_A.M. 2942. B.C. 1062._ This Psalm contains a solemn and instructive meditation on the majesty, greatness, and grace of God. David extols God's glory, as appearing in his works, especially in the heavens and heavenly bodies, and in his producing great and wonderful effects by weak and contemptible... [ Continue Reading ]
_How excellent is thy name_ That is, thy glory, as it is explained in the next clause; _in all the earth_ The works of creation and providence evince and proclaim to all the world that there is an infinite Being, the fountain of all being, power, and perfection; the sovereign Ruler, powerful Protect... [ Continue Reading ]
_Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings_ Children in age, and children in power and knowledge, persons comparatively ignorant and foolish, weak and contemptible, but simple, humble, and teachable; _thou hast ordained strength_ Hebrew, יסדת עז, _jissadta gnoz_, literally, _hast founded_, or _constit... [ Continue Reading ]
_When I consider thy heavens_ Thine by creation, as it follows; _the work of thy fingers_ Of _thy hands_, as it is expressed Psalms 102:25, a part being here put for the whole, and God's _hand_ and _finger_ being indifferently used to denote his power, Exodus 8:19; Luke 11:20. _The moon and stars wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels_ Such was man as he came out of the hands of his Maker, in his primeval state. He _was lower than the angels_, because, by his body, he was allied to the earth, and to the beasts that perish; but as by his soul, which was spiritual and immortal, he... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou madest him to have dominion over the work of thy hands _ Didst constitute him lord of the inferior creatures, and invest him with a sovereign dominion over them. The charter whereby man was to hold this royalty bore date with his creation, Genesis 1:28; and though it was forfeited by his fall,... [ Continue Reading ]