TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. SONG. Hebrew. _Shir._ The only _Shir_ in the first book. See App-65. DEDICATION. Hebrew. _hanak._ Used of houses in Deuteronomy 20:5. OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID. Compare 2 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 7:2. Not the temple. LIFTED ME UP. as out of. pit.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THE GRAVE. Hebrew Sheol. See App-35. THAT. SHOULD NOT GO DOWN. So in some codices and one early printed edition; but other codices read "from among" [those who were going down], with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. THE PIT. a sepulchre. Hebrew. _bor._ See note on... [ Continue Reading ]
SING. Sing praises. SAINTS. favoured ones: literally men endued with grace. The natural man cannot do this (1 Corinthians 2:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
ENDURETH, &C. Render "For. moment [is] His anger; for. lifetime [is] His favour". ENDURE. lodge... [ Continue Reading ]
I SHALL, &C. Compare Psalms 62:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY MOUNTAIN: i.e. Zion, which David had but recently taken (2 Samuel 5:7). HIDE THY FACE. Probably refers to. sickness which followed. FACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where "Jehovah" (in the primitive text) was altered to "Adonai". See App-32. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "Jehovah". App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT PROFIT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. IS THERE. Supply "[will there be]". BLOOD. soul. Compare Leviticus 17:11. THE PIT. Hebrew. _Shachath_. destruction (Psalms 55:23; Psalms 103:4), or corruption (Psalms 16:10; Psalms 49:9; Jeremiah 2:6). SHALL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
TURNED: denoting the act. See "girded", below. PUT OFF. torn open, or off. SACKCLOTH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the sadness of which it was the sign. GIRDED: denoting the fact. See "turned", above.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY GLORY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for "myself", referring either to the _tongue_ (Psalms 108:1 or powers of mind which give the praise. To the chief Musician. See App-64. Though written for. special occasion, Psalms 30 was handed over to the chief Musician for public u... [ Continue Reading ]