TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _Shir_. See App-65. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. See App-63. The fifth of nine so ascribed; and the last of the four Psalms celebrating the deliverance of Zion and Hezekiah (44, 46-48). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE CITY: i.e. Zion,... [ Continue Reading ]
SITUATION. elevation. EARTH: or land. MOUNT ZION. Immediately south of Moriah. See App-68. THE SIDES OF THE NORTH: i.e. with Moriah and the Temple immediately on the north side. THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. [is] Jerusalem as. whole. Note the three points of view: (1) the elevated mount; (2) the s... [ Continue Reading ]
IS KNOWN. hath made Himself known.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ THE KINGS: i.e. the vassal kings of Sennacherib.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS WE HAVE HEARD. Thus linking on Psalms 44:1. THE LORD OF HOSTS. Compare Psalms 46:7; Psalms 46:11. SELAH. Connecting the demand of Psalms 46:10, to "be still" and exalt Jehovah, with the "rest" in the thought of His lovingkindness.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHT. been silent (Hebrew. _damah),_ or stood still (Psalms 46:10) and rested in thought. midst. Same word as in Psalms 46:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTERS. cities. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for cities (compare Numbers 21:25.Joshua 17:11; Joshua 17:16). These cities of Judah had cause for rejoicing, for they were now free from Sennacherib, who had captured them (Isaiah 36:1). See Sennacherib's cylinder. App-67. JUDGMEN... [ Continue Reading ]
WALK ABOUT. They were now free to do this. TOWERS. Many discovered on the east side of Ophel in recent excavations.... [ Continue Reading ]
BULWARKS. outer walls or ramparts. CONSIDER. single out. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS GOD: or, such. God. EVEN UNTO DEATH. for evermore, according to some codices, five early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate The Massorites divided the one word (_'almuth_) into two (_'al moth)_, making it. "over death". But the correspondence is with the preceding line, and wi... [ Continue Reading ]