TITLE.. PSALM. Mizmor. See App-65. OF DAVID. by David, and relating to the true David. The Psalm is. continuation of the subject of this last group of four Psalms. Psalms 39:2 :9 link it on to Psalms 38:13. and Psalms 39:1 to Psalms 38:17. See note on Title of Psalms 38:1. I SAID. I formed this re... [ Continue Reading ]
DUMB: as if tongue-tied. GOOD. Perhaps the _Ellipsis_ (App-6) may be supplied "from good [words]". See P.B.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
FRAIL. short lived.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. AGE. lifetime. Hebrew. _heled._ See note on "world" (Psalms 49:1). AT HIS BEST STATE. though standing fast, or firmly established. ALTOGETHER VANITY. only all vanity. Some codices, with Syriac, omit "all". SELAH. Connecting the vanity of Psalms 39:5... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'Ish_. App-14. WALKETH: i.e. walketh to and fro, or habitually. IN. VAIN SHEW. only in. mere form. Hebrew. _ze_ lem. Occurs thirty-three times. Always rendered image, except here and Daniel 3:19 ("form").... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD*. The primitive text read "Jehovah". This is one of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered Jehovah to "Adonai". See App-32. IS. "it [is]... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ THE FOOLISH. a foolish one.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLOW. pressure. HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. See note on "moth", below. MOTH. Hebrew. _'ash._ Forming the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), connecting man (' _ish)_ with. moth (_'ash_). SELAH. Connecting human vanity with an abiding reality and. divinely provided resource prayer, and hope in Jehovah. See Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
RECOVER STRENGTH. be comforted. Hebrew "brighten up".... [ Continue Reading ]