Psalms 89:1--110:7
well-written song <04905> [A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.) Maschil, etc. or,]
A Psalm for Ethan, the Ezrahite, to give instructions. This Psalm is generally supposed to have been written during the Babylonian captivity, when, the family of David being dethroned, and the royal family ruined, the Divine promises had apparently failed.
Ethan <0387> [Ethan.]
sing <07891> [I will.]
<06310> [with.]
faithfulness <0530> [thy faithfulness.]
future generations <01755> [all generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
Loyal love <02617> [Mercy.]
faithfulness <0530> [faithfulness]
made <03772> [made.]
chosen one <0972> [my chosen.]
promise on oath <07650> [sworn.]
heavens <08064> [heavens.]
assembly <06951> [in the congregation.]
skies <07834> [For who.]
heavenly beings <01121> [the sons.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
strong <02626> [a strong.]
faithfulness <0530> [like.]
crushed ............. scattered <01792 06340> [Thou hast.]
Proud One <07294> [Rahab. or, Egypt. scattered.]
strong arm <02220 05797> [thy strong arm. Heb. the arm of thy strength.]
north <06828> [north.]
Tabor <08396> [Tabor.]
Hermon <02768> [Hermon.]
rejoice <07442> [rejoice.]
arm ... powerful <02220 01369> [a mighty arm. Heb. an arm with might.]
Equity <06664> [Justice.]
foundation <04349> [habitation. or, establishment.]
Loyal love <02617> [mercy.]
worship <03045> [know.]
favor <0216> [in the light.]
name <08034> [name.]
justice <06666> [righteousness.]
splendor <08597> [For thou.]
victorious <07161> [our horn.]
shield ..... Lord <03068 04043> [the Lord is, etc. or, our Shield is of the Lord, and our]
King is of the Holy One of Israel.
Holy One <06918> [Holy.]
king <04428> [king.]
spoke <01696> [Then.]
faithful followers <02623> [to thy holy.]
energized <07737> [I have laid.]
raised up <07311> [exalted.]
hand <03027> [With.]
arm <02220> [mine.]
enemy <0341> [enemy.]
<01121> [son.]
crush <03807> [I will.]
strike <05062> [plague.]
faithfulness <0530> [But my.]
name <08034> [in my.]
place <07760> [I will.]
<03027> [his hand.]
That is, his power or authority, as hand frequently signifies: for the accomplishment of these promises, see the parallel texts.
father <01> [Thou.]
God <0410> [God.]
protector <06697> [rock.]
appoint <05414> [Also.]
most <05945> [higher.]
loyal love <02617> [mercy.]
covenant <01285> [covenant.]
dynasty <02233> [His seed.]
throne <03678> [throne.]
enduring <03117> [days.]
sons <01121> [If.]
reject <05800> [forsake.]
<03212> [walk.]
break <02490> [break. Heb. profane.]
loyal love <02617> [Nevertheless.]
remove <06331> [not utterly take. Heb. not make void.]
unfaithful <08266> [fail. Heb. lie.]
covenant <01285> [covenant.]
go back <08138> [nor.]
Once <0259> [Once.]
deceive <03576> [that I will not lie. Heb. If I lie.]
dynasty <02233> [seed.]
throne <03678> [and.]
remain <03559> [It shall.]
That is, as long as the sun and moon shall endure, as long as time shall last, his kingdom shall continue among men. The moon is probably termed a faithful witness, because by her, particularly, time is measured. Her decrease and increase are especially observed by every nation; and by these time is generally estimated, especially among eastern nations:--So many moons is a man old--so many moons since such an event happened; and even their years are reckoned by lunations. Or, the rainbow may be intended; that faithful sign which God has established in the clouds, that the earth shall no more be destroyed by water.
stable <05769> [ever.]
endure <0539> [and as.]
spurned ... rejected <02186> [But.]
have spurned ... rejected <03988> [and.]
angry <05674> [wroth.]
repudiated <05010> [void.]
thrown <02490> [profaned.]
broken down <06555> [broken.]
made <07760> [brought.]
pass <05674> [All.]
object of disdain <02781> [he is.]
turn back <07725> [turned.]
sustained <06965> [not made.]
splendor <02892> [Thou.]
splendor <02892> [glory. Heb. brightness. cast.]
<03117> [The.]
short ...... covered <07114 05844> [thou.]
Lord <03068> [How.]
hidden <05641> [wilt.]
anger <02534> [thy wrath.]
Take note <02142> [Remember.]
make <01254> [wherefore.]
man <01397> [What.]
experiencing death <04194 07200> [see death.]
experiencing .... deliver <07200 04422> [shall.]
earlier <07223> [where.]
oath <07650> [thou.]
insults ... insult <02778> [they have.]
footsteps <06119> [footsteps.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
This verse ends the third book of the Psalter; and is thought to have been added by a later hand, as it is wanting in two MSS., in another written without points, and in three others written separately from the text; though it is found in all the versions.
[A.M. 2514. B.C. 1490. (Title.) A Prayer, or, A prayer, being a Psalm of Moses.]
This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by Moses, when all the generation of the Israelites who had offended God, were sentenced to fail in the wilderness, at the age of seventy or eighty years, except Moses, Caleb, and Joshua.
man <0376> [the man.]
Lord <0136> [Lord.]
all generations <01755> [all generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
mountains <02022> [Before.]
brought .... into being <02342> [or ever.]
eternal <05769> [even from.]
brought .... into being ...... God <02342 0410> [thou.]
return ....... Return <07725> [Thou.]
return ....... Return ... people <07725 01121 0120> [Return ye children of men.]
