Chapter?53The two great things which the Spirit of Christ in the Old-Testament prophets testified beforehand were the sufferings of Christ and the glo...
Chapter?1In this chapter we have, I. An introduction, or preface, making way for, and leading to, what is principally designed by the apostle (v.?1-4)...
Chapter?28Orders being given for the fitting up of the place of worship, in this and the following chapter care is taken about the priests that were t...
Chapter?54The death of Christ is the life of the church and of all that truly belong to it; and therefore very fitly, after the prophet had foretold t...
Chapter?1The narrative which this evangelist gives us (or rather God by him) of the life of Christ begins earlier than either Matthew or Mark. We have...
Chapter?4In this chapter, I. The oppressors in Israel are threatened for their oppression of the poor (v.?1-3). II. The idolaters in Israel, being joi...
Chapter?2As the foregoing psalm was moral, and showed us our duty, so this is evangelical, and shows us our Saviour. Under the type of David?s kingdom...
FOURTH PERIOD. FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM UNTIL ITS DIVISION, THE PERIOD OF DAVID AND SOLOMON, OR THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE ROYAL GLORY....
Chapter?31This chapter goes on with the good words and comfortable words which we had in the chapter before, for the encouragement of the captives, as...
Chapter?60After many psalms which David penned in a day of distress this comes which was calculated for a day of triumph; it was penned after he was s...
Chapter?1In this chapter we have, I. David declining in his health (v.?1-4). II. Adonijah aspiring to the kingdom, and treating his party, in order to...
Chapter?41God?s kindness and truth have often been the support and comfort of the saints when they have had most experience of man?s unkindness and tr...
Chapter?78This psalm is historical; it is a narrative of the great mercies God had bestowed upon Israel, the great sins wherewith they had provoked hi...
Chapter?89Many psalms that begin with complaint and prayer end with joy and praise, but this begins with joy and praise and ends with sad complaints a...
Chapter?25The law of this chapter concerns the lands and estates of the Israelites in Canaan, the occupying and transferring of which were to be under...
Chapter?5In this chapter we have, I. Christ?s gracious acceptance of the invitation which his church had given him, and the kind visit which he made t...
Chapter 5In this chapter the prophet, in God?s name, shows the people of God their transgressions, even the house of Jacob their sins, and the judgmen...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth. Upon consideration, the psalmist finds little room to bewail the length of life,...
PART IV. THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD. CHAPTER I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. In contemplating the words and acts of God, as in contemplating ...
Chapter?1In this chapter, after the introduction (v.?1), we have, I. An awakening call to a sinful people to repent of their sins and return to God (v...