_A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060._ The subject of this Psalm is the same with the former, both being made for the people's use, concerning the king. Only the prayers there used are here turned into praises for the blessings received in answer to their prayers. And as David was an illustrious type of Christ, s... [ Continue Reading ]
_The king shall joy in thy strength_ Conferred upon him, and put forth, by thee, on his behalf, against his enemies. Though by the king here we may understand King David, who composed this Psalm, yet it may be much better explained of the King Messiah; understood of whom, the words _thy strength_ me... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast given him his heart's desire_ Thou hast granted all that he desired in his heart, as well as that which he openly requested with his lips. “The desire of Christ's heart was his own resurrection and exaltation, for the benefit of his church; and now he ever liveth to make request with his... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou preventest him_ Or, _didst prevent him_, namely, David; crowning him with manifold blessings, both more and sooner than he desired or expected, surprising him with the gift of the kingdom, and with many happy successes. _With the blessings of goodness_ That is, with excellent _blessings_, or _... [ Continue Reading ]
_He asked life of thee_ Applied to David it means, He asked only the preservation of his short and mortal life, which was often exposed to the utmost perils. _And thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever_ Thou gavest him a long life and reign here, and after that didst translate him to live... [ Continue Reading ]
_His glory_ His fame or renown, _is great in thy salvation_ By reason of those great and glorious deliverances which thou hast wrought both for him and by him. _Honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him_ Or, _fitted to him_, or _upon him_, or _made adequate to him_, as the word תשׁוה, _teshav-veh_,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast made him blessed for ever_ Hebrew, תשׁיתהו ברכות, _teshitheehu berachoth, Thou hast set him to be blessings for ever;_ that is, to be the author of all felicity to his subjects and servants: see Galatians 3:8, where we learn, that Christ, by his death and passion, having removed the curse... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the king trusteth in the Lord_ Confides in him, who never fails to perform his promises; _and through the mercy of the Most High_, &c. Through his kindness who is superior to all other beings, and has all events in his hands and under his control; _he shall not be moved_ The throne of David, an... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies_ When they seek to hide themselves, or flee away from thee, thy hand shall discover, overtake, and destroy them. _Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven_ Hebrew, תשׁיתמו כתנור אשׁ, _teshithemo chetannur esh, thou shalt put them, as it were, into an oven of fi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Their fruit shalt thou destroy_ Their children. God will take away both root and branch; the parents and all that wicked race. _For they intended evil against thee_ That is, against God; not directly, but by consequence, because it was against David, whom God had anointed, or against the Messiah, o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back_ That is, flee away at the first sight of thee. Or, thou shalt set them as a butt to shoot at, as the like phrase is used Job 7:20; Job 16:12. _When thou shalt make ready thine arrows, &c., against the face of them_ Or, _against them_, the word face be... [ Continue Reading ]