Rather, "Return ye children of Adam;" i.e., to that dust out of which ye were originally formed.
thousand <0505> [For.]
passes <05674> [is past. or, when he hath passed them. and as.]
bring .... to an end <02229> [Thou.]
asleep <08142> [as a sleep.]
morning <01242> [morning.]
sprouts up <02498> [groweth up. or, is changed.]
consumed <03615> [For we.]
terrified <0926> [are we.]
aware <07896> [Thou.]
sins ....... hidden <05771 05956> [our.]
<03974> [in the.]
days <03117> [For.]
experience <06437> [passed. Heb. turned. we spend.]
The Vulgate has, {Anni nostri sicut aranea mediatabuntur,} "Our years pass away like those of the spider." Our plans and operations are like the spider's web. Life is as frail, and the thread of it as brittle, as one of those which constitute the well-wrought and curious, but fragile habitation of that insect. All the Versions have the word spider, but it is not found in any Hebrew MSS., or edition yet collated. The Hebrew might be rendered, "We consume our lives with a groan," {kemo hegeh.}
sigh <01899> [a tale. Heb. a meditation.]
days <03117> [The days, etc. Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years.]
best <07296> [yet.]
quickly <02440> [for.]
teach <03045> [So.]
live <0935> [that.]
live <03824 0935> [apply our hearts. Heb. cause our hearts to come.]
back <07725> [Return.]
suffering .... pity <05162> [how.]
suffering .... pity <05162> [let it.]
Satisfy <07646> [satisfy.]
shout <07442> [that we.]
happy <08055> [Make.]
years <08141> [the years.]
work <06467> [Let.]
majesty <01926> [and.]
extend his favor <05278> [And let.]
successful ..... successful <03559> [establish.]
[(Title.)]
This Psalm is supposed by some to have been composed by Moses on the same occasion as the preceding; but others think it was written by David, after his advice to his son Solomon.
who lives <03427> [dwelleth.]
resides <03885> [abide. Heb. lodge.]
shadow <06738> [under.]
say <0559> [I will.]
God <0430> [my God.]
trust <0982> [in him.]
snare <06341> [snare.]
destructive <01942> [and from.]
shelter <05526> [cover.]
faithfulness <0571> [his truth.]
fear <03372> [Thou.]
terrors <06343> [terror.]
arrow <02671> [nor.]
plague <01698> [pestilence.]
disease <06986> [destruction.]
eyes <05869> [Only.]
paid back <08011> [reward.]
<07760> [Because.]
sovereign <05945> [most high.]
harm <07451> [There.]
illness <05061> [neither.]
angels <04397> [For.]
do <01870> [in all.]
lift ... up <05375> [They.]
slip and fall <05062> [lest.]
trample <01869> [tread.]
snake <06620> [adder. or, asp.]
serpent <08577> [the dragon.]
devoted .......... protect <02836 07682> [set.]
protect <07682> [I will set.]
loyal <03045> [known.]
calls <07121> [He shall.]
trouble <06869> [I will be.]
rescue <02502> [deliver.]
honor <03513> [honour.]
long life <0753 03117> [With long life. Heb. With length of days.]
see <07200> [shew.]
psalm <04210> [A.M. cir 3464. B.C. cir 540. (Title.) A Psalm.]
Calmet and others suppose this Psalm to have been composed by some of the Levites during or near the close of the Babylonian captivity, acknowledging the mercy of God, and foreseeing the destruction of their enemies, and their own return to Jerusalem and the temple service.
Sabbath <07676> [for.]
It is fitting <02896> [good.]
sovereign <05945> [most.]
<05046> [shew.]
night <03915> [every night. Heb. in the nights.]
ten-stringed <06218> [instrument.]
harp <03658> [the harp, etc. or, the solemn sound with the harp. a solemn sound. Heb. Higgaion.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
plans <04284> [thoughts.]
intricate <06009> [deep.]
spiritually insensitive <01198> [A brutish.]
fool <03684> [a fool.]
wicked <07563> [wicked.]
evildoers <06466> [workers.]
annihilated <08045> [it is that.]
reign <04791> [art most.]
enemies ......... enemies <0341> [For.]
scattered <06504> [scattered.]
horn <07161> [But.]
wild ox <07214> [an unicorn.]
covered <01101> [I shall.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
cedar <0730> [cedar.]
See notes on 1 Ki 4:33; 6:29.
Planted <08362> [Those.]
grow <06524> [shall flourish.]
house ...... courts <01004 02691> [in the.]
bear fruit ......... filled with vitality <05107 01879> [They.]
old <07872> [in old age.]
leaves <07488> [flourishing. Heb. green.]
proclaim <05046> [To shew.]
protector <06697> [my rock.]
unfair <05766> [and.]
[(Title.)]
It is highly probable that this Psalm was written on the same occasion as the preceding, as a part of which it is written in twelve MSS.
Lord ......... Lord <03068> [Lord.]
robed ....... robed <03847> [he is.]
wears <0247> [he hath.]
world <08398> [world.]
throne <03678> [Thy.]
from <0227> [of old. Heb. from then. thou.]
waves ...... waves .... waves <05104> [The floods.]
roar ...... roar .... roar <05375> [lifted.]
waves roar ..... waves roar ... waves roar <05104 05375> [the floods lift.]
mighty ........... majesty <0117> [mightier.]
rules ... set down <05713> [Thy.]
Holiness <06944> [holiness.]
forever <0753> [for ever. Heb. to length of days.]
