PSALM 80 Psalms 80:1-19 . Eduth--Testimony, referring to the topic as a testimony of God to His people (compare Psalms 19:7 ). This Psalm pr...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 67. Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph. God had honoured Ephraim, for to that tribe belonged Joshua the great conqueror, an...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. Let the people praise thee, O God. Cause them to own thy goodness and thank thee with all their hearts; let nations do this, and d...
PSALM 65 OVERVIEW Title. This title is very similar to many we have before studied. To the Chief Musician. It is consigned to the care of the usual ov...
PSALM 103 Psalms 103:1-22 . A Psalm of joyous praise, in which the writer rises from a thankful acknowledgment of personal blessings to a liv...
PSALM 83 Psalms 83:1-18 . is probably that of 2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 20:2 (compare Psalms 47:1-9 , 48:1-14 ). After a general pe...
PSALM 96 OVERVIEW. Subject. -- This Psalm is evidently taken from that sacred song which was composed by David at the time when the ark of God was set...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 6. Then shall the earth yield her increase. Sin first laid a curse on the soil, and grace alone can remove it. Under tyrannical gover...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
PSALM 78 OVERVIEW Title. Maschil of Asaph. This is rightly entitled an instructive Psalm. It is not a mere recapitulation of important events in Israe...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 4. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, or, they shall joy and triumph. When men know God's way and see his salvation, it brin...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. That thy way may be known upon earth. As showers which first fall upon the hills afterwards run down in streams into the valleys, ...
Blasphemy [N] [T] [E] [S]Definition. In English blasphemy denotes any utterance that insults God or Christ (or Allah, or Muhammed) and gives deeply f...
Presence of God The Scriptures often speak of God's presence in human history. The most common Hebrew term for presence is panim [yIn'P], which is als...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 5. They know not, neither will they understand. A wretched plight for a nation to be in when its justices know no justice, and its ju...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. Therefore. How fond the psalmist is of therefores! his poetry is no poetic rapture without reason, it is as logical as a mathemati...
Temptation, Test While the number of terms denoting temptation and testing is small, their range of meaning is wide, extending from a secular sens...
Know, Knowledge The Old Testament. The Hebrew root yada [[;dy],translated know/knowledge, appears almost 950 times in the HebrewBible. It has a wider...
INTRODUCTION The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim (praises or hymns), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs i...