A Psalm of Asaph.
Whether this means that Asaph wrote it, or that it was committed to
him to sing, we do not know. Certainly Asaph did write some Psalms.
There are twelve ascribed to him in the book of Psalms. He wrote some,
and it is equally certain that some ethers were dedicated to him. He
had t... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 50:1. _The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called
the earth from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. Out
of Zion the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come,
and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it
shall be very tempestu... [ Continue Reading ]
A Psalm of Asaph. It is mentioned, in the life of Hezekiah, that «the
king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the
Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,» so that very
likely this Psalm was sung in the temple after it had been cleansed
and reopened for worship. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
In the first part of this Psalm God has solemnly expostulated with his
people as to the utter worthlessness of sacrifice and ceremony apart
from living faith in him, and holy life as its fruit; and he sums it
all up in the searching question of the 13 th verse, «Will I eat the
flesh of bulls, or dri... [ Continue Reading ]