PSALM 3 Composed by David, as this phrase implies, PSALMS 110:1, compared with MATTHEW 22:43, and generally elsewhere. When he fled, or, after he had fled. Either this Psalm was composed in his flight, or the matter of it was then in his thoughts; which afterwards he digested into this form and orde... [ Continue Reading ]
OF MY SOUL, i.e. of me; the soul being commonly put for the person, as ISAIAH 46:2 AMOS 6:8, compared with GENESIS 22:16. THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD; God hath utterly forsaken him for his many crimes, and will never help him more. SELAH: this word is nowhere used but in this poetical Book of th... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ME, or _about me_, on every side, where also mine enemies are. MY GLORY; either, 1. The author of my princely glory and majesty. Thou didst first give it, and I doubt not thou wilt defend and restore it. Or, 2: The matter of my glorying. Thou hast formerly and frequently given, and wilt further... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH MY VOICE; the witness of my faith and fervency of affections. OUT OF HIS HOLY HILL; either out of heaven, so called PSALMS 15:1: compare ISAIAH 66:1. Or rather, 2. Out of the hill of Zion, where God was especially present, the ark being there at this time; towards which the saints then used to... [ Continue Reading ]
I LAID ME DOWN AND SLEPT, to wit, securely, casting all my cares and fears upon God, and relying upon his help. I awaked in due time and manner, after a sweet and undisturbed sleep. SUSTAINED ME; or, _supported me_, as it were with his right hand, that I should not fall under my burden. He upheld my... [ Continue Reading ]
So that I see no human way to escape.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE; bestir thyself on my behalf, and be no longer as an idle spectator of my miseries. O MY GOD; who art mine by special relation and covenant, and I am thy son and thy servant; Lord, save thine own. THOU HAST SMITTEN ALL MINE ENEMIES thou hast hitherto helped me, do not now leave me. UPON THE CH... [ Continue Reading ]
I expect not salvation from my forces, but from thy power and favour alone. THY BLESSING IS, or rather, let it be, (so he closeth with a prayer,) UPON THY PEOPLE; either upon my friends and followers, who alone are thy people, the rest being rebels to thee as well as to me; or, upon all thy people I... [ Continue Reading ]