Psalms 3:1-8

This is the first of the 'Davidic' Psalms. It is a morning prayer as Psalms 3:6 suggests. The heading of the Ps. provides a historical setting for it in the revolt of Absalom, and it is the only Ps. specifically dated at that time. There are many features in that revolt (2 Samuel 16-18) which suit t... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 3:3

A SHIELD] a natural metaphor in days when kings were warriors: cp. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 84:9; Psalms 84:11; Psalms 115:9, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 3:4

OUT OF HIS HOLY HILL] i.e. Zion, the seat of Jehovah's worship, where in a special sense He was present. The Psalmist was probably at a distance from Jerusalem. SELAH] This word is found 71 times in the Psalter. It occurs in 40 Pss., as well as three times in Habakkuk 3, which is also a Ps. Its mean... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 3:5

I LAID ME DOWN, etc.] His very sleep, natural as it was, was a proof of God's care, for he might have slept the sleep of death. SUSTAINED] RV 'sustaineth,' suggesting continual oversight.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 3:8

SALVATION _belongeth_ UNTO THE LORD] A triumphant assertion of what the adversaries denied in Psalms 3:2. THY BLESSING _IS_] RV 'thy blessing be' upon the people as upon their leader. SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4.... [ Continue Reading ]

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