_JUDGE ME, O GOD, AND PLEAD MY CAUSE AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION: O DELIVER ME FROM THE DECEITFUL AND UNJUST MAN._ Judge me - vindicate me. PLEAD MY CAUSE AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION. The Hebrew often means 'a nation not loving' or 'merciful' х_ LO'_ (H3808) _ CHAACIYD_ (H2623)]; but in Psalms 4:3 i... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU ART THE GOD OF MY STRENGTH: WHY DOST THOU CAST ME OFF? WHY GO I MOURNING BECAUSE OF THE OPPRESSION OF THE ENEMY?_ For thou art the God of my strength - literally, 'my fortress-God;' i:e., my protecting God; in Psalms 42:9, "God, my rock." Compare Psalms 27:1; Psalms 31:4; Psalms 37:39. W... [ Continue Reading ]
_O SEND OUT THY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH: LET THEM LEAD ME; LET THEM BRING ME UNTO THY HOLY HILL, AND TO THY TABERNACLES._ O SEND OUT THY LIGHT - thy favour, dispelling my sadness (Psalms 27:1; Psalms 36:9; Psalms 57:3, end; Exodus 15:13). THY TRUTH - thy faithfulness in fulfilling thy promises. LET... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WILL I GO UNTO THE ALTAR OF GOD, UNTO GOD MY EXCEEDING JOY: YEA, UPON THE HARP WILL I PRAISE THEE, O GOD MY GOD._ Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy - literally, 'the joy of my exultation,' or of my leaping for gladness х_ GIYLIY_ (H1524)]. Compare Psalms 42:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHY ART THOU CAST DOWN, O MY SOUL? AND WHY ART THOU DISQUIETED WITHIN ME? HOPE IN GOD: FOR I SHALL YET PRAISE HIM, WHO IS THE HEALTH OF MY COUNTENANCE, AND MY GOD._ I shall yet praise him - referring back to Psalms 43:4, "upon the harp will I praise thee." What he had prayed for he already anticip... [ Continue Reading ]