[A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. (Title.)]
Dr. Delaney supposes that this Psalm was written by David on occasion of his war with the Ammonites, in consequence of the indignities shewn to his messengers; but it is more probable that it was written to bewail the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple.
God ... avenges ... God ... avenges <0410 05360> [God, to whom vengeance belongeth. Heb. God of revenges.]
O God.
reveal ... splendor <03313> [shew thyself. Heb. shine forth.]
Rise up <05375> [Lift.]
judge <08199> [thou.]
Pay back <07725> [render.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
wicked ...... wicked <07563> [the wicked.]
spew <05042> [shall.]
<0559> [boast.]
crush <01792> [break.]
oppress <06031> [afflict.]
say <0559> [they say.]
ignorant <01197> [brutish.]
fools <03684> [fools.]
Does ..... makes ....... Does <05193> [He that planted.]
hear <08085> [hear.]
disciplines ..... punish <03256> [chastiseth.]
Does ... one who disciplines ..... punish ..... one who <03198> [he correct.]
imparts .... human <0120 03925> [teacheth man.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
teach <03925> [teachest.]
<08252> [mayest.]
destroyed <07845> [until the pit.]
Lord <03068> [For.]
abandon <05800> [forsake.]
justice <04941> [But.]
upright <03477> [and all.]
vindicated <0310> [shall follow it. Heb. shall be after it.]
rise <06965> [rise up.]
stand <03320> [stand up.]
If <03884> [Unless.]
<04592> [almost. or, quickly. dwelt.]
foot <07272> [My foot.]
rulers <03678> [throne.]
allies <02266> [fellowship.]
make <03335> [frameth.]
conspire <01413> [gather.]
condemn <07561> [condemn.]
Lord <03068> [But.]
<06697> [the rock.]
back <07725> [And he.]
pay them ... for their ..... destroy ... because ... their ........ destroy <06789> [cut them.]
<03212> [Come.]
sing <07442> [sing.]
shout <07321> [let us make.]
protector <06697> [the rock.]
Let's <06923> [Let us.]
Let's .... presence <06440 06923> [come before his presence. Heb. prevent his face.]
celebration <02158> [psalms.]
Lord <03068> [For.]
great .... great ..... superior <01419> [a great.]
gods <0430> [above.]
hand <03027> [In.]
hand <03027> [his. Heb. whose. deep.]
mountain peaks <08443 02022> [the strength of the hills is his also. or, heights of the hills are his.]
sea ...... made <03220 06213> [The sea is his. Heb. Whose the sea is.]
hands <03027> [hands.]
Come <0935> [O come.]
worship <07812> [worship.]
<01288> [kneel.]
creator <06213> [our.]
God <0430> [For he.]
people <05971> [people.]
Today <03117> [To day.]
obey <08085> [if ye.]
stubborn <07185> [Harden.]
Meribah ........... wilderness <04808 04057> [in the.]
Meribah <04808> [provocation. Heb. contention.]
ancestors <01> [When.]
seen <07200> [saw.]
forty <0705> [Forty.]
disgusted <06962> [grieved.]
astray <08582> [err.]
obey <03045> [and they.]
vow <07650> [I sware.]
enter <0935> [that they should not enter. Heb. if they enter. my rest.]
Sing ........ Sing <07891> [A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. O sing.]
Sing .... Lord ..... Sing .... Lord <07891 03068> [sing unto.]
Praise <01288> [bless.]
Announce <01319> [shew.]
Lord <03068> [For the.]
worthy ...... more <03966> [and greatly.]
awesome <03372> [he is.]
gods <0430> [For.]
Lord <03068> [but.]
Majestic <01935> [Honour.]
firmly established <05797> [strength.]
sanctuary <04720> [sanctuary.]
Ascribe .......... ascribe <03051> [Give.]
families <04940> [O ye kindreds.]
splendor <03519> [glory.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
deserves <08034> [due unto. Heb. of. bring.]
enter <0935> [come.]
holy attire <01927 06944> [in the beauty of holiness. or, in the glorious sanctuary.]
Tremble <02342> [fear.]
Say <0559> [Say.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
world <08398> [the world.]
judges <01777> [judge.]
sky <08064> [the heavens.]
sea <03220> [the sea.]
comes .... comes <0935> [he cometh.]
judge ..... judges <08199> [judge.]
Lord <03068> [A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004. Lord.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
many coastlands <07227 0339> [let the multitude of isles. Heb. let the many, or great isles.]
clouds <06051> [Clouds.]
equity <06664> [righteousness.]
foundation <04349> [habitation. or, establishment.]
lightning <01300> [His.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
mountains <02022> [hills.]
Lord ..... earth <0113 0776> [the Lord of.]
sky <08064> [The heavens.]
nations <05971> [all the.]
ashamed <0954> [Confounded.]
bow <07812> [worship.]
Zion <06726> [Zion.]
judgments <04941> [because.]
sovereign <05945> [high.]
elevated <03966> [far.]
love <0157> [Ye that.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
protects <08104> [preserveth.]
delivers <05337> [delivereth.]
light <0216> [Light.]
bask <02232> [sown.]
rejoice <08055> [Rejoice.]
Give thanks <03034> [give thanks.]
name <02143> [at the remembrance. or, to the memorial.]
