PSALM 39 THE ARGUMENT This is reckoned one of David's penitential Psalms. It was composed upon occasion of some sore disease, or grievous calamity; which he rightly judged to be inflicted upon him for his sins. Either, 1. To God, that by this humble and mournful prayer he might prevail with God to... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE ARROWS, i.e. thy judgments inflicted upon my outward and inward man, oft compared to arrows, as DEUTERONOMY 32:23 PSALMS 7:13, PSALMS 45:5 91:5. PRESSETH ME SORE; or, _comes down upon me_; as when a strong man lifts up his hand and weapon, that it may fall down with greater violence, and make... [ Continue Reading ]
My disease or grief hath seized upon all the parts of my body, my very bones not excepted, so that my bed can give me no rest; BECAUSE OF MY SIN, which hath provoked thee to deal, thus severely with me.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE INIQUITIES; or, _the punishment of mine iniquities_, as this word is frequently used; which best agrees both with the foregoing and following verses, and with the metaphor here used; which in other places of Scripture is generally applied to afflictions, and not to sins. GONE OVER MY HEAD, like... [ Continue Reading ]
The bruises and sores caused by my disease are not only painful, but loathsome to myself and to others. FOOLISHNSS, i.e. sin, which really is, and is commonly called, _folly_, as PSALMS 69:5 PROVERBS 13:16, PROVERBS 14:17 15:2, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
TROUBLED, Heb. _distorted_, or _depressed_; or, as it is expressed by another word, signifying the same thing, BOWED DOWN, to wit, in my body, as diseased persons commonly are, and withal dejected in my mind. _I go mourning_, Heb. _in black_, the sign of mourning, which may here signify the thing, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Or, _with filthiness_; or, _with scorching heat_. The disease might be some burning fever, being also malignant or pestilential, either burning inwardly, or breaking forth outwardly in carbuncles or boils. It is true, this and the other expressions may be taken figuratively, of some grievous calamit... [ Continue Reading ]
ROARED, like a bear or a lion, through extreme pain and misery. BY REASON OF THE DISQUIETNESS OF MY HEART; for the great anxiety and torment of my mind, caused by the deep sense of my sins, and of God's wrath, and of the sad issue of my disease; which being added to my bodily pains, makes them more... [ Continue Reading ]
I do not utter all these complaints, nor roar out, that thou mayst hear and know them, for thou hearest and knowest even my lowest groans; yea, mine inward desires, and all my necessities. And therefore, I pray thee, pity and deliver me, as I trust thou wilt do.... [ Continue Reading ]
PANTETH; or, _goes round_; wanders hither and thither, as the word signifies; is perplexed and tossed with many and various thoughts, not knowing what to do, nor whither to go. Mine eyes are grown dim; either through grief and tears, as @PSALMS 6:7; or through weakness, as 1 SAMUEL 14:28,29.... [ Continue Reading ]
Either through neglect, and contempt, or disdain of me; or through delicacy and abhorrency from loathsome and sadding spectacles; or through fear of infection, or some other inconveniences.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY SNARES FOR ME; that if my disease do not kill me, they may destroy me some other way. IMAGINE DECEITS; they design mischief, but cover it with fair pretences.... [ Continue Reading ]
I carried myself towards them as if I had no ears to hear what they said either to me or for me, nor a tongue to answer or reprove them for their reproaches and calumnies; which he did not for, want of just answers to them, but to testify his humiliation for his sins, and his patient submission to a... [ Continue Reading ]
Or _arguments_, to convince or confute them, or to defend myself.... [ Continue Reading ]
I bore their carriage silently and patiently, because I hoped and knew that thou wouldst answer for me, and plead my cause better than myself; which I would not prevent by my impatience, and avenging myself. Or, _but in thee_ DO I HOPE, i.e. though friends forsake me, and mine enemies plot and pract... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAID, to wit, in my heart and prayers; I used this argument, which I knew was prevalent. REJOICE OVER ME in my destruction, which also will reflect upon thee; who hast undertaken to defend and save me, and for whose sake I suffer so much from these wicked men, PSALMS 38:20. WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPETH;... [ Continue Reading ]
READY TO HALT; just falling into utter destruction; see JEREMIAH 20:10; and therefore if thou dost not help me speedily, it will be too late. MY SORROW IS CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME; I am deeply and constantly sensible of thy just hand, and of my sins, the cause of it; wherewith I shall be overwhelmed, i... [ Continue Reading ]
DECLARE MINE INIQUITY; either to thee; or publicly to the world, because my sin hath been public and scandalous. I WILL BE SORRY, Heb. _I will be_ (or, _I am_; futures being oft so taken) _solicitous_ or _anxious_; full of grief for what is past, and of cares and fears for the future; partly lest I... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVELY, Heb. _living_, i.e. thriving, or flourishing, or prosperous, as life is used, PSALMS 22:26, PSALMS 34:12, and elsewhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY RENDER EVIL FOR GOOD; they hate and persecute me, not only without any injury or provocation on my part, but as it were in requital of the good which I have done to them. BECAUSE I FOLLOW THE THING THAT GOOD IS; because I love and diligently practise justice and godliness, which they hate, and... [ Continue Reading ]
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