_David, in distrust of merit, and hatred of idolatry, fleeth to God for preservation: he sheweth the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting._ Michtam of David. _TITLE._ לדוד מכתם _MIKTAM LEDAVID: MICHTAM OF DAVID._— _David's sculpture._ This title occurs before some other Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
O MY SOUL, THOU HAST SAID, &C.— _I have said unto the Lord._ Houbigant. _My goodness extendeth not to thee,_ means, as applied to Christ, that the services which he performed by his ministry, and the benefits which he procured by his sufferings, did not, properly speaking, make any addition of happi... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR SORROWS, &C.— This verse is put in opposition to the foregoing one; and intimates, that the lot of the persons here mentioned shall be very different from that of the _saints,_ who are the objects of his love. In the words, _shall be multiplied,_ we may suppose our blessed Saviour to comprehen... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD IS THE PORTION, &C.— See the note on Psalms 11:6. _Thou maintainest my lot,_ means that God had preserved for him the glory to which he was to be exalted in the quality of Messiah. See Psalms 2:8. _Lot_ is here put for _heritage,_ in allusion to the division which was made of the land of Ca... [ Continue Reading ]
MY REINS ALSO INSTRUCT ME— By _reins_ is meant the _secret thoughts_ and _inward reflections_ of the mind; in the same manner as the _heart_ is often mentioned to express the hidden purposes and desires of the soul. See Psalms 7:10; Psalms 26:2.Jeremiah 12:2.Revelation 2:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE ME— That is, he always had a regard to his Father's will, without swerving from it in any respect (See John 17:4.); and, consequently, was always assured of the assistance of God, and of the faithfulness of his promises. _At my right hand,_ is a figurative expression, signifying the efficacio... [ Continue Reading ]
MY GLORY— That is, _his tongue,_ as St. Peter explains it, Acts 2:26.; for the Hebrews give the tongue the name of _glory,_ as Psalms 57 because it was bestowed upon us to glorify God; and because it is our glory, as being the instrument of expressing our thoughts by words. _My flesh shall rest in h... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL, &C.— In שׁאול _Sheol,_ the place of departed souls. See the note on Psalms 9:17. Bishop Pearson on the Creed, and Peters on Job, p. 320. _Thine Holy One,_ means "Him whom thou hast sanctified and consecrated to be the _Messiah,_ (John 10:36. Isaiah 54:5.) and who... [ Continue Reading ]