This psalm, like some others, is entitled “a psalm or song;” that
is, it so far combined the properties of both a “psalm” and a
“song” that it might be called by either name. See the notes at
the titl...
This Psalm is fittingly placed here, for it expands the thought of
Psalms 86:9 in the style and the spirit of prophecy. It is terse,
abrupt, enigmatic, like a prophetic oracle; in its breadth of view...
LXXXVII.
According to the common interpretation of this obscure psalm, it is
unique not only in the Psalter but in Hebrew literature. Not even in
Isaiah is Jewish exclusiveness so broken down. A namel...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 87
A PSALM OR SONG FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. Whether this psalm was composed
by David, in a view of the temple to be built by his son Solomon; or
whether by one that returned from...
_A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._
This Psalm is an encomium on Zion, as a type and figure of the gospel
church, to which its contents are very applicable. Some think it was
composed to express the joy of God's...