_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._
This Psalm was used by the Jews in their public services on the
sabbath day, to which the matter of it was very well suited. For it
celebrates the works of God, both that first and great work, the
creation of the universe, and that succeeding, and no less wonderful
work, his... [ Continue Reading ]
_It is a good thing to give thanks_, &c. It is a good work, and a just
debt, which is due from us to God; _to show forth thy loving-
kindness_, &c. To adore and celebrate thy goodness and truth
continually, and especially at those two solemn times of morning and
evening, which, on every day, and par... [ Continue Reading ]
_For thou hast made me glad through thy work_, &c. Which thou didst
create by thine almighty power, and dost still govern with infinite
wisdom. “A prospect of creation, in the vernal season,” says Dr.
Horne, “fallen as it is, inspires the mind with joy, which no words
can express. But how doth the r... [ Continue Reading ]
_A brutish man_ Who cannot, or doth not, seriously consider things;
whose mind is corrupted by sensual and brutish appetites; who is led
by _sense_, and not by _reason_ and _faith, knoweth not_ That thy
works are so inexpressibly great and wonderful; _neither doth a fool
understand this_ The depth o... [ Continue Reading ]
_When the wicked spring_, &c. Many interpreters connect this with the
preceding verse, thus: _A brutish man knoweth not, &c., that when the
wicked spring as the grass_, and when all the workers of iniquity _do
flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:_ “they are
only nourishing themselv... [ Continue Reading ]
_For lo, thine enemies, &c., shall perish_ He represents their
destruction as certain, and as present, which the repetition of the
words implies. _But my horn shalt thou exalt_, &c. But, as for me and
other righteous persons, (of whom he says the same thing, Psalms
92:12,) we shall be advanced to tr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mine eye also shall see my desire_, &c. The words, _my desire_, are
twice inserted in this verse by our translators, and it seems
improperly, as there is nothing for them in the original, which is
literally, _Mine eye also shall look upon mine enemies, and mine ears
shall hear of the wicked that ri... [ Continue Reading ]
_The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree_ Which is constantly
green and flourishing, spreads its branches very wide, and grows to a
vast size, affording a most refreshing shade to travellers. It also
produces dates, a very sweet, luscious, and grateful kind of fruit; is
a most beautiful tree... [ Continue Reading ]
_Those that be planted in the house of the Lord_ In his church, of
which all righteous persons are real and living members: those whom
God, by his gracious providence and Holy Spirit, hath planted and
fixed there, and incorporated with his people; _shall flourish in the
courts of our God_ Like the t... [ Continue Reading ]
_To show that the Lord is upright_, &c. That he is true to his
promises, and faithful to every word that he hath spoken, and
therefore does not leave nor forsake those that cleave to him, but
carries on the work which he has begun. As it is by his promises that
believers first partake of a divine na... [ Continue Reading ]