This Ps. consists mainly of thoughts and quotations from earlier Pss., e.g. 8 and 18. Psalms 144:12 are, however, quite unlike anything else in the Psalter, and some suppose them to be a quotation from a lost Ps., possibly by David.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY GOODNESS] lit. 'my lovingkindness,' but with the change of a single Hebrew letter we can render 'my castle,' which is much more suitable. MY PEOPLE] probably we should render, 'the peoples.' 3, 4. Cp. Psalms 8:4; Psalms 39:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGE CHILDREN] i.e. strangers.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Psalms 33:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
The want of connexion seems to point to a new fragment. OUR DAUGHTERS, etc.] Two renderings are possible: (1) 'our daughters be draped in purple cloth like the hangings of a palace,' or (2) 'our daughters as corner stones carved after the similitude of a palace,' strong and graceful. For' palace' PB... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAKING IN] invasion by an enemy. GOING OUT] either into exile, or to surrender to an enemy. COMPLAINING] RV 'outcry': cp. Isaiah 24:11; Jeremiah 14:2.... [ Continue Reading ]