PSALM LXIV _The psalmist prays for preservation from the wicked_, 1, 2; _whom he describes_, 3-6; _shows their punishment_, 7, 8; _and the effect that this should have on the godly_, 9, 10. NOTES ON PSALM LXIV The _title, To the chief Musician_, or _conqueror, A Psalm of_ _David_. The _Syriac_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:2. _HIDE ME FROM THE SECRET COUNSEL_] They _plotted_ his destruction, and then formed _insurrections_ in order to accomplish it. _WORKERS OF INIQUITY_] Those who made _sin_ their _labour_, their daily employment; it was their _occupation_ and _trade_. It is supposed that by this tit... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:3. _WHO WHET THEIR TONGUE LIKE A SWORD_] They _devise_ the evil they shall speak, and meditate on the most provoking, injurious, and _defamatory words_; as the soldier _whets_ his sword that he may thereby the better cut down his enemies. _THEIR ARROWS - BITTER WORDS_] Their defamat... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:4. _THAT THEY MAY SHOOT IN SECRET_] They _lurk_, that they may take their aim the more surely, and not miss their mark. _SUDDENLY_] When there is no fear apprehended, because none is seen.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:5. _THEY COMMUNE OF LAYING SNARES_] They lay snares to _entrap_ those whom they cannot slay by _open_ attack or private _ambush_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:6. _THEY SEARCH OUT INIQUITIES; THEY ACCOMPLISH A DILIGENT_ _SEARCH_] The word חפש _chaphash_, which is used _three_ times, as a noun and a verb, in this sentence, signifies _to strip off the_ _clothes_. "They investigate iniquities; they perfectly investigate an investigation." Mos... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:7. _BUT GOD SHALL SHOOT AT THEM_ WITH _AN ARROW_] They endeavour to _trace_ me out, that they may shoot me; but God will _shoot at them_. This, if the Psalm refer to the times of David, seems to be prophetic of Saul's death. The archers pressed upon him, and sorely wounded him with t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:8. _THEIR OWN TONGUE TO FALL UPON THEM-SELVES_] All the plottings, counsels, and curses, they have formed against me, shall come upon themselves.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:9. _AND ALL MEN SHALL FEAR_] They endeavoured to _hide_ their mischief; but God shall so punish them that all shall _see_ it, and shall acknowledge in their chastisement the just judgment of God. The wicked, in consequence, _shall fear_, and,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 64:10. _THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE GLAD_] They shall see that God does not abandon his followers to the malice of bad men. The rod of the wicked may _come into the heritage of the just_; but _there_ it shall not _rest_. _Calmet_ thinks that this is a prediction of the destruction of the Cha... [ Continue Reading ]