_A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ Dr. Delaney, in the seventh chapter of the third book of his Life of David, has given it as his opinion that this Psalm, and the next three, were occasioned by a grievous distemper wherewith David was afflicted, and which he considered as the chastisement of God upon him for... [ Continue Reading ]
_Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure_ I confess that I both deserve chastisement and need it, and therefore I do not desire that thou shouldest entirely remove it, but only moderate it: see Psalms 6:1. _For thine arrows_ Thy judgments inflicted on my outward and inward man; _stick fast in me H... [ Continue Reading ]
_There is no soundness_, &c. My disease or grief hath seized upon all the parts of my body, my very bones not excepted, so that my bed can give me no rest; _because of my sin_ Which hath provoked thee to deal thus severely with me. _For my iniquities_, &c. Or, _the punishment of my iniquities_, as t... [ Continue Reading ]
_With a loathsome disease_ Hebrew, נקלה, _nikleh_, with _vileness_, or with _scorching heat._ “The disease,” says Poole, “might be some burning fever, breaking forth outwardly in carbuncles, or biles. It is true, this and the other expressions may be taken figuratively; but we should not forsake the... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have roared_ Hebrew, שׁאגתי, _sha-agti, roared like a lion_, or a bear, namely, through extreme misery; _by reason of the disquietness of my heart_ For the great anxiety and torment of my mind, caused by the deep sense of my sins, and of God's wrath, and of the sad issue of both. _My groaning is... [ Continue Reading ]
_My lovers and friends stand aloof_ Either through neglect and contempt, or disdain of me. _They that seek my life lay snares for me_ That if my affliction or trouble do not kill me, they may destroy me some other way; _and imagine deceits all the day long_ They design mischief, but cover it with fa... [ Continue Reading ]
_In whose mouth are no reproofs_ Or arguments, to convince or confute them, or to defend myself. _For in thee do I hope_ I bore their behaviour silently and patiently, because I hoped that thou wouldest answer for me, and plead my cause better than I could myself; which I would not prevent by my imp... [ Continue Reading ]
_For I am ready to halt_ To fall into destruction, Jeremiah 20:10. And, therefore, if thou dost not help me speedily it will be too late. _My sorrow is continually before me_ I am deeply and constantly sensible of thy justice in my chastisement, and I shall be overwhelmed with sorrow if thou dost no... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mine enemies are lively_ Hebrew, _living;_ that is, thriving, flourishing, and prosperous. _They that render evil for good_ That hate and persecute me, not only without any injury or provocation on my part, but, as it were, in requital of the good I have done to them. _Because I follow the thing th... [ Continue Reading ]