HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.' This Psalm is again a Psalm of David, dedicated for the purpose of Tabernacle worship to the Chief Musician. Jeduthun, also named Ethan (unless Ethan suddenly died and was replaced by Jeduthun - 1 Chronicles 15:17 ff... [ Continue Reading ]
‘He only is my rock and my deliverance, He is my high tower, I will not be greatly moved.' And this is why he can wait in silence before God in such confidence. It is because God is his Rock and his High Tower. Compare here Psalms 62:6, and see also Psalms 18:2. God is his Rock. In other words He... [ Continue Reading ]
‘How long will you set upon a man, That you may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, Like a tottering fence?' But while he sees God as his Rock and his strong tower, He is invisible to his adversaries who consequently see him as vulnerable and collapsing. They see him as like a leaning wal... [ Continue Reading ]
They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity, They delight in lies, They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. [Selah.' He describes the kind of people that they are. Their only aim is to drag him down from his exalted position, to strip him of his authority. And in order to... [ Continue Reading ]
2). HE CALLS ON HIMSELF AND HIS PEOPLE TO TRUST WHOLLY IN GOD, WHO IS THEIR SURE DEFENCE AND REFUGE (5-8). He now repeats and expands on what he has said in Psalms 62:1, calling on himself again to wait quietly before God alone, because his expectation is from Him. He knows that he can wait quietly... [ Continue Reading ]
3). HE WARNS AGAINST TRUSTING IN MAN OF ANY LEVEL, OR IN BRUTE FORCE, OR IN RICHES, AND CALLS ON HIS HEARERS TO RECOGNISE THE FACT THAT POWER AND TRUE LOVE BELONG TO GOD WHO DEALS WITH MEN ON THE BASIS OF WHAT THEY REVEAL THEMSELVES TO BE (9-12). The Psalm is brought to its conclusion by a comparis... [ Continue Reading ]