_The virtue of God's blessing. Good children are his gift._ A Song of Degrees for Solomon. _Title._ לשׁלמה המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth lishlomoh._] This is said to have been composed by Solomon, and is observed to be a commentary upon a pious maxim, which is several times repeated in the Prove... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS VAIN, &C.— _It is vain for you, ye that rise early, and late take rest: that eat the bread of fatigue: it is thus he giveth sleep to his beloved._ Mudge: who observes, that the words, _it is thus he giveth,_ and _behold,_ in the next verse, evidently point, as he suggests in the note on the ti... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN OF THE YOUTH, &C.— These are opposed to the children of old age; and of these it is frequently observed, that they are the strongest, being, as Jacob says of Reuben, _his might, the beginning of his strength;_ and of such it is here said, _they are at arrows in the hands of the mighty Man 1... [ Continue Reading ]