Sing <07891> [Sing.]
performs <06213> [for he.]
right hand <03225> [his right.]
demonstrates <03045> [made.]
justice <06666> [righteousness.]
reveals <01540> [openly shewed. or, revealed.]
remains <02142> [remembered.]
ends <0657> [all the ends.]
trumpets <02689> [trumpets.]
king <04428> [the king.]
sea <03220> [Let.]
world <08398> [world.]
rivers <05104> [Let the floods.]
mountains <02022> [hills.]
comes <0935> [for he cometh.]
fairly <06664> [with righteousness.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
nations <05971> [people.]
enthroned <03427> [he sitteth.]
earth <0776> [earth.]
shakes <05120> [be moved. Heb. stagger.]
elevated <01419> [great.]
exalted <07311> [high.]
great <01419> [thy great.]
holy <06918> [for it.]
strong <05797> [strength.]
made <03559> [thou dost.]
promote <06213> [executest.]
Praise <07311> [Exalt.]
footstool <07272> [footstool.]
holy <06918> [he is holy. or, it is holy.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
prayed ..... prayed <07121> [they called.]
cloud <06051> [in the cloudy.]
obeyed <08104> [kept.]
God <0410> [thou wast.]
[through.]
deeds <05949> [their inventions.]
Praise <07311> [Exalt.]
holy <06944> [his holy.]
Lord ........... Lord <03068> [for the.]
psalm <04210> [(Title.) A Psalm.]
thanksgiving <08426> [praise. or, thanksgiving.]
Shout <07321> [Make.]
earth <0776> [all ye lands. Heb. all the earth.]
Worship <05647> [Serve.]
Enter <0935> [come.]
Acknowledge <03045> [Know.]
made <06213> [it is he.]
people <05971> [not we ourselves. or, his we are.]
people <05971> [we are his.]
Enter <0935> [Enter.]
Give him thanks <03034> [be thankful.]
Lord <03068> [For the.]
loyal love <02617> [his mercy.]
faithful <0530> [and his truth.]
all generations <01755> [all generations. Heb. generation and generation.]
sing <07891> [I will sing.]
Lord <03068> [unto thee.]
walk in <07919> [behave.]
come <0935> [O when.]
conduct <01980> [walk.]
integrity .............. integrity <08549 08537> [a perfect.]
consider <07896> [set.]
what ....... evil <01697 01100> [wicked thing. Heb. thing of Belial.]
hate <08130> [I hate.]
dishonest <07750> [them.]
part <01692> [it shall not.]
perverse <06141> [A froward.]
I .... permit <03045> [know.]
secret <05643> [Whoso.]
cocky <01362> [an high.]
favor <05869> [Mine.]
live <03427> [that they.]
way ... integrity <08549 01870> [in a perfect way. or, perfect in the way.]
<06213> [He that worketh.]
welcome .... presence <05869 03559> [tarry in my sight. Heb. be established.]
morning <01242> [early.]
remove <03772> [cut off.]
prayer ...................... prayer <08605> [A.M. cir. 3464. B.C. cir. 540. (Title.) A Prayer.]
This psalm was evidently composed towards the close of the Babylonian captivity; and probably by the prophet Daniel.
oppressed <06041> [of. or, for. overwhelmed.]
pours out <08210> [poureth.]
hear <08085> [Hear.]
cry <07775> [let my.]
ignore <05641> [Hide.]
Listen <05186> [incline.]
time ....... When <03117> [in the day.]
days <03117> [my days.]
smoke <06227> [like smoke. or, (as some read) into smoke. my bones.]
heart <03820> [heart.]
withered <03001> [withered.]
unable <07911> [so that.]
anxiety <06963> [the voice.]
skin <01320> [skin. or, flesh.]
I ............. screech owl <01819 03563> [like.]
owl <06893> [a pelican.]
stay awake <08245> [watch.]
solitary <0909> [alone.]
enemies <0341> [Mine.]
mock <01984> [mad.]
curses <07650> [sworn.]
eat <0398> [I Have.]
mix <04537> [mingled.]
because <06440> [Because.]
pick <05375> [thou hast.]
days <03117> [My days.]
withered <03001> [I am withered.]
Lord <03068> [thou.]
reputation <02143> [thy remembrance.]
rise <06965> [Thou.]
appointed time <04150> [the set.]
Lord <03068> [When.]
reveals <07200> [he shall.]
when ... responds <06437> [He will.]
reject <0959> [not despise.]
recorded <03789> [This.]
people <05971> [the people.]
look <08259> [For he.]
above <04791> [the height.]
hear <08085> [To hear.]
free <06605> [to loose.]
die <01121 08546> [those that are appointed to. Heb. the children of.]
away <06031> [He weakened. Heb. He afflicted.]
short <07114> [shortened.]
say <0559> [I said.]
generations <08141> [thy years.]
perish ................. remove ...... disappear <06 02498> [They shall.]
endure <05975> [endure. Heb. stand.]
years <08141> [thou art.]
years <08141> [years.]
children <01121> [The children.]
descendants <02233> [their seed.]
Praise ............... holy <01288 06944> [A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. Bless.]
within <07130> [all that.]
holy name <08034 06944> [holy name.]
forget ..... deeds <07911 01576> [forget not.]
