_Blessedness consisteth in remission of sins. Confession of sins giveth ease to the conscience. God's promises bring joy._ _A Psalm_ of David, Maschil. _TITLE._ משׁכיל _MASCHIL_— It is thought that David in this psalm, being awakened to a fresh sense of his sin in the affair of Uriah by his son Abs... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN I KEPT SILENCE, MY BONES WAXED OLD— _Because I kept silence, my bones were consumed._ Mudge and Houb. See Proverbs 17:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY MOISTURE IS TURNED INTO THE DROUGHT OF SUMMER— Some have inferred, says Dr. Delaney, from Psalms 32:3, &c. that David continued some time impenitent after the affair with Bathsheba: but had he been long impenitent, it would have been impossible for him to say, _mine iniquity have I not hid;_ howe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS SHALL EVERY ONE THAT IS GODLY PRAY UNTO THEE— For this, namely, because thou art merciful, _shall every one that is godly,_ truly penitent, and sincerely resolved for the future to serve thee, _pray unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found;_ while there is room for repentance and reco... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL GUIDE THEE WITH MINE EYE— _Let me counsel thee with mine eye towards thee:_ Mudge: who observes, that the author undertakes to instruct whoever he be that hears him, and to give him a hint of advice (for that is _counselling with the eye_); namely, to do as he had done; honestly to confess hi... [ Continue Reading ]
BE GLAD IN THE LORD— Bishop Hare supposes that this verse belongs to the next psalm, because it has no connection with the foregoing verse, or any part of this psalm; but if placed at the beginning of the next, the two first verses agree very well together, and correspond with great propriety. As a... [ Continue Reading ]