Spoke, &c. By comparing this with the 17th Psalm, we may be convinced how much the Hebrew varies, particularly if we examine also the manuscripts. Kennicott specifies no less than 600 variations in this one canticle, and refutes the opinion of those who say that the 17th Psalm is a second edition, c... [ Continue Reading ]
_Temple. David was now busy in making preparations for it._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Upon. Cardell (Menochius) would translate the Hebrew, "as in contest."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kindled. The words abju abru seem to be wanting here, as they are found in Syriac, Arabic and the Psalm. Kennicott would render this most striking image, "at the brightness of his presence his clouds removed; They kindled into colas of fire," &c. (Diss. i.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shall. Hebrew as well in the past tense. "The Lord thundered," &c. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Overflowings. Hebrew, "channels," the waters receding as at the Red Sea, [Exodus xiv. 21,] and at the passage of the Jordan. [Josue iii. 13.]_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXII. _ God. Perhaps David might have written this before his fall; or, if afterwards, his sincere repentance had restored him to his former state._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Holy; treating all according to their deserts. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lamp. Hebrew Thair, "thou wilt light" my lamp, seems deficient; as it is found in some manuscripts, Syriac, Arabic, Psalm xvii., &c. (Kennicott)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Me. Though David conquered some Gentiles, and some were converted to the true faith under the Old Testament, yet the fulness of the Gentiles belongs to the Church of Christ, the perpetual stability of which is here foretold, ver. 51. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]