TITLE. Michtam. App-65. WHEN, &c. See 2 Samuel 8:13. ARAM-NAHARAIM, &C.. Mesopotamia or Syria. See 1 Chronicles 18:5, and note below on "twelve thousand". TWELVE THOUSAND. In 2 Samuel 8:13, and 1 Chronicles 18:12, it is David's and Abishai's exploit, which was 18,000. Here, it is Joab's exploit, a... [ Continue Reading ]
BROKEN. made fissures. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEWED. SUFFERED... TO SEE. astonishment: or confusion, or trembling.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TRUTH: or [Thy] faithfulness. Hebrew. _koshet._ Occurs only here in Psalms. Compare Proverbs 22:21. certainty, or exact, precise truth. (No Art.) SELAH. Connecting the gift, with the great and important object of it. (App-66.)... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. answer. ME. Hebrew text reads "us"; but some codices, with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "me".... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH SPOKEN. Verses 6-9 refer to the promise of the possession of the _whole_ of Canaan, confirmed in 2 Samuel 7:10. David here encourages himself by it. SHECHEM... SUCCOTH. West and east of Jordan.... [ Continue Reading ]
GILEAD... MANASSEH. Eastern side. EPHRAIM... JUDAH. Western side. LAWGIVER. Compare Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOAB... EDOM. Spoken of as the chattels of. conqueror (2 Samuel 8:12). WASHPOT. footbath: i.e. an ignominious vessel. CAST OUT MY SHOE. Idiom for taking possession. PHILISTIA. Syriac reads "over Philistia".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STRONG CITY. Probably Sela or Petra, corresponding with Edom (compare 2 Kings 14:7). David claims the promise of Numbers 24:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
O GOD. Some codices omit "O God".... [ Continue Reading ]
HELP FROM TROUBLE. succor out of trouble. HELP OF MAN. salvation or deliverance of man. Compare "save", Psalms 60:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. UPON. relating to.... [ Continue Reading ]