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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 32 - Introduction

* The happiness of a pardoned sinner. (1,2) The misery that went before, and the comfort that followed the confession of sins. (3-7) Sinners instructed, believers encouraged. (8-11)

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See also Psalms 32 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm is ascribed to David, and there is no reason to doubt the correctness of the superscription to that effect. The “occasion” on which it was composed, however, is not intimated, nor is there...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    With a fervour which is unmistakably the fruit of experience the Psalmist describes the blessedness of forgiveness, and teaches that penitence is the indispensable condition for receiving it (Psalms 3...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXXII. No other Old Testament saint that we know of could have written this psalm except David. And yet at the outset we are met by the fact that the history makes David’s repentance after each of his...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 32 [A PSALM], OF DAVID, MASCHIL. This is the first of the psalms that bears this title: some think it is the name of a musical instrument, on which this psalm was sung; others t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ This Psalm is properly entitled Maschil, which signifies, giving instruction. For it gives us clear and satisfactory information concerning the most important of all subjects,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    This Psalm was probably written by David some time after his sin with Bathsheba. It describes the agonies of conscience that he went through before finally confessing his sin to God, and the subsequen...

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