BABYLON. The Psalm is anonymous, and probably by Hezekiah. No need to refer it to post-exilic times. The Psalm reads as though it were. reminiscence of past experience in Babylon, and. contrast with previous joys in Zion; not, as during or after the seventy years, or an experience of. then present e... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY THAT CARRIED US AWAY: i.e. the captives of Judah, as those of Israel had been by Shalmaneser and Sargon. The latter took away only 27,280 from Samaria. See note on 1 Chronicles 5:6. and App-67.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD'S. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ s. App-4. STRANGE. foreigner's.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. FORGET... DO NOT REMEMBER. The writer's then present personal declaration. LET MY RIGHT HAND FORGET. Supply "me" for the Ellipsis. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "let my right hand be forgotten".... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. EDOM. Genesis 27:39; Genesis 27:40 was not fulfilled until the reign of Joram (2 Kings 8:20; 2 Chronicles 21:8 (compare 1 Kings 22:47). From that time they were implacable enemies. DAY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for what happened at the time (App-6). Compare Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE DESTROYED. Hezekiah must have been familiar with Isaiah's prophecies, who employs the very words of verses: Psalms 137:8; Psalms 137:9. (Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:16; Isaiah 21:9; Isaiah 47:14; Isaiah 47:15. Compare Nahum 3:10.) HAPPY. See App-63. for the Beatitudes of the Psalms. rew [ Continue Reading ]
LITTLE ONES. The reference is to Isaiah 13:16, which belongs to. Dispensation of Law and Judgment, and is not to be interpreted of the present Dispensation of Grace.... [ Continue Reading ]