He ...... forgives <05545> [forgiveth.]
heals <07495> [healeth.]
who delivers <01350> [redeemeth.]
crowns <05849> [crowneth.]
satisfies <07646> [satisfieth.]
youth <05271> [thy youth.]
does <06213> [executeth.]
revealed <03045> [He made.]
deeds <05949> [his acts.]
compassionate <07349> [merciful.]
patient <0750> [slow.]
great loyal love <02617 07227> [plenteous in mercy. Heb. great of mercy.]
stay angry <05201> [neither.]
does <06213> [dealt.]
skies <08064> [as the, etc. Heb. according to the height of heaven.]
loyal love <02617> [his mercy.]
far .... eastern ......... removes ........ from <04217 07368> [as the east.]
far ............ removes ........ from <07368> [so far.]
father <01> [Like.]
faithful followers <03373> [them.]
knows <03045> [he knoweth.]
clay <06083> [we are dust.]
life <03117> [his days.]
flower <06731> [a flower.]
wind <07307> [the wind.]
place <04725> [it is gone. Heb. it is not.]
place <04725> [and the.]
loyal love <02617> [the mercy.]
faithful <06666> [his righteousness.]
descendants <01121> [unto children's.]
keep <08104> [To such.]
careful <02142> [remember.]
established <03559> [prepared.]
kingdom <04438> [his kingdom.]
Praise <01288> [Bless.]
powerful warriors <01368 03581> [that excel in strength. Heb. mighty in strength.]
carry out ... decrees ..... orders <06213 01697> [do his.]
warriors <06635> [all ye his hosts.]
servants <08334> [ministers.]
made <04639> [all his works.]
Praise ... Lord .............. Praise ... Lord <01288 03068> [bless the Lord.]
Praise <01288> [Bless.]
This sublime poem on the works of God in creation and providence, is ascribed to David in the LXX., Vulgate, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic; and as it opens and closes with the same words as the preceding psalm, it is probable that it was composed on the same occasion; and it is written as part of it in nine MSS.
Lord ...... Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
magnificent <01431 03966> [art very great.]
robed <03847> [clothed.]
splendor <01935> [honour.]
light <0216> [with light.]
stretches <05186> [stretchest.]
lays the beams <07136> [Who layeth.]
makes <07760> [maketh.]
travels along <01980> [walketh.]
makes <06213> [Who maketh.]
attendant <08334> [ministers.]
earth .... foundations <03245 04349 0776> [Who laid the foundations of the earth. Heb. He hath founded the earth upon her bases.]
upended <04131> [that it.]
retreat <05127> [they fled.]
up <05927> [They go up, etc. or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend.]
set <07760> [hast set.]
turns <07971> [He sendeth. Heb. Who sendeth.]
The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by the providence of God, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing; partly ascending from the great deep through the strata of the earth, partly exhaled in vapour from the surface of the ocean, and thence falling in rain, especially on the tops and sides of mountains, they break forth into fresh springs, and form streams and rivers. .# De 8:7 Isa 35:7 41:18
<01980> [run. Heb. walk.]
water <08248> [They give.]
wild donkeys <06501> [the wild.]
quench <07665> [quench. Heb. break.]
birds <05775> [the fowls.]
chirp <05414> [sing. Heb. give a voice.]
waters <08248> [watereth.]
upper rooms <05944> [his chambers.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
grass <02682> [causeth.]
crops <06212> [herb.]
produce <03318> [that he.]
wine <03196> [wine.]
oil ..... faces <08081 06440> [oil to make his, etc. Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil.]
food <03899> [bread.]
birds <06833> [the birds.]
herons <02624> [as for.]
herons <02624> [the stork.]
The stork is a species of the ardea or heron genus, about the size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils: it feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the name {chaseedah,} which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from the Greek [storge,] natural affection.
wild goats <03277> [the wild goats.]
The {y„ƒl,} is the ibex, or rock goat, so called from {ƒlah,} to ascend, because it is famous for mounting to the tops of the highest rocks. Its general appearance is that of the tame goat, of a dusky brown colour; but the male is larger, with long horns, bending backwards.
rock badgers <08227> [the conies.]
make <07896> [makest.]
comes ... which ....... forest prowl <03293 07430> [of the forest do creep forth. Heb. thereof do trample on the forest.]
lions <03715> [The young.]
seeking <01245> [seek.]
many <07231> [how.]
great skill <02451> [in wisdom.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
deep ............... large <01419> [this great.]
living things <02416> [beasts.]
travel <01980> [There go.]
whale <03882> [leviathan.]
made <03335> [made. Heb. formed. to play.]
ignore <05641> [hidest.]
take away <0622> [thou takest.]
return <07725> [return.]
send <07971> [sendest.]
replenish <02318> [renewest.]
splendor <03519> [The glory.]
endure <05769> [endure. Heb. be. rejoice.]
looks down <05027> [looketh.]
touches <05060> [he toucheth.]
pleasing <07879> [meditation.]
rejoice <08055> [I will be.]
sinners <02400> [sinners.]
Praise <01288> [Bless.]
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
It appears from 1Ch ch. 16, where the former part of this Psalm, as far as the 16th verse, is found with little variation, that David composed it at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion, and he himself probably enlarged it afterwards with the glorious detail of God's merciful dealings with Abraham and his posterity till their settlement in the land of Promise. The Hallelujah, which terminates the preceding Psalm, is made the title of this by the Septuagint, Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic; and the Syriac considers it a paraphrase on the words, "Fear not, Jacob, to go down into Egypt;" "and teaches us spiritually not to fear when we are obliged to contend with devils; for God is our shield, and will fight for us."
Give thanks <03034> [Give.]
Call <07121> [call.]
known <03045> [make known.]
Sing <07891 02167> [Sing unto.]
music ........ miraculous <07878 06381> [talk ye.]
Boast <01984> [Glory.]
hearts <03820> [let the heart.]
Seek ......... Seek <01875 01245> [Seek.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Seek ......... Seek ... presence <01875 01245 06440> [seek his face.]
