PSALM 28 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to be made upon the same occasion with the former, and is mixed, as many others of his Psalms are, of hopes and fears, of prayers and praises. David prayeth earnestly for himself, PSALMS 28:1,2, that he might not be led away with the wicked, PSALMS 28:3,4. The... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. Towards the holy of holies, which is so called, 1 KINGS 6:23, compared with 2 CHRONICLES 3:10: compare also 1 KINGS 6:5, 1 KINGS 8:6, because there the ark was; from whence God gave oracular answers to his people; and to which they accordingly directed their prayers, not only when they drew nea... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAW ME NOT AWAY WITH THE WICKED: the sense is, either, 1. Do not suffer me to be drawn away by their counsel or example to imitate their evil courses. For God is oft said to do that which he doth not effect, but only permit and order, as 2 SAMUEL 12:12. Or, 2. Do not draw me into the same snares a... [ Continue Reading ]
David useth these imprecations, partly, to vindicate himself from the slanders of his enemies, who reported him to be as wicked as they were, only more close and cunning therein; which, if he had been, he had bitterly cursed himself; which it could not reasonably be presumed that he would do; partly... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORKS OF THE LORD, NOR THE OPERATION OF HIS HANDS, i.e. the providential works of God, both for and towards his church and people in general; the serious observation whereof would have made them afraid of opposing them, and desirous to join themselves with them; and for and towards me in particu... [ Continue Reading ]
He speaks of it as past, either because God had in part heard and answered him already, or because God assured him by his Spirit that he had heard and accepted his prayers, and would assuredly answer him in due time.... [ Continue Reading ]
No text from Poole on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR STRENGTH, i.e. the strength of his people, mentioned in the next verse; the relative being put before the antecedent, which is left to be gathered out of the following matter, as it is NUMBERS 24:17 PSALMS 87:1. Or, _his strength_; for the Hebrew affix _mo_, which commonly is plural, is someti... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE INHERITANCE; Israel, for whom I pray; partly because thou hast in some sort committed them to my charge, and partly because Saul did not take due care of them. LIFT THEM UP; raise them out of their low and afflicted condition, in which they are, by reason of Saul's weakness and neglect, and by... [ Continue Reading ]