_HEAR ME WHEN I CALL, O GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS: THOU HAST ENLARGED ME WHEN I WAS IN DISTRESS; HAVE MERCY UPON ME, AND HEAR MY PRAYER._ Title. - TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, х_ MªNATSEEACH_ (H5329)] - literally, overseer (1 Chronicles 15:21, margin; 2 Chronicles 2:2; 2 Chronicles 34:13): hence, the precen... [ Continue Reading ]
_O YE SONS OF MEN, HOW LONG WILL YE TURN MY GLORY INTO SHAME? HOW LONG WILL YE LOVE VANITY, AND SEEK AFTER LEASING? SELAH._ (Will ye turn) my glory into shame? - literally, 'How long (shall) my glory (be) for shame?' 'When will ye at length cease wantonly to attack my dignity?-to make my glory a ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH SET APART HIM THAT IS GODLY FOR HIMSELF: THE LORD WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL UNTO HIM._ Hath set apart, х_ HIPLAAH_ (H6395)] - cf. Exodus 33:16, "separated ... from all the people." Many manuscripts read [h-p-l-'], 'acted wonderfully toward.' The English version reading, " s... [ Continue Reading ]
_STAND IN AWE, AND SIN NOT: COMMUNE WITH YOUR OWN HEART UPON YOUR BED, AND BE STILL. SELAH._ Stand in awe, and sin not. Septuagint and Ephesians 4:26 translate "Be ye angry, and sin not." х_ RIGZUW _ (H7264)] usually means 'tremble' (cf. Psalms 18:7), or else "be wroth" (Isaiah 28:21). The former a... [ Continue Reading ]
_OFFER THE SACRIFICES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN THE LORD._ Offer the sacrifices of righteousness - not hypocritical sacrifices, such as Absalom offered (2 Samuel 15:7), but sacrifices in expiation of your wicked undertaking; on a principle of righteousness (Deuteronomy 33:19), with a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE BE MANY THAT SAY, WHO WILL SHEW US ANY GOOD? LORD, LIFT THOU UP THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE UPON US._ Many ... say, Who will show us any good? Many, admist overwhelming troubles, such as the present ones, give way to despair, as they look not beyond outward appearances, which are all agains... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART, MORE THAN IN THE TIME THAT THEIR CORN AND THEIR WINE INCREASED._ Thou hast put gladness in my heart. Scarcely has he prayed, (Psalms 4:6), "Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us," than he feels it to be granted. Heartfelt gladness is already hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL BOTH LAY ME DOWN IN PEACE, AND SLEEP: FOR THOU, LORD, ONLY MAKEST ME DWELL IN SAFETY._ Both, х_ YACHAD_ (H3162)] - rather, 'at once' So soon as I lie down I shall go to sleep. SLEEP, х_ 'IYSHAAN_ (H3462)] 'go to sleep' (cf. the parallel, Psalms 3:5). THOU, LORD, ONLY - thou canst afford... [ Continue Reading ]