_God is to be praised for his goodness, for his power, and for his providence. Confidence is to be placed in God._ _A Psalm_ of David. _TITLE_— This is said to be a psalm of David; but the particular occasion of its composition is not known: It seems probable, however, that it was composed by David... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PSALTERY, &C.— _The psaltery of ten strings._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE GATHERETH THE WATERS, &C.— Though this may allude to the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea, when the waters were as a wall unto them on the right hand and on the left; yet Mr. Lowth's Observation upon Jeremiah 5:22 may very properly be applied here. The keeping of the waters within bo... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT STOOD FAST— The word ויעמד _vaiiangamod_ in the Hebrew should be rendered, and _it stood up; i.e._ at God's command: or, more suitably to the subject spoken of, _it arose into being._ The verb עמד _amad_ may likewise be rendered, _it stood firm._ See Green, and Lowth's Prelections, p. 45. 4to... [ Continue Reading ]
HE FASHIONETH THEIR HEARTS ALIKE— _He formed their hearts, one and all, and consequently must know what are their thoughts and intentions._ Mudge.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HORSE IS A VAIN THING, &C.— The expression is the same in this and the preceding verse; and therefore the meaning must be the same. After having particularized the stout man and the horse; that is to say, the infantry and cavalry, the strength and the swiftness of an army; and said, that neither... [ Continue Reading ]
TO KEEP THEM ALIVE IN FAMINE— This verse is plain enough, if the psalm refers, as was hinted at the beginning, to the case of the Israelites in the wilderness; but if to any particular victory of David's, it seems to import that he and his people had been in great want of provisions, occasioned, per... [ Continue Reading ]