Psalms 42: PSALMS 42-72. THE SECOND, OR EXODUS BOOK*. ISRAEL. 42-49. CONCERNING ISRAEL''S RUIN. 50-60. CONCERNING ISRAEL''S REDEEMER. 61-72. CONCERNING ISRAEL''S REDEMPTION. 42-49. ISRAEL''S RUIN. 42-43 THE RUIN AND OPPRESSION REALIZED (Psalms 42:9; Psalms 43:2). NO HELP FROM MAN. IT OPENS WITH CRYI... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 42-72, The Exodus Book, has to do with Israel; as the first book (1-41) had to do with Man. Psalms 42 and Psalms 43 are linked together, because (1) Psalms 43 has no title; (2) the Structure shows the correspondence of the repeated appeal. TITLE. MASCHIL . Instruction. The second of thirteen... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. Because "the living", in contrast with idols. WHEN SHALL. COME, &C. Figures of speech _Interjectio, Erotesis,_ and _Apostrophe._ App-6. APPEAR BEFORE GOD. see the face of God. So it is in some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Syriac. See notes on Exodus... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTINUALLY. all the day.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD GONE. shall go. WENT. shall go. HOLY DAY. feast day.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech Cycloides. The question repeated in Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5. See the Structure, above. AND WHY... ? This second "why" is in the text of some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, as in Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5. HELP. Hebrew, plural salvations. Plural of... [ Continue Reading ]
O MY GOD. In some codices this is joined on to the end of Psalms 42:5. "the great deliverance of me, and [praise]my God". Compare Psalms 42:11 with Psalms 43:5. JORDAN. The reference is to 2 Samuel 17:22. THE HERMONITES. the Hermons. Refers to the two peaks. HILL. mountain.... [ Continue Reading ]
YET. Omit this. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HIS LOVINGKINDNESS... HIS SONG. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (Complex), App-6, by which each is to be repeated in the other. "His lovingkindness [and His song] in the daytime; and in the night His song [and His lovingkindness] shall be with me".... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. In edition of 1611 this was printed "My God". ROCK. mountain crag, or fortress. Hebrew. _sela'._ See note on Deuteronomy 32:13.Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 18:2. FORGOTTEN. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS WITH. Some codices read "Like". ENEMIES. adversaries. The second Psalm of each book has for its subject the enemy. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALTH. salvation.... [ Continue Reading ]