BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Yahweh has crept into the text by a
natural slip of the scribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hopeful prayer for restoration to the Temple. It is impossible to say
who are meant by the ungodly nation, the nation that is not _hasid_
(see Psalms 43*) or pious. Following this clue we might understand by
the nation that is not pious, the mass of careless or apostate Jews,
since nobody would expe... [ Continue Reading ]