Recall <02142> [Remember.]
[the judgements.]
children <02233> [ye seed.]
chosen ones <0972> [his chosen.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
judgment <04941> [judgments.]
remembers <02142> [He hath remembered.]
thousand <0505> [a thousand.]
lasting <05769> [an everlasting.]
give <05414> [Unto thee.]
portion <02256> [lot. Heb. cord.]
few <04962> [a few.]
resident aliens <01481> [and strangers.]
touch <05060> [Touch.]
chosen ones <04899> [mine.]
prophets <05030> [and do.]
called <07121> [Moreover.]
cut off <07665> [brake.]
sent <07971> [He sent.]
Joseph <03130> [Joseph.]
feet <07272> [Whose.]
placed .... iron collar <05315 0935 01270> [he was laid in iron. Heb. his soul came into iron.]
prediction <01697> [his word.]
put <07760> [made.]
property <07075> [substance. Heb. possession.]
advisers <02205> [teach.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
land <0776> [the land.]
fruitful <06509> [And he.]
numerous <06105> [made.]
caused <02015> [He turned.]
hate <08130> [to hate.]
sent <07971> [sent.]
Aaron <0175> [Aaron.]
They executed <07760> [They.]
signs <0226> [his signs. Heb. words of his signs. wonders.]
made <07971> [sent.]
disobey <04784> [rebelled.]
overrun <08317> [brought.]
come <0935> [there.]
gnats <03654> [and lice.]
hail ..... rain <01259 01653> [them hail for rain. Heb. their rain hail.]
locusts <0697> [the locusts.]
struck <05221> [He smote.]
firstfruits <07225> [chief.]
out <03318> [brought.]
stumbled <03782> [and there.]
Considering the immense number of men, women, children, and cattle, it must certainly have appeared extraordinary, that there was none among them weak or feeble, none unable to perform the journey. The order was that "not a hoof should be left behind;" and He who commanded gave strength to obey.
happy <08055> [glad.]
afraid <06343> [for.]
spread <06566> [spread.]
asked <07592> [asked.]
satisfied <07646> [satisfied.]
food <03899> [bread.]
opened <06605> [opened.]
remembered <02142> [For he.]
Abraham <085> [Abraham.]
led .... out <03318> [And he.]
joy <08342> [with joy.]
shouted <07440> [gladness. Heb. singing.]
handed <05414> [gave.]
took possession <03423> [inherited.]
produced <05999> [the labour.]
That is, "the produce of their labour;" the cities and houses they had built, the vineyards they had planted, etc.
keep <08104> [That.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
[(Title.)]
As part of the preceding Psalm is found in 1 Ch ch. 16, so the first and two last verses of this are found in the same place; and it is highly probable this was composed upon the same occasion as the former, to which it seems to be a continuation; for as that celebrates the mercies of God to Israel, so this confesses and deplores the rebellions of Israel against Jehovah.
Praise <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
Give thanks <03034> [O give.]
good <02896> [for he.]
adequately <04448> [utter.]
praiseworthy <08416> [all his praise.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
who promote <08104> [keep.]
do <06213> [doeth.]
time <06256> [at all times.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
attention <06485> [visit.]
see <07200> [may see.]
rejoice <08055> [rejoice.]
boast <01984> [glory.]
ancestors <01> [Our.]
remember <02142> [they.]
many <07230> [multitude.]
rebelled <04784> [but.]
delivered <03467> [he saved.]
power <01369> [that he.]
shouted <01605> [He rebuked.]
In the descriptions of the Psalmist, everything has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion.
<03212> [so he.]
delivered <03467> [And he.]
rescued <01350> [redeemed.]
quickly forgot <04116 07911> [They soon forgat. Heb. They made haste, they forgat.]
Three days afterwards, at the waters of Marah.
wait <02442> [waited.]
craving <0183> [But.]
insatiable craving <08378 0183> [lusted exceedingly. Heb. lusted a lust. tempted.]
granted <05414> [he gave.]
struck <07971> [but sent.]
They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many, surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of {razon,} "leanness," however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read {zeraâ€n,} "nausea or loathing," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Nu 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word {zara} is used, and rendered, "it be loathsome."
resented <07065> [envied.]
holy priest <06918> [the saint.]
traded <04171> [Thus.]
majestic <03519> [their glory.]
That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.
image <08403> [into.]
rejected <07911> [forgat.]
God <0410> [God.]
performed <06213> [which.]
amazing <06381> [Wondrous.]
The plagues he inflicted on the Egyptians. Egypt is called the land of Ham, or rather, Cham, because it was peopled by Mizraim the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. Plutarch informs us, that the Egyptians called their country [Chemia,] Chemia; and the Copts give it the name of Chemi, [Chemi,] to the present day.
acts <03372> [terrible.]
threatened <0559> [he said.]
chosen one <0972> [his chosen.]
interceded <05975> [stood.]
rejected <03988> [they despised.]
fruitful land <02532 0776> [the pleasant land. Heb. a land of desire.]
believe <0539> [they believed.]
grumbled <07279> [murmured.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
<05375> [Therefore.]
<05375> [lifted.]
die <05307> [overthrow. Heb. make them fall. to scatter.]
worshiped <06775> [joined.]
dead <04191> [of the dead.]
The word {maithim} signifies dead men; for the idols of the heathen were generally men,--warriors, kings, or lawgivers,-- who had been deified after their death; though many of them had been execrated during their life.
actions <04611> [with their.]
plague <04046> [the plague.]
angry <07107> [angered.]
suffered <03415> [so that.]
aroused <04784> [Because.]
spoke <0981> [he spake.]
destroy <08045> [did not.]
