PSALM 149 THE ARGUMENT The scope and design of this Psalm is to stir up and encourage God's people to praise him; either, 1. For their deliverance out of Babylon, and the promises which God had given them of the perfection of that work, and of the enlargement of their power and dominion in the worl... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT MADE HIM; that made them not only his creatures, but, which is unspeakably greater, his people; or, that advanced and adorned them with singular privileges, as this word is used, 1 SAMUEL 12:6, and elsewhere. BE JOYFUL IN THEIR KING; David and his posterity, and especially the chief of all of t... [ Continue Reading ]
According to the usage of that time and dispensation.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE; he loveth them above all people, and rejoiceth over them to do them good. HE WILL BEAUTIFY, Heb. _adorn_ or _glorify_; make them amiable and honourable in the eyes of the world, who now hate and despise them. THE MEEK, or _humble_, to wit, his people, as he now said, w... [ Continue Reading ]
BE JOYFUL IN GLORY, for the honour which God putteth upon them. SING ALOUD UPON THEIR BEDS; either, 1. For their safe and sweet repose and peace, which is signified by resting in beds, ISAIAH 57:2; or, 2. By night as well as by day, even in the time devoted to rest and sleep, which they shall borr... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THEIR MOUTH, Heb. _in their throat_; which signifies vocal praise, and that with a loud voice. A TWO-EDGED SWORD IN THEIR HAND; not only to defend themselves from their enemies, but, as it follows, to revenge themselves upon them.... [ Continue Reading ]
For all their cruelties and injuries towards God's people. This was literally accomplished by David upon the Philistines, Ammonites, Syrians, and other neighbouring nations and princes, which were bitter enemies to God's people. And the same thing was done afterward in the Christian world, when God... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE JUDGMENT WRITTEN; appointed and declared in the Holy Scripture, as DEUTERONOMY 12:32, DEUTERONOMY 29:19 32:41-43, and elsewhere. This is added to show that they do not this work to satisfy their own malicious or revengeful inclinations, but in obedience to God's command, and only in such manner... [ Continue Reading ]