Section 1. The author. This psalm purports in the title to be “A
Psalm of David,” and is the first one to which a title indicating
authorship, or the occasion on which a psalm was composed, is
prefixe...
The third and fourth Psalms are closely connected and should be
studied together. The one is a morning hymn, after a night spent
safely in the midst of danger (Psalms 3:5); the other an evening hymn,...
III.
With this psalm the hymn-book of Israel properly begins. The title
indicates it as the first psalm of a Davidic collection formed at some
time previous to the arrangement of the rest of the Psalt...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 3
A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM HIS SON. This is the first
of the psalms that has a title, and is called a Psalm; the word for
which, "mizmor", comes from one whic...
_A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._
As the foregoing Psalm, under the emblem of David in preferment,
showed us the royal dignity of the Redeemer; so this, by the example
of David in distress, shows us the peace...
* David complains to God of his enemies, and confides in God. (1-3) He
triumphs over his fears, and gives God the glory, and takes to himself
the comfort. (4-8)...
Heading ‘A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.'
The headings of the Psalms were clearly very ancient and this may well
therefore be a reliable tradition.
The context in which this psalm...