<03068> [concerning.]
mixed <06148> [But.]
learned <03925> [learned.]
worshiped <05647> [And.]
snare <04170> [which.]
sacrificed <02076> [they sacrificed.]
However unnatural and horrid human sacrifices may appear, it is certain, that they did not only exist, but almost universally prevailed in the heathen world, especially among the Canaanites and Phoenicians.
demons <07700> [devils.]
shed <08210> [shed.]
land <0776> [the land.]
defiled <02930> [defiled.]
unfaithful <02181> [went.]
deeds ...... actions <04639 04611> [their own.]
angry <0639> [the wrath.]
despised <08581> [insomuch.]
people who belong to him <05159> [his own.]
handed <05414> [he gave.]
hated <08130> [and they.]
Many <07227> [Many.]
attitude <06098> [with their.]
degraded <04355> [brought low. or, impoverished, or weakened.]
remembered <02142> [And he.]
relented <05162> [repented.]
great <07230> [to the.]
Deliver .... Lord <03467 03068> [Save us.]
Gather <06908> [gather.]
give thanks <03034> [to give.]
deserves <01288> [Blessed.]
Praise ... Lord <01984 03050> [Praise ye the Lord. Heb. Hallelujah.]
[A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.)]
The author of this Psalm is unknown; but it was evidently written to commemorate the return of the Jews from the Babylonian captivity; and it may easily be perceived that it must have been sung in alternate parts, having a double burden, or two intercalary verses often recurring. Bp. Lowth considers it as written "after the method of the ancient pastorals, where, be the subject of their verse what it will, each swain endeavours to excel the other; and one may perceive their thoughts and expressions gradually to rise upon each other." "No doubt," he adds, "the composition of this Psalm is admirable throughout; and the descriptive part of it adds at least its share of beauty to the whole; but what is most to be admired is its conciseness, and withal the expressiveness of the diction, which strikes the imagination with illimitable elegance. The weary and bewildered traveller--the miserable captive in the dungeon--the sick and dying man--the seaman foundering in a storm--are described in so affecting a manner, that they far exceed any thing of the kind, though never so much laboured."
Give thanks <03034> [Give.]
good <02896> [good.]
loyal love <02617> [for his mercy.]
delivered .......... delivered <01350> [Let the.]
power <03027> [from.]
gathered <06908> [gathered.]
south <03220> [south. Heb. sea.]
wandered <08582> [wandered.]
found <04672> [they found.]
This is the first similitude; in which the Israelites in captivity are compared to travellers in a dreary, uninhabited, and barren desert, spent with hunger and thirst, as well as by the fatigues of the journey.
cried out <06817> [Then.]
delivered <05337> [he delivered.]
level <01869> [he led.]
<03212> [that they.]
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
give thanks <03034> [praise.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
sat <03427> [Such.]
Here begins the second comparison; in which the state of the captives in Babylon is illustrated by that of prisoners in a dreary dungeon.
sat <03427> [as sit.]
bound <0615> [bound.]
rebelled <04784> [Because.]
rejected <05006> [contemned.]
humble <03665> [he brought.]
helped <05826> [and there.]
brought ... out <03318> [brought.]
tore off <05423> [brake.]
fools <0191> [Fools.]
This is the third comparison; the captives being compared to persons in a dangerous malady, as the consequences of their own sins.
ways ....... sins <01870 05771> [because.]
lost ......... drew near <08581> [abhorreth.]
drew <05060> [and they.]
sent <07971> [He sent.]
healed <07495> [healed.]
rescued <04422> [delivered.]
present <02076> [sacrifice.]
proclaim <05608> [declare.]
loudly <07440> [rejoicing. Heb. singing.]
traveled <03381> [They.]
This is the fourth comparison; their captivity was as dangerous and alarming as a dreadful tempest at sea; with a most natural and striking description of which we are here presented.
traveled <03381> [go down.]
amazing <06381> [his wonders.]
gave the order <0559> [he commandeth.]
<05975> [raiseth. Heb. maketh to stand. lifteth.]
sailors <05315> [their soul.]
staggered <05128> [stagger.]
[are at their wit's end. Heb. all their wisdom is swallowed up.]
led <05148> [he bringeth.]
give thanks <03034> [Oh that men.]
amazing <06381> [his wonderful.]
exalt <07311> [exalt.]
assembly <06951> [in the congregation.]
turned <07760> [turneth.]
water <04325> [water-springs.]
fruitful <06529> [a fruitful.]
barren <04420> [barrenness. Heb. saltness.]
turned <07760> [turneth.]
hungry <07457> [there he.]
city <05892> [a city.]
cultivated <02232> [sow.]
yielded <06213> [which may.]
blessed <01288> [He blesseth.]
decrease <04591> [suffereth.]
their <04591> [Again.]
The incidents detailed in these verses, which frequently occur, and mark the superintendence of a benign Providence, and the hand of a just God, appear to be brought forward to illustrate the return of the Israelites from captivity, and the punishment of their oppressors the Babylonians. Wherefore, at last, as in a common chorus, they conclude with exhorting each other to a serious consideration of these things, and to make a proper return to the Almighty.
their <04591> [they are.]
decreased <06115> [oppression.]
pour <08210> [poureth.]
contempt <0937> [contempt.]
wander <08582> [causeth.]
wasteland <08414> [wilderness. or, void place.]
needy <034> [setteth.]
oppression <06040> [from. or, after. maketh.]
godly <03477> [righteous.]
sinner <05766> [iniquity.]
wise <02450> [is wise.]
consider <0995> [they shall understand.]
