i. To sing Jehovah's praise is a duty and delight. The proofs of His righteous government of the world fill the Psalmist's heart with joy. Only unspiritual men fail to perceive that the prosperity of the wicked is but the prelude to their ruin, while Jehovah sits enthroned on high for ever (Psalms 9... [ Continue Reading ]
It is a _good_thing] As a tribute due to God; as a salutary and delightful occupation for man. _to sing_praises] To make melody or sing psalms; the word from which _mizmôr_, -a psalm," is derived. _unto thy name, O Most High_ To Jehovah as He has revealed Himself in His character of Supreme Govern... [ Continue Reading ]
Introduction: the joy and seemliness of praise and thanksgiving.... [ Continue Reading ]
Morning and evening are natural times for prayer (Psalms 5:3; Psalms 63:6; Psalms 55:17, &c.); lovingkindness and faithfulness are the attributes which move God to make and keep His covenant with His people (Psalms 89:1, note). The division of the verse into two parallel clauses is rhythmical, not l... [ Continue Reading ]
With decachord and with psaltery, With meditative music on the harp. In Psalms 33:2; Psalms 144:9, _ten-stringed_is an epithet of _psaltery_, but here two instruments seem to be meant. _Higgâyôn_occurs in Psalms 9:16 as a technical term, denoting apparently an instrumental interlude. The word deno... [ Continue Reading ]
_hast made me glad through thy work_ The prayer of Psalms 90:15-16 has been answered. God has wrought for Israel. _I will triumph_ Or, as in Psalms 90:14, I will shout for joy. Not only joy but the expression of it is meant. _the works of thy hands_ Or, the doings of thy hands, a different word fro... [ Continue Reading ]
The special ground for praise in the manifestation of Jehovah's sovereignty.... [ Continue Reading ]
How great are thy doings, Jehovah! Exceeding deep are thy thoughts. The grandeur and profundity of Jehovah's designs in the government of the world stir the Psalmist's admiration. Cp. Psalms 36:6; Psalms 40:5; Psalms 139:17-18; Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 11:33-34. "Deep in unfathomable mines Of never... [ Continue Reading ]
_A brutish man … a fool_ Men who are mere sensuous animals, stupid and unreceptive, incapable of discerning spiritual things. Cp. Psalms 49:10; Psalms 73:22; Psalms 94:8. _this_ Namely, the truth expressed in Psalms 92:7, that the wicked flourish only to perish, while Jehovah is eternally supreme.... [ Continue Reading ]
The tenses in Psalms 92:7 (cp. Psalms 92:10) do not merely express a general truth, but point to some particular event. When the wicked did flourish as the herbage, And all the workers of iniquity did blossom, It was that they might be destroyed for ever: But thou art on high for evermore, Jehov... [ Continue Reading ]
his i.e. to the substance of the present exhortation, the contrast between the ideal calling of Israel and its present position, its failure to realise its mission, and (especially) the reason of that failure (Isaiah 42:24 f.). _for the time to come_ in contrast to past disobedience. It is evident... [ Continue Reading ]