_the tent_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:1, note. _they offered_ In 2 Samuel 6:17, _David offered_. The Chronicler associates the elders with David as in 1 Chronicles 15:26. _burnt sacrifices_ R.V. BURNT OFFERINGS (as 1 Chronicles 16:2). Cp. Leviticus 1:1-9. _peace offerings_ The "peace offering" (Heb. _she... [ Continue Reading ]
_blessed the people_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 6:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
_a loaf of bread_ A flat round cake such as is still made in Egypt is meant. _a good piece of flesh_ R.V. A PORTION of flesh (mg. "of wine"). The meaning of the Heb. word is unknown. _Of flesh_is rightly in italics here as in 2 Samuel 6:19. _a flagon_of wine] R.V. A CAKE OF RAISINS. Cp. Isaiah 16:... [ Continue Reading ]
4 6 (cp. 1 Chronicles 16:37-38). David's Arrangements for Ministration before the Ark 4. _to record_ R.V. TO CELEBRATE. The literal meaning is _to call to mind_; cp. 1 Chronicles 16:12 (_remember_). Cp. Psalms 38, 70 (titles).... [ Continue Reading ]
_Asaph_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:17, note. _but Asaph made a sound with cymbals_ R.V. AND ASAPH WITH CYMBALS, SOUNDING ALOUD. Cp. 1Ch 15:16; 1 Chronicles 15:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Benaiah also and Jahaziel_ Two priests for the two trumpets. _Benaiah_ In 1 Chronicles 27:5-6 a _Benaiah_son of Jehoiada the priest (R.V.) is mentioned who is identified with the Benaiah who was one of the thirty heroes (1 Chronicles 11:24-25). Cp. also 1 Chronicles 12:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Psalm of Praise 7. _David delivered first_this psalm _to thank the Lord into the hand_etc.] R.V. DID DAVID FIRST ORDAIN TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, BY THE HAND etc. The psalm which follows consists of Psalms 105:1-15; Psalms 96:1 _b_ Psalms 96:13 _a_, Psalms 106:1; Psalms 106:47-48.... [ Continue Reading ]
(Psalms 105:1-15) 8. _his deeds among the people_ R.V. HIS DOINGS AMONG THE PEOPLES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sing psalms_ R.V. SING PRAISES. _talk you_ R.V. mg. _Meditate ye_. Meditation leads to fresh proclamation. _wondrous works_ R.V. MARVELLOUS WORKS (cp. 1 Chronicles 16:12), i.e. works beyond man's expectation; cp. Genesis 18:14, _Is anything too hard_(_wonderful_, R.V. mg.) _for the Lord?_... [ Continue Reading ]
_and his strength_ Perhaps (altering the points only of the Heb. word) AND BE YE STRONG. So LXX. καὶ ἰσχύσατε (in Psalms 105:4 καὶ κραταιώθητε). A promise is sometimes expressed in Heb. by the imperative.... [ Continue Reading ]
_his wonders_ i.e. the plagues of Egypt; Psalms 105:27-36. _of his mouth_ Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 4:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
_of Israel_ Psalms 105:6, _of Abraham_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_His judgements are in all the earth_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 16:20-22.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Be ye mindful_ Read (with Psalms 105:8) HE HATH REMEMBERED. Cp. Exodus 24:3-8; Exodus 34:10-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
_for a law_ R.V. FOR A STATUTE. The same Heb. word is translated _decree_in Psalms 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the lot_ The Heb. word ("hebel") means _a portion_not _assigned by lot_but _measured by line_; cp. R.V. mg. Canaan is co-extensive with Israel's inheritance. _inheritance_ All nations receive an inheritance from God; Deuteronomy 32:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_when ye were_ Psalms 105:12 _when they were_. _strangers_ R.V. SOJOURNERS. The patriarchs were not simply _strangers_, but strangers who made a long _sojourn_in Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
_kingdom … people_ The "kingdom" is Egypt (Genesis 12); the "people" the Canaanite and Perizzite (Genesis 13).... [ Continue Reading ]
_he reproved kings_ Genesis 20:3-7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_mine anointed_ R.V. MINE ANOINTED ONES; LXX. τῶν χριστῶν μου. _my prophets_ Genesis 20:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
