PSALM 120 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been composed, either, 1. By David in the time of his persecution by Saul, when he was exposed both to the swords and to the calumnies of his enemies; of which two evils he complains in this Psalm; or, 2. By some other holy prophet in a time of the c... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM LYING LIPS; from the unjust censures and malicious slanders of mine enemies, who traduce me as an egregious hypocrite, as a rebel and traitor. FROM A DECEITFUL TONGUE; which covereth mischievous designs with pretences of kindness.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO THEE, whosoever thou art who art guilty of these practices? He applies himself severally to the consciences of every one of them. Or he designs Doeg or some other person in Saul's court eminent for this wickedness. The sense may be this, It is true, thou dost me some mischie... [ Continue Reading ]
So this verse contains an answer to the question PSA 120 3, and declares the slanderer's recompence; which is the wrath and vengeance of the mighty God, which in Scripture, and particularly in this book, is oft compared to at. rows, as PSALMS 7:13,14, &c, and here to _arrows of the mighty_, i.e. sho... [ Continue Reading ]
MESECH and KEDAR are two sorts of people, oft mentioned in Scripture, and reckoned amongst the heathen and barbarous nations. But their nurses are not here to be understood properly, (for we do not read that either David or the Israelites in the Babylonish captivity dwelt in their lands,) but only m... [ Continue Reading ]
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