Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
Chapter?35Job being still silent, Elihu follows his blow, and here, a third time, undertakes to show him that he had spoken amiss, and ought to recant...
Chapter?33Yet Moses has not done with the children of Israel; he seemed to have taken final leave of them in the close of the foregoing chapter, but s...
Chapter?2The second alphabetical elegy is set to the same mournful tune with the former, and the substance of it is much the same; it begins with Ecah...
Chapter?1In this chapter, after the title of the book (v.?1), we have Christ and his church, Christ and a believer, expressing their esteem for each o...
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...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7. overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? hidden manna The manna is set...
Chapter?132It is probable that this psalm was penned by Solomon, to be sung at the dedication of the temple which he built according to the charge his...
Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...
Chapter?4The predictions in the foregoing chapters concerning the ruin of Eli?s house here begin to be fulfilled; how long after does not appear, but ...
Chapter?15Perhaps Job was so clear, and so well satisfied, in the goodness of his own cause, that he thought, if he had not convinced, yet he had at l...
Chapter?8In the close of the foregoing chapter we left the world in ruins and the church in straits; but in this chapter we have the repair of the one...
Chapter?1In this chapter we have, I. The inscription of the book, (v.?1). II. A magnificent display of the glory of God, in a mixture of wrath and jus...
Chapter?5It is now time to enquire what has become of the ark of God; we cannot but think that we shall hear more of that sacred treasure. I should ha...
?EXPOSITION Verse 15. I will meditate in thy precepts. He who has an inward delight in anything will not long withdraw his mind from it. As the miser ...
Chapter?10The eighth and ninth of the plagues of Egypt, that of locusts and that of darkness, are recorded in this chapter. I. Concerning the plague o...
Chapter?147This is another psalm of praise. Some think it was penned after the return of the Jews from their captivity; but it is so much of a piece w...
Chapter?21The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are the two main hinges upon which the door of salvation turns. He came into the world on purpose...
CHAPTER 21. OF THE ETERNAL ELECTION, BY WHICH GOD HAS PREDESTINATED SOME TO SALVATION, AND OTHERS TO DESTRUCTION. The divisions of this chapter are,-...
Chapter 1The first verse of this chapter is intended for a title to the whole book, and it is probable that this was the first sermon that this prophe...