This psalm also is entitled “A Psalm of David.” There is, however,
no intimation in the title as to the time or the occasion on which it
was composed. In the Septuagint version, and the Latin Vulgate,...
Jehovah's servant recognises that his sufferings are the merited
punishment of sin, and pleads for a merciful hearing. The recollection
of the manifestations of Jehovah's lovingkindness in ancient tim...
CXLIII.
This psalm is chiefly interesting as an instance of the way in which
the deeper religious life of the post-exile times was upheld and
cherished by the experience of past times and the faith of...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 143
A PSALM OF DAVID. This psalm was composed by David when he fled from
Absalom his son, according to the title of it in Apollinarius, the
Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic,...
_A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021._
This is the seventh and last of those termed Penitential Psalms. It is
thought to have been composed by David when Absalom his son persecuted
him; and it was so inscribed in s...