TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ App-65. SONG. Hebrew. _shir._ App-65. OF ASAPH. by Asaph. The fifth of the twelve Asaph Psalms. App-63.Psalms 76:1; Psalms 76:5; Psalms 76:8, and Psalms 76:11 are in the third person. Psalms 76:4; Psalms 76:7; Psalms 76:10 and are in the second person. The Structure... [ Continue Reading ]
SALEM. The ancient Jebusite name for Jerusalem. Compare Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1; Hebrews 7:2. IS. is come; or is setup. TABERNACLE: i.e. David's tabernacle on Zion. in Psalms 18:11. pavilion, or dwelling. Hebrew. _sukkah,_ not _'ohel._ ZION. This is where David's tabernacle was set up after the... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE. Emphatic. Hebrew. _sham_. Compare Genesis 2:8; Exodus 40:3 (therein). Deuteronomy 1:39 (thither). 2 Chronicles 6:11 (in it). BRAKE HE. hath He broken in pieces. BATTLE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for other weapons used in battle. SELAH. Connecting the Jebusite defeat... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNTAINS OF PREY. The great mountain (Zion) which had become. prey: i.e.. prey seized, as in next verse; the mighty men bad become. spoil, or been plundered.... [ Continue Reading ]
NONE... FOUND THEIR HANDS. Idiom for helplessness. Like losing heart or finding heart (2 Samuel 7:27). MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD OF JACOB. See note on Psalms 75:9. BOTH THE CHARIOT AND HORSE ARE CAST INTO. DEAD SLEEP. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "the horsemen are stunned". CAST INTO. DEAD SLEEP. One word in Hebrew. stunned.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEEK. the patient oppressed ones. SELAH. Connecting God _'_. judgment on Jebusites, and making it. ground of praise. See App-66.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
PAY UNTO. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). "pay [thy vows] unto". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. PRESENTS. Plural of majesty: i.e.. great or ceremonial present.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]