of the Messiah, and the magnificence of his reign."
Solomon <08010> [for. or, of.]
make .... Grant <05414> [Give.]
king .......... king's <04428> [the king's.]
judge <01777> [He shall.]
oppressed <06041> [thy poor.]
mountains <02022> [mountains.]
hills <01389> [little.]
justice <06666> [by righteousness.]
defend <08199> [He shall judge.]
crush <01792> [break.]
oppressor <06231> [the oppressor.]
fear <03372> [They shall.]
<05973> [as long.]
rain <04306> [like.]
days <03117> [In his days.]
flourish <07230> [abundance.]
moon <03394> [so long as the moon endureth. Heb. till there be no moon.]
rule <07287> [He shall.]
ends <0657> [the ends.]
coastlands <06728> [They that.]
enemies <0341> [his enemies.]
lick <03897> [lick.]
kings <04428> [all kings.]
nations <01471> [all nations.]
rescue <05337> [For.]
<05826> [him.]
save <03467> [shall save.]
defend <01350> [he shall.]
value <03365> [precious.]
live <02421> [And he.]
offer <05414> [to him.]
offer <05414> [shall be given. Heb. one shall give. prayer.]
day <03117> [daily.]
abundance <06451> [There.]
tops <07218> [upon.]
fruit <06529> [the fruit.]
<05892> [of the city.]
fame .................... name <08034> [His name.]
endure <05769> [shall endure. Heb. shall be. his name, etc. Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father's name for ever.]
blessings <01288> [men.]
nations <01471> [all nations.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
accomplishes <06213> [who only.]
deserves <01288> [blessed.]
earth <0776> [and let.]
agree ... agree <0543> [Amen.]
prayers <08605> [The prayers.]
This was probably the last Psalm he ever wrote; and with it ends the second book of the Psalter.
