The “title” to this psalm is, “To the chief Musician, A
“Psalm” of David the servant of the Lord.” On the meaning of the
phrase “To the chief Musician.” see the notes at the title to
Psalms 4:1. The w...
This Psalm presents two contrasted pictures: one of the godless
principles and conduct of the man who has made deliberate choice of
evil; the other of the universal and inexhaustible lovingkindness of...
XXXVI.
This psalm consists of three distinctly defined stanzas of nearly
equal length. The first portrays the wicked man who has reached the
lowest grade of impiety. The second exalts the goodness and...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 36
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, [A PSALM] OF DAVID, THE SERVANT OF THE LORD.
This title, which the psalmist takes to himself, regards him not only
as a creature, every man being the s...
_A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._
This Psalm, as the preceding, and many others, seems to have been
composed by David during the persecution he suffered from Saul, and
probably at, or near, the beginning of it...
HEADING.
‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of YHWH.'
This Psalm might be called ‘the Ode to the Covenant Love of YHWH'.
For after its initial grim beginning it expands into a thr...