Psalms 4:6 [There be] many that say, who will show us [any] good? &c.] These may be thought to be the men of the world; carnal worldly minded men, see...
Psalms 18:35 Thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation Meaning either temporal salvation, which was a shield to him when he had no outward one, a...
Psalms 46:3 [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled The noise of which causes men's hearts to fail them for fear, ( Luke 21:25 Luke 21:26 ...
PSALM 5 Psalms 5:1-12 . Upon Nehiloth--flutes or wind instruments. The writer begs to be heard, on the ground of God's regard for His covenan...
Chapter 25 25:2 And he did [that which was] a right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. (a) Meaning, in respect to his predecessor...
CHAPTER VIII. FAITH. Another element is Faith, It is as important for us to know how to pray as it is to know how to work. We are not told that Jes...
Chapter 3333:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is a comely for the upright. (a) It is the duty of the godly to set forth the praises...
Chapter?3 David complains to God of his enemies, and confides in God. (1-3) He triumphs over his fears, and gives God the glory, and takes to himself...
LI. Christ is our Shield. By this name or in this relation He has always been known to the saints. God said to Abraham, I am thy Shield?Gen. 15: 1. P...
Chapter 3333:1 And this [is] the a blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (a) This blessing contain...
VII. LIGHT AND LOVE. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy ; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy tem...
Chapter?3As the foregoing psalm, in the type of David in preferment, showed us the royal dignity of the Redeemer, so this, by the example of David in ...
?EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS Verse 18. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him. Not only near by his omnipresence, but to sympathiz...
Chapter 3535:1 [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my a cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. (a) He desires...
Chapter 144144:1 [A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which a teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight: (a) Who out of a ...
Chapter 5959:1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, a Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. b Deliver me from mine e...
X.?THE KING? Continued. IN our last chapter we have seen that the keynote of The Songs of the King may be said to be struck in Psalm xviii. Its comp...
PSALM 89 Psalms 89:1-52 . during some season of great national distress, perhaps Absalom's rebellion. It contrasts the promised prosperity an...
Chapter 1818:2 a The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my s...
Chapter?115Many ancient translations join this psalm to that which goes next before it, the Septuagint particularly, and the vulgar Latin; but it is, ...