TITLE.. PSALM. Mizmor. See App-65.
OF DAVID. by David.
TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE. Used on the Day of Atonement.
This group of four Psalms closes the first book, and is similar in
character to the four that end the second book.
Compare Psalms 38 Title (Psalms 38:1) with Psalms 70 Title (Psalms
70:1... [ Continue Reading ]
ARROWS... HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44.
OVER MINE HEAD. The reference is to the burdens of porters and
carriers, which often mount up and project over the head.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOATHSOME. burning.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY REASON OF THE DISQUIETNESS OF MY HEART. Ginsburg suggests _lavi'_
instead of _lavi_. "beyond the roaring of. lion".... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD *. Primitive text was Jehovah. One of the 134 emendations of the
_Sopherim._ App-32.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. Strength to endure. vital strength. Hebrew. _koh._... [ Continue Reading ]
SORE. stroke. Used of. leprous stroke.
KINSMEN. neighbours.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-9.
LAY SNARES. Some commentators make two lines in this verse; but the
Hebrew accents make three: the first. the _act_, the second. the
_speech,_ the third. the _motive._... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'Ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. answer.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
HALT. Compare Psalms 35:15 and Genesis 32:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.
EVEN TO JEDUTHUN. See App-65.... [ Continue Reading ]