(Psalms 96:1-13) 23. _Sing unto the Lord_ In Psalms 96:1-2 this burden is thrice repeated; in Chron. it is once given. Note that 23 b corresponds with 2 b of the Ps.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the heathen … all nations_ R.V. THE NATIONS … ALL THE PEOPLES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to be feared above all gods_ i.e. to be feared as being above all "that are called gods," these being "things of nought" (1 Chronicles 16:26, R.V. mg.). The real existence of false gods is not assumed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the people_ R.V. THE PEOPLES. _made the heavens_ Cp. Jeremiah 10:11, _The gods that have not made the heavens … shall perish from the earth_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Glory and honour_ R.V. HONOUR AND MAJESTY. are _in his presence_ R.V. ARE BEFORE HIM, i.e. are His, belong to Him as His attributes. Perhaps also _before him_refers to God's abode in heaven, while the parallel expression _in his place_(Psalms 96:6, _in his sanctuary_) refers to His temple on earth... [ Continue Reading ]
_of the people_ R.V. OF THE PEOPLES. An expectation that the Gentiles will turn to the worship of the true God is expressed not rarely in the Psalms; cp. Psalms 22:27; Psalms 68:31-32.... [ Continue Reading ]
_before him_ Psalms 96:8, _into his courts_. _worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness_ Render, WORSHIP THE LORD FOR THE MAJESTY OF [HIS] HOLINESS. God's beauty (majesty) is His holiness. To translate (as R.V. mg.) _in holy array_, attributing _the beauty of holiness_to the worshipper is no doubt... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fear_ R.V. TREMBLE. _the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved_ In Psalms 96:10 this clause is preceded by the words. _Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth_, and followed by the words. _He shall judge the people righteously_. _shall be stable_ R.V. IS ESTABLISHED.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and let_men _say_ Psalms 96:10, _say_[ye]. The clause is displaced in Chron.; cp. note on 1 Chronicles 16:30. _The Lord reigneth_ i.e. the Lord is claiming His kingdom over the earth by coming to judge the earth; cp. 1 Chronicles 16:33. Contrast Habakkuk 1:14, where the prophet complains that Jeho... [ Continue Reading ]
_to judge the earth_ The joy with which the coming judgement is greeted arises from the fact that the Hebrews regarded a judge as a champion of the oppressed and not as a pedantic interpreter of statutes.... [ Continue Reading ]
(Psalms 106:1; Psalms 106:47-48) 34. _his mercy_endureth _for ever_ Cp. Exodus 20:6, "shewing mercy unto a thousand generations of them that Jove me" (R.V. mg.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_gather us together_ From this prayer one would judge that Psalms 106 is not Davidic but post-exilic; and such no doubt is the case. _the heathen_ R.V. THE NATIONS. _that_we _may give thanks_… And _glory_ R.V. TO GIVE THANKS … AND TO TRIUMPH (as Psalms 106:47).... [ Continue Reading ]
_said, Amen, and praised the Lord_ Render, SAID, AMEN, AND, PRAISE TO THE LORD!... [ Continue Reading ]
The Service before the Ark and the Service at Gibeon As Zadok alone is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 16:39 as "before the tabernacle," Abiathar (Ahimelech) the other highpriest may have been in charge of the ark. Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:11, note. The Deuteronomic law that there should be one sanctuary onl... [ Continue Reading ]
_Obed-edom with their brethren_ Probably one or more names are missing after _Obed-edom_. LXX. however has καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, i.e. _and his brethren_. _porters_ R.V. DOORKEEPERS. See the notes on 1 Chronicles 9:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that_was _at Gibeon_ See prefatory note to ch. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the altar of the burnt offering_ 2 Chronicles 1:5-6. _morning and evening_ Exodus 29:38-39 (Numbers 28:3-4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jeduthun_ Psalms 39, 62, 77 (titles). In 1 Chronicles 6:33-47; 1 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Chronicles 15:19 the names of the leading singers are given as _Heman_, _Asaph_and _Ethan_; in 1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:1 ff. however _Jeduthun_seems to take the place of _Ethan_. Probably there was a va... [ Continue Reading ]
_and with them_etc.] The words _with them_are probably repeated in error from 1 Chronicles 16:41. Render, AND HEMAN AND JEDUTHUN HAD TRUMPETS AND CYMBALS. For _trumpets_cp. 1 Chronicles 15:24 (note). _make a sound, and with musical instruments of God_ R.V. SOUND ALOUD, AND WITH INSTRUMENTS FOR THE... [ Continue Reading ]