This Psalm may best be understood as an expression of the gratitude and confidence of Israel after the Return from the Captivity. Speaking in the name of the people the Psalmist praises Jehovah before all the world for the fulfilment of His promises (Psalms 138:1-3); anticipates the impression which... [ Continue Reading ]
I will give thanks unto thee _with my whole heart_ Cp. Psalms 9:1. There is no need for the Psalmist to mention the name of Him Whom he addresses. The Ancient Versions, however, insert _O Lord_, after _thee_, and the P.B.V. follows them. _before the gods_ The Psalmist stands face to face with the mi... [ Continue Reading ]
Thanksgiving for Jehovah's manifestation of His lovingkindness and truth in the fulfilment of His promises.... [ Continue Reading ]
and _strengthenedst me_ R.V. thou didst encourage me, giving me a proud consciousness of strength; a bold use of the word, which elsewhere denotes pride in a bad sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
_All the kings of the earth_shall give thanks unto thee, Jehovah] When the kings of the nations hear of Jehovah's promises to Israel and His fulfilment of them, they will join in the Psalmist's thanksgiving. Cp. Psalms 68:29 ff.; Psalms 102:15-16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehovah's faithfulness to His promises will evoke the homage of the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they shall sing_of _the ways of_Jehovah] They will celebrate His providential methods of dealing with His people. For _ways_cp. Psalms 103:7. _the glory of_Jehovah] The revelation of His power and majesty in the deliverance of Israel. Cp. Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 60:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
For though Jehovah is _high, yet_he seeth _the lowly_ Exalted as He is, Jehovah never loses sight of the lowly, and in due time raises them up (Exodus 3:7; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:2; Psalms 113:5 ff.): and the haughty _he knoweth_from afar; no distance hides them from His eye, and they cannot escape... [ Continue Reading ]
_wilt revive me_ Or, _preserve me alive_. Cp. Psalms 71:20; Psalms 119:25 &c.; Psalms 143:11. _thou shalt stretch forth thine hand_ A common figure for the exertion of Divine power to help or punish. Cp. Psalms 144:7; Exodus 3:20; Exodus 9:15. _thy right hand_&c. Cp. Psalms 17:7;... [ Continue Reading ]
Though fresh troubles may still await Israel, Jehovah will not fail to carry out His purposes for them.... [ Continue Reading ]
_will perfect that which concerneth me_ Will accomplish His promises and purposes for me. Cp. Psalms 57:2; Philippians 1:6 (ἐπιτελεῖν is the word used in Aquila's version here). _forsake not the works of thine own hands_ The plural _works_and the parallelism of the first line shew that the meaning... [ Continue Reading ]