_A.M. 3112. B.C. 892._ The occasion of this Psalm seems to have been a dangerous conspiracy, and attempt of divers nations against Israel or Judah. Probably it was that which is recorded 2 Chronicles 20., wherein all the people here named might be engaged, though all of them be not there mentioned;... [ Continue Reading ]
_Keep not thou silence, O God_ Plead for us, not by words, but by thy actions; _hold not thy peace_ Hebrew, אל תחרשׁ, _al techeresh: be not deaf_, to our prayers, and to the blasphemies of thine and our enemies. _Be not still_ That is, unactive and unconcerned for us. _For lo, thine enemies_ They wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_They have consulted against thy hidden ones_ That is, against thy people Israel, as it is explained in the foregoing words, and in the next verse. They are called God's _hidden_, or _secret ones_, צפוניךְ, _tzepunecha, abditos tuos_, to intimate the singular care and respect which God had to them,... [ Continue Reading ]
_The tabernacles of Edom_ Called the children of _Seir, 2 Chronicles 20_. He says _the tabernacles of Edom_, from the custom of these Arabians to live in tents all the year long; encamping sometimes in one place and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and their cattle, a c... [ Continue Reading ]
_Which perished at En-dor_ Either, 1st, The Midianites; or rather, Jabin and Sisera, who were overthrown at Taanach and Megiddo, (Judges 5:19,) nigh unto which places was this En-dor, as appears from Joshua 17:11. _They became as dung upon the earth_ They were trodden under foot, and their carcasses... [ Continue Reading ]
_O my God, make them like a wheel_ Whereas they promise themselves a sure possession, let them be like a _wheel_, or a _round ball_, which is very unstable, and soon removed, and which, when once tumbled down from the top of a hill, runs with great force and swiftness, and stays not till it comes to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fill, &c., that they may seek thy name_ That, being disappointed of their hopes, and discerning the impotence of their idols, they may own and worship thee as the only true God. _Let them be put to shame and perish_ But those of them that will not humble themselves before thee, let them be utterly... [ Continue Reading ]