Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: Psalms 144:1.-Blessed be Yahweh, my strength, in subduing my enemies (Psalms 144:1). How marvelous that thou shouldest regard frail man! (; ). Bow thy heavens and come down to save me (Psalms 144:5). I will... [ Continue Reading ]
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. MY GOODNESS - rather, 'my loving-kindness,' who art loving-kindness itself to me-Hebrew, Chasdi (Psalms 59:17, "the God of my mercy"). MY FORTRESS; MY HIGH TOWER,... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! LORD, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU TAKEST KNOWLEDGE (I:E., NOTICE) OF HIM! OR THE SON OF MAN, (HEBREW, ENOSH, MORTAL MAN: NOTE, ) THAT THOU MAKEST ACCOUNT OF HIM! - from . David is lost in adoring... [ Continue Reading ]
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. MAN IS LIKE TO VANITY (HEBREW, hebel (H1892 ), A VAPOUR): HIS DAYS ARE AS A SHADOW THAT PASSETH AWAY - (Psalms 62:9; Psalms 39:5; Psalms 102:11; Psalms 103:15.) There is nothing in frail and dying man to merit the favour of one s... [ Continue Reading ]
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. BOW THY HEAVENS, O LORD, AND COME DOWN - from : cf. ; borrowed from the same source. What Yahweh has shown Himself toward David during his persecution by Saul, be now prays Him to prove Himself again to him, to hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. CAST FORTH LIGHTNING, AND SCATTER THEM: SHOOT OUT THINE ARROWS, AND DESTROY THEM - (Psalms 18:13.) 'All God's acts are prophecies' (Hengstenberg) - i:e., God's manifestations of Himself in His past dealings are a s... [ Continue Reading ]
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; SEND (EXTEND) THINE HAND FROM ABOVE; RID ME, AND DELIVER ME OUT OF GREAT WATERS - (Psalms 18:16.) The Hebrew for "rid me" [ paatsah (H6475)] is literally to burst open; so to free one confin... [ Continue Reading ]
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. WHOSE MOUTH SPEAKETH VANITY (HEBREW, shaaw' (H7723 ); DISTINCT FROM hebel (H1892 ), PSALMS 144:4 , 'A VAPOUR'), AND THEIR RIGHT HAND IS A RIGHT HAND OF FALSEHOOD - (Psalms 12:2; Psalms 41:6.) The right hand is lifted... [ Continue Reading ]
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. I WILL SING A NEW SONG UNTO THEE, O GOD: UPON A PSALTERY AND AN INSTRUMENT OF TEN STRINGS WILL I SING PRAISES UNTO THEE - (Psalms 33:2.) Compare introduction. The "new song" i... [ Continue Reading ]
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. IT IS HE THAT GIVETH SALVATION UNTO KINGS: WHO DELIVERETH (THE SAME HEBREW AS IN IS TRANSLATED "RID") DAVID HIS SERVANT FROM THE HURTFUL SWORD - (; .) The present tense, "delivereth," implies that... [ Continue Reading ]
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: RID ME, AND DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF STRANGE CHILDREN, WHOSE MOUTH SPEAKETH VANITY, AND THEIR RIGHT HAND IS A RIGHT HAND OF FALSEHOOD. This second strophe... [ Continue Reading ]
That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: THAT OUR SONS MAY BE AS PLANTS GROWN UP IN THEIR YOUTH - `growing up vigorously in their times of youth' (Psalms 128:3). Deliverance from the enemy is a... [ Continue Reading ]
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: THAT OUR GARNERS MAY BE FULL, AFFORDING ALL MANNER OF STORE - literally, from one kind to another.... [ Continue Reading ]
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. THAT OUR OXEN MAY BE STRONG TO LABOUR - literally, 'strong to bear burdens' (Muis, from Kimchi) (1 Chronicles 12:40). Heavily laden oxen imply that there is a rich prod... [ Continue Reading ]
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. HAPPY (IS THAT) PEOPLE THAT IS IN SUCH A CASE; (YEA), HAPPY (IS THAT) PEOPLE WHOSE GOD (IS) THE LORD. This is the Epiphonema. This blessed consummation is what Moses predicates of Israel when she shall... [ Continue Reading ]