_A complaint to God of the enemies' conspiracies. A prayer against them that oppress the church._ A Song _or_ Psalm of Asaph. _TITLE._ ףּלאס מזמור שׁיר _SHIIR MIZMOR LESAPH_.— It has been commonly thought, that this psalm was occasioned by the confederacy mentioned 2 Chronicles 20 when _it came to p... [ Continue Reading ]
THY HIDDEN ONES— God's _hidden_ or _treasured ones,_ are those faithful ones whom he keeps up safe and precious as his treasures. The Chaldee paraphrase renders it, _Thy hidden treasures;_ and elsewhere, as Dr. Hammond observes, they explain themselves to mean thereby, the habitation of God's presen... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TABERNACLES OF EDOM, &C.— They are called the _tabernacles_ of the Edomites, from the custom of these Arabians to live in tents all the year long; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they find convenience for themselves and their cattle; a custom retained by their desc... [ Continue Reading ]
O MY GOD, MAKE THEM LIKE A WHEEL— This and the following verse seem to allude to the manner of threshing in Judea; which was generally performed on a mountain, where the corn was threshed by means of a wheel, which ran over the stalks. The chaff, on account of this situation, was easily blown about... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THOU, WHOSE NAME ALONE, &C.— _That thou, whose name is Jehovah, art alone the Most High,_ &c. Mudge. REFLECTIONS.—The church on earth is ever militant; and would soon be crushed, were it not for the protection of their glorious Head. 1. The Psalmist directs his prayer to God. _Keep not thou s... [ Continue Reading ]