_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._ This Psalm seems to have been intended as a solemn invitation to the people, when they were assembled together on some public occasion, to praise their God, and hear instruction out of his law. But it has also a special reference to the days of the Messiah, as the Jewish doc... [ Continue Reading ]
_O come, let us sing, unto the Lord_, &c. Thus the pious Jews, in ancient times, exhorted and excited each other to employ their voices in honour of Jehovah, and to celebrate _the rock of their salvation_ And Christians are now called upon to stir up each other to the same blessed work, in the same... [ Continue Reading ]
_In his hand_ Under his government, and in his possession; _are the deep places of the earth_ With all the treasures they contain; even those parts which are far out of men's sight and reach. _The strength of the hills_ Which, with majestic pride, tower above, and lift up their heads to heaven; _is... [ Continue Reading ]
_O come, let us worship and bow down_ Let us not be backward, then, to comply with this invitation; but let us all, with the lowest prostrations, devoutly adore this great and glorious Being. _Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker_ With humble reverence, and a holy awe of him; as becomes those who... [ Continue Reading ]
_For he is our God_ He not only has dominion over us, as he has over all the creatures, but stands in a special relation to us. He is our God in a peculiar sense, and therefore it would be most unreasonable and wicked if we should forsake him, when even the Gentiles shall submit to his law. _And we... [ Continue Reading ]
_Harden not your heart_ As if he had said, _If ye will hear his voice_, and profit by what you hear, then do not harden your hearts by obstinate unbelief and wilful disobedience, rebelling against the light, and resisting the Holy Ghost, and the clear discoveries which he makes of the truth of the g... [ Continue Reading ]
_Forty years long_, &c. Nor did they cease their discontented murmurings and distrust of me; but persisted in their stubborn infidelity and disobedience for the space of forty years; _was I grieved with this generation_ Or rather, with _that_ generation, which then lived, who were your ancestors; _a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Unto whom I sware in my wrath_, &c. In my just displeasure, I passed an irreversible sentence upon them, and confirmed it by an oath: _that they should not enter into my rest_ Into the promised land, so called Deuteronomy 12:9; 1 Chronicles 23:25, of which sentence, see Numbers 14. Now this case of... [ Continue Reading ]