CONTENTS This Psalm is very similar to many that we meet with. It contains the cry of an awakened soul against the enemies of his salvation, in which is contained an assurance of deliverance, from the well known character of a covenant God, and a well-grounded dependence upon him. To the chief mus... [ Continue Reading ]
The Reader will hardly need the aid of a commentator to direct his mind principally to the person of Christ, as being the persecuted soul here complaining. The enemy here spoken of is one special character defined to be so. And Christ's personal conflict was with him. And who can overlook the Jewish... [ Continue Reading ]
That the Lord Jesus is here alluded to by the Holy Ghost, is evident, for none but Jesus could ever come under the appellation of the perfect. The Reader will not want testimonies in how many instances Christ was thus spoken against in the days of his flesh. Mark 14:65.... [ Continue Reading ]
Here are marked the deep-laid schemes of the wicked. And when we read the history of Christ's trial, and mockings, and scourgings, the preludes to his death; who but must see the great and sacred Object, to whom the Psalmist, under the power of the Holy Ghost, pointed?... [ Continue Reading ]
I have not interrupted the progress of these verses, in order that the Reader, after having finished the perusal of the whole, may mark their connection. There is a beautiful climax of order in the relation. The wicked are described as planning their schemes in secret: who shall see them, who shall... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS How truly blessed it is to have a covenant God to fly unto, amidst all the reproaches of the enemy, and the malice of every deadly foe which lies in wait to deceive. But oh! how truly blessed is it to behold Thee, thou excelling pattern and exemplar of our nature, in all the conflicts th... [ Continue Reading ]