_A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._
The author of this Psalm was David, as is manifest from 1 Chronicles
16:8, where we learn that the first part of it, at least, to the end
of the 15th verse, was delivered by him to Asaph and his brethren, for
the constant service of God in his tabernacle. It was composed aft... [ Continue Reading ]
_Call upon his name_ Or, _proclaim his name_, as קראו בשׁמו,
_kiru bishmo_, may be properly rendered: that is, proclaim the fame
and glory of his works, as it follows. _Make known his deeds_, &c. Let
each of you among his people, and even among the heathen, declare
God's mighty acts as he has opport... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remember the judgments of his mouth_ Either, 1st, The laws delivered
from his mouth: Or rather, 2d, The plagues, or punishments, which he
brought upon Egypt by his mere word or command. _O ye seed of Abraham
his servant_ Born in his house, his church, and being thereby entitled
to the privileges of... [ Continue Reading ]
_He hath remembered his covenant for ever_ Or, will remember it; that
is, practically, so as to perform and make it good. _The word_ The
promise; _which he commanded_ Established, or appointed, _to a
thousand generations_ To all generations; a certain number being put
for an uncertain. _And his oath... [ Continue Reading ]
_When they were but few in number_ Hebrew, מתי מספר, _methee
mispar, men of number_, so few as easily to be numbered, in opposition
to what their posterity afterward were, _as the sand of the sea
without number: yea, very few_ The word כמעשׂ, _chimgnat_, thus
rendered, signifies either small as to n... [ Continue Reading ]
_He called for a famine_ That is, he brought a famine upon the land.
_He brake the whole staff of bread_ Bread, which is the staff or
support of men's lives. _He sent a man before them_ Who was to nourish
them in the famine: sent him, by the direction of his secret
providence, many years before the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Until the time that his word came_ Dr. Waterland renders the verse,
_Until the time that his saying came to pass, the word of the Lord
purged him:_ and Green translates it, _Until the time that his
prediction had come to pass, and the word of the Lord cleared him._
The meaning seems evidently to be... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel also_ Jacob in person, with his children; _came into Egypt_
Where he and all his were very comfortably and honourably provided for
many years. Thus the New Testament church has a place provided for
her, even in the wilderness, where she is nourished for _a time,
times, and half a time, Revel... [ Continue Reading ]
_He turned their heart to hate his people_ Not by putting hatred to
his people into their hearts, which would not have been consistent,
either with the holiness of his nature, or with the truth of his word;
and which was altogether unnecessary, because they, like the rest of
mankind, were corrupt by... [ Continue Reading ]
_He sent Moses_, &c. “When the tyranny and oppression of Pharaoh
were at the highest, and Israel cried unto Jehovah because of the
bondage, he remembered his promise to Abraham, and sent Moses, with
Aaron, to effect that mighty deliverance, which was to be the grand
pledge and figure of our redempti... [ Continue Reading ]
_He sent darkness_, &c. This was one of the last plagues, though here
mentioned first: God sent darkness, and, coming with commission from
him, it came with efficacy; his command _made it dark. And they
rebelled not against his word_ That is, the people of Israel were not
disobedient to God's comman... [ Continue Reading ]
_He brought them forth also with silver and gold_ Laden with the
spoils of their enemies, which God, who is the absolute lord of all
property, empowered them to ask and receive of them, and thereby, as a
righteous judge, awarded them “the wages due to their great labours,
the Egyptians being now wil... [ Continue Reading ]
_The people asked, and he brought quails_ He speaks of the first
instance of his giving quails, mentioned Exodus 16:13, which God sent
them as a refreshment, graciously pardoning their sin in desiring
them; and not of that second instance, recorded Numbers 11:31, when
God gave them quails in judgmen... [ Continue Reading ]
_For he remembered his holy promise_ They were unworthy and
unthankful, yet he did these great things in their favour because he
remembered his _covenant, Psalms 105:8_, and his _holy promise_, and
would not suffer one iota or tittle of it to fall to the ground.
_Therefore he brought forth his peopl... [ Continue Reading ]