[A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. (Title.)]
This Psalm is composed of two Psalms; ver. 1-5 being the same as Ps 57:7-11; and ver. 6-13 the same as Ps 60:5-12; and it is probably to be referred to the same period as the latter.
determined <03820> [my heart.]
sing <07891> [I will.]
whole heart <03519> [my glory.]
Awake ......... wake <05782> [Awake.]
Awake ......... wake <05782> [I myself.]
give you thanks <03034> [praise.]
loyal love <02617> [thy mercy.]
clouds <07834> [clouds. or, skies.]
Rise <07311> [Be thou.]
splendor <03519> [thy glory.]
ones you love <03039> [That thy.]
Deliver <03467> [save.]
answer <06030> [and answer me.]
spoken <01696> [spoken.]
triumph <05937> [I will rejoice.]
Shechem <07927> [Shechem.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]
Ephraim <0669> [Ephraim.]
Judah <03063> [Judah.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
make <07993> [I cast.]
Philistia <06429> [over Philistia.]
lead me into ....... bring me <05148> [who will lead.]
rejected <02186> [who hast.]
go <03318> [go forth.]
Give <03051> [Give.]
futile <07723> [for vain.]
God's <0430> [Through.]
trample down <0947> [tread.]
[A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.)]
It is generally supposed that this Psalm was composed by David, when persecuted by Saul, who was rendered more implacable by the base and malicious calumnies of Doeg and others; though some are of opinion, that it was written when David fled from Absalom, and that Ahithophel, rather than Doeg, is the typical person against whom it is principally directed.
ignore <02790> [Hold.]
God <0430> [O God.]
say <06310> [the mouth.]
deceptive <04820> [of the deceitful. Heb. of deceit. are opened. Heb. have opened themselves. with.]
surround <05437> [compassed.]
attack <03898> [fought.]
love <0160> [For my.]
pray <08605> [but I.]
repay <07760> [they.]
hate <08135> [hatred.]
Appoint ... evil <06485 07563> [Set thou.]
Dr. Sykes, Michaelis, and others, contend that these imprecations are those of David's enemies against himself; and they would render, "Set, say they, a wicked," etc: but this is rendered highly improbable by the 8th verse being applied by St. Peter to the traitor Judas, of whom David was certainly not a type. (See ver. 20.) Bp. Horsley and others, however, render the verbs in the future tense, the first verb alone being in the imperative; justly considering the Psalmist as merely uttering prophetic denunciations of God's displeasure against sinners.
accuser <07854> [and let.]
accuser <07854> [Satan. or, an adversary.]
[be condemned. Heb. go out guilty, or wicked.]
prayer <08605> [and let.]
days <03117> [his days.]
another <0312> [another.]
job <06486> [office. or, charge.]
creditor <05383> [extortioner.]
strangers <02114> [strangers.]
<04900> [none.]
compassion <02603> [favour.]
memory <0319> [Let his.]
arrives <08034> [their name.]
sins <05771> [Let the.]
sin <02403> [let not.]
forgotten <04229> [blotted.]
Lord <03068> [before.]
cut off <03772> [cut off.]
bothered <02142> [he remembered.]
harassed <07291> [persecuted.]
killed <04191> [slay.]
made <03847> [As he.]
poured <0935> [so let.]
seeped into <07130> [into his bowels. Heb. within him.]
garment <0899> [as the garment.]
repay <06468> [Let this.]
say <01696> [them.]
intervene <06213> [But do.]
loyal love <02617> [thy mercy.]
oppressed <06041> [For I.]
heart <03820> [and my.]
away <01980> [gone.]
shaken <05287> [I am tossed.]
knees <01290> [knees.]
I <01320> [my flesh.]
disdained <02781> [a reproach.]
see <07200> [when they.]
Help <05826> [Help.]
faithful .... deliver <03467 02617> [save me.]
curse ............ humiliated <07043 0954> [Let them.]
servant <05650> [but let.]
covered <03847> [be clothed.]
profusely <03966> [greatly.]
praise <01984> [I will praise.]
stands <05975> [For he.]
needy <034> [poor.]
deliver <03467> [to save.]
threaten <08199> [those that condemn. Heb. the judges of.]
[A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. (Title.)]
This Psalm was probably composed by David after Nathan's prophetic address; and, from the grandeur of the subject and the sublimity of the expressions, it is evident that it can only refer, as the ancient Jews fully acknowledged, to the royal dignity, priesthood, victories, and triumphs of the MESSIAH.
Lord's <03068> [The Lord.]
Sit down <03427> [Sit.]
make <07896> [until.]
dominion <04294> [the rod.]
Zion <06726> [out.]
Rule <07287> [rule.]
people ......... battle ............ youth <05971 02428 03208> [Thy.]
when <03117> [day.]
hills <01926> [beauties.]
sunrise <07358> [from the womb, etc. or, more than the womb of the morning: thou shalt have, etc. thou hast.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
revoke <05162> [will not.]
priest <03548> [Thou.]
right hand <03225> [at thy.]
strikes down <04272> [strike.]
day <03117> [in the day.]
executes <01777> [judge.]
fills <04390> [fill.]
shatters <04272> [wound.]
vast <07227> [many. or, great.]
drinks <08354> [He shall.]
lifts <07311> [therefore.]
lifts <07311> [lift.]
