Psalms 33:1
YE RIGHTEOUS.. THE UPRIGHT] the Israelites who are genuine servants of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE RIGHTEOUS.. THE UPRIGHT] the Israelites who are genuine servants of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is an anonymous Ps. of national deliverance, called forth by some historical occasion which it is now impossible to fix with any certainty. From its central conception of God as the ruler of all the earth and all the nations, it appears to belong to the later prophetic age. The metrical structu... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PSALTERY _and_ AN INSTRUMENT OF TEN STRINGS] RV 'the psaltery of ten strings.' The harp and the psaltery were both stringed instruments, the latter being the larger. 3. A NEW SONG] to celebrate a new deliverance. The phrase occurs in several Pss., and has a special connexion with the deliverance... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUTH] RV 'faithfulness.' 5. RIGHTEOUSNESS] is the principle of God's character, JUDGMENT] its practical application to the government of the world. GOODNESS] RV 'lovingkindness.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEPTH (RV 'deeps') IN STOREHOUSES] The ancient idea of a reservoir of water beneath the earth: see Genesis 7:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'He spake and it was: He commanded and it stood,' referring to the repeated 'it was so' of Genesis 1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEATHEN] RV 'the nations.' THE PEOPLE] RV 'the peoples.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Deuteronomy 33:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'he that fashioneth.. that considered.' THEIR HEARTS ALIKE] RV 'the hearts of them all.'... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HORSE] The Israelites had no cavalry, and the chariots and horsemen of their enemies appeared specially formidable to them: see Deuteronomy 17:16; Psalms 20:7; Psalms 147:10; Proverbs 21:31; Isaiah 31:1.... [ Continue Reading ]