PBV 'How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever?' A single question instead of the double one of AV. 'Forget for ever' means 'continue to forget.' The seemingly self-contradictory form of the question reflects the conflict of the writer's feelings, 'Hope despairs and yet despair hopes' (Luther).... [ Continue Reading ]
of the Messianic hope in Psalms 2, 20, 28, 40. The following Pss. are either quoted from or distinctly referred to in NT.: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 32, 34, 40, 41. In several instances the NT. writer finds the fulfilment of the OT. passage in Christ. Thus Psalms 2, with its defence of Jeh... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE COUNSEL IN MY SOUL] be compelled to make vain plans for my own deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHTEN MINE EYES] give me new life and hope. 'Dying eyes are glazed: a sick man's are heavy and dull. Returning health brightens them': see 1 Samuel 14:27; 1 Samuel 14:29.... [ Continue Reading ]