_David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case._
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
_TITLE._ להזכיר לדוד מזמור _MIZMOR LEDAVID LEHAZKIIR. A
PSALM OF DAVID,_ &C.— _David's memorial psalm,_ Whether David really
laboured under any grievous sickness which gave occasion to this
psalm;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THINE ARROWS, &C.— _For thine arrows are entered deep into me,
and thy hand is come down upon me._ Mudge.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR MINE INIQUITIES— i.e. The punishment of them; as Psalms 31:10;
Psalms 32:5.—_Are gone over my head,_ is an allusion to the
boisterous waves of the sea; under which a man who is shipwrecked is
just ready to sink. This comparison is frequent in the psalms. Compare
Psalms 42:7; Psalms 69:2; Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF MY FOOLISHNESS— i.e. "As a just punishment of my folly;
whereby, to satisfy my unreasonable desires, I have inconsiderately
offended thee." See 2 Samuel 11:2. David in the next verse represents
the greatness of his affliction by the posture in which mourners
walked at funerals; _I am bowe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR MY LOINS ARE FILLED, &C.— An anonymous writer on the psalms, who
differs in opinion from Dr. Delaney, observes, that these words are
not to be taken literally, but as figurative expressions, signifying
the excessive misery and extreme wretchedness of the Psalmist's
condition. We find the same wa... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY SNARES FOR ME— _Use violence against me._... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IN THEE, O LORD, &C.— _For I wait for thee, O Lord; thou shalt
answer, O Lord my God:_ Psalms 38:16. _For I thought with myself, lest
they triumph over me: when my foot slippeth,_ &c. David seems to give
this 16th verse as a reason why he should not undertake his own
defence, but leave himself w... [ Continue Reading ]