Psalms 93:5-15

5 populum tuum Domine humiliaverunt et hereditatem tuam vexaverunt

6 viduam et advenam interfecerunt et pupillos occiderunt

7 et dixerunt non videbit Dominus nec intelleget Deus Iacob

8 intellegite qui insipientes estis in populo et stulti aliquando sapite

9 qui plantavit aurem non audiet aut qui finxit oculum non considerat

10 qui corripit gentes non arguet qui docet hominem scientiam

11 Dominus scit cogitationes hominum quoniam vanae sunt

12 beatus homo quem tu erudieris Domine et de lege tua docueris eum

13 ut mitiges ei a diebus malis donec fodiatur peccatori fovea

14 quia non repellet Dominus plebem suam et hereditatem suam non derelinquet

15 quoadusque iustitia convertatur in iudicium et qui iuxta illam omnes qui recto sunt corde diapsalma

Psalms 93:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 93

This psalm is by some ascribed to Moses, by others to David, which latter is more probable; with which agree the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; all which, excepting the Syriac and Arabic versions, say it is a psalm that was made to be sung the day before the sabbath; and it was a custom with the Jews {a} to sing it on the sixth day of the week; which it is likely the authors of the Septuagint version were acquainted with, and therefore inserted it in the title of the psalm, though it is not in the Hebrew text. The subject of the psalm is the kingdom of God; not of nature and providence, but of grace; the kingdom of the Messiah; of the certainty, firmness, and eternity of it, notwithstanding the opposition of mighty enemies; being established by the sure promises of God, which his faithfulness and holiness were engaged to make good. Kimchi says, that all these psalms, this and the following to Psalm 101, are concerning the Messiah; and so say Kabvenaki and Ben Melech.