_A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021._ This Psalm was evidently composed, as Bishop Patrick observes, in a time of great distress, when the Jews were extremely afflicted by some haughty and insolent enemies. The bishop thinks it was in the time of Hezekiah, when the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh to besiege Jerus... [ Continue Reading ]
_Unto thee lift I up mine eyes_ Though all human help fail us in this sore distress, yet I do not despair of relief from thee; _O thou that dwellest in the heavens_ Whose majesty and power incomparably excel those of all earthly monarchs. _Behold, as the eyes of servants_, &c. “Behold how not only I... [ Continue Reading ]
_Have mercy upon us, O Lord_ O be gracious unto us, and in much mercy help and save us; _for we are exceedingly filled with contempt _ Loaded with opprobrious words and injuries. _Our soul is exceedingly filled with the contempt of the proud_ With the scornful and contemptuous carriage of thine and... [ Continue Reading ]