Psalms 87:1--88:18
psalm <04210> [A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.) A Psalm.]
It is highly probable that this Psalm was written by one of the descendants of Korah on the return from the Bablonian captivity. It seems to have been written in praise of Jerusalem; and, typically, of the Christian church.
[for. or, of.]
Lord's city <03248> [His.]
holy <06944> [the holy.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
wonderful <03513> [Glorious.]
Rahab <07294> [Rahab.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
Tyre <06865> [Tyre.]
Ethiopia <03568> [Ethiopia.]
born <03205> [this man.]
Zion's <06726> [of Zion.]
sovereign One <05945> [highest.]
writes in <03789> [when.]
born <03205> [this man.]
singers <07891> [As well.]
<04599> [all my.]
Korahites <01121> [A.M. cir. 2473. B.C. cir. 1531. (Title.) for. or, of.]
Mahalath.
well-written song <04905> [Maschil, etc. or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction.]
Supposed to have been written by Heman, son of Zerah, and grandson of Judah, on the oppression of the Hebrews in Egypt.
Heman <01968> [Heman.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
cry out <06817> [I have.]
life <05315> [soul.]
<02416> [life.]
treat <02803> [counted.]
man <01397> [as a man.]
adrift <02670> [Free.]
remember <02142> [whom.]
cut off <01504> [cut.]
power <03027> [from thy hand. or, by thy hand.]
lowest regions <08482> [lowest.]
dark places <04285> [darkness.]
depths <04688> [deeps.]
anger <02534> [Thy wrath.]
waves <04867> [with.]
cause <07368> [put.]
make <07896> [made.]
trapped <03607> [I am shut.]
eyes <05869> [Mine]
call out <07121> [called.]
spread out <07849> [stretched.]
Do ... accomplish <06213> [Wilt thou.]
The interrogations in these verses imply the strongest negations.
departed spirits <07496> [shall.]
place of the dead <011> [in destruction.]
dark <02822> [dark.]
land <0776> [in the land]
morning <01242> [and in.]
confronts <06923> [prevent thee.]
"Come before thee;" see on Ps 21:3.
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
reject <05641> [hidest.]
oppressed <06041> [afflicted.]
subjected <05375> [while.]
anger <02740> [fierce.]
destroy <06789> [cut me.]
surround ............ encircle <05437 05362> [They.]
day <03117> [daily. or, all the day.]
friends <0157> [Lover.]
know <03045> [mine acquaintance.]
A figurative expression to denote that he now never saw them.
