_Why. Let me know the enormity of my sins. All Israel follows Absalom,
2 Kings xv. 13. So all rose up against Christ. (Worthington) --- The
Church was assailed on all sides, (Calmet) and every soul must live in
expectation of battle from innumerable enemies. Hebrew also, (Haydock)
"How are they mult... [ Continue Reading ]
God. His case is desperate. (Worthington) --- He must therefore be a
criminal. This is the usual judgment of the world, though very false,
as we have seen in the person of Job; for temporal punishments are
frequently an effect of the divine clemency. Semei upbraided David on
this occasion, as the Je... [ Continue Reading ]
_Protector. Hebrew, "shield." --- Glory. God is the hope of his
servants, (1 Corinthians xv. 31.) and grants their requests. (Calmet)
--- He has not abandoned me, when I had fallen into sin. (Haydock) ---
He gives me the victory, and confirms my throne. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hill. Sion, where the ark had been placed, (Calmet) or from heaven.
(Menochius) --- Hebrew adds, "Selah." (Protestants) (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rest, in sin; (St. Athanasius) or, I have not lost my confidence in
God, though dangers threaten on every side. (Calmet) --- Jesus
remained undaunted, when his enemies surrounded him; he continued
(Theodoret, &c.) free among the dead, and rose again by his own power.
(Haydock) --- If he prayed that... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thousands. Septuagint, "myriads." (Haydock) --- If my enemies were
still more numerous, I should not fear. (Calmet) --- I beseech thee to
help me. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Without cause. Hebrew, "on the jaw." (Haydock) --- Without redress.
(Calmet) --- Septuagint seems to have read leinom, as "some Jews say
that the ancient copies were different." (Origen, A.D. 231.)
(Kennicott) --- Teeth. Strength and fury._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blessing. Abundance of grace is promised to God's servants, who must
look up to him for salvation. David gives thanks for the victory,
though he grieved at his son's death. (Worthington) --- He shewed
proofs of the greatest clemency on this occasion. It is evident, from
this psalm being inserted be... [ Continue Reading ]
PSALM III. (DOMINE QUID MULTIPLICATI.)
The prophet's danger and delivery from his son, Absalom: mystically
the passion and resurrection of Christ.
Hebrew and Septuagint have literally, "a psalm of David," ( Greek: to
David) which may mean that it was addressed to him by God, or that he
would set it... [ Continue Reading ]