TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. TITLE.. PSALM. Mizmor. See App-65. OF DAVID. by David, and relating to the true David. BLESSED. See App-63. THE POOR. weak, or feeble. Hebrew. _dal._ Not the same as Psalms 40:17. WILL DELIVER. may the LORD deliver... preserve. IN TIME OF TROUBLE. in the evil... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEP HIM ALIVE. revive, so as to live again; hence, to give life to: here, in resurrection. Hebrew. _Piel_ conjugation, to give life, quicken. Compare Psalms 119:25; Psalms 119:37, &c. Deuteronomy 32:39; Job 33:4. Hence, _to preserve seed_ (Genesis 19:32; Genesis 19:34); _to repair,_ in the sense of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BED. the couch.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE MERCIFUL. be gracious, or show favour. MY SOUL. me. I HAVE SINNED. Christ could say this of those whose sins He was bearing, which were laid upon Him. sinned. Hebrew. _chata._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE COME: i.e. the traitor; then Ahithophel, afterward Judas (see Psalms 41:9). SPEAKETH. Note the lying lips, the evil heart, the wicked slander.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN EVIL DISEASE. a thing of Belial. Compare Psalms 101:3.Deuteronomy 13:13; Deuteronomy 15:9; Judges 19:22; 1 Samuel 2:12. See 2 Samuel 16:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND: i.e. the one whom. was in the habit of saluting as my friend. WHOM. TRUSTED. These words not quoted by Christ (John 13:18), for He knew what was in man (John 2:24; John 2:25). TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. WHICH DID EAT, &C. Quoted in John 13:18. BREAD. Pu... [ Continue Reading ]
REQUITE. Suited for that Dispensation. See App-63.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAVOUREST. delightest, or hast pleasure in. Compare Matthew 3:17; Matthew 12:18; Matthew 17:5.Isaiah 42:1. TRIUMPH. shout with triumph.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY FACE. See note on Exodus 34:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED, &C. Hebrew. _barak,_ not _'ashrei,_ as in Psalms 41:1 and the Beatitudes (App-63). This Doxology concludes the first book of Psalms, also the second book (Psalms 72:18). They were the words of David when he brought up the Ark (1 Chronicles 16:36), also in 1Ki 1:47, 1 Kings 1:48, when this g... [ Continue Reading ]