_O LORD, REBUKE ME NOT IN THINE ANGER, NEITHER CHASTEN ME IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE._ Title.-See the note on Title of Psalms 4:1. UPON SHEMINITH - [feminine of _ SHªMIYNIYT_ (H8067)], the eighth (Exodus 22:30). From 1 Chronicles 15:21, ('the sinkers were appointed) with harps on the Sheminith to exce... [ Continue Reading ]
_HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O LORD; FOR I AM WEAK: O LORD, HEAL ME; FOR MY BONES ARE VEXED._ For I am weak - `faint' х_ 'UMLAL_ (H536), from _ 'AAMAL_ (H535), to droop as a plant]. David's plea is not that his sufferings are not deserved, but that his pain is in bringing him to that extremity from which G... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY SOUL IS ALSO SORE VEXED: BUT THOU, O LORD, HOW LONG?_ My soul is ... sore vexed - as well as my body, of which the "bones are vexed" (Psalms 6:2). Compare the transfer of the "sore vexed" to his enemies (Psalms 6:10). HOW LONG? - i:e., 'How long wilt thou be angry? (Psalms 79:5:) aposiopesis.... [ Continue Reading ]
_RETURN, O LORD, DELIVER MY SOUL: OH SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE._ Return - back to favour toward me. DELIVER MY SOUL - or life, from "death," which I am on the point of (Psalms 6:5). SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE! - not for my merits, but for the glory of thy grace, which shall be magnified... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR IN DEATH THERE IS NO REMEMBRANCE OF THEE: IN THE GRAVE WHO SHALL GIVE THEE THANKS?_ In death there is no remembrance of thee, х_ ZIKREKAA_ (H2143)] - 'memorial of thee' (as in Psalms 9:6). 'Here and elsewhere (Psalms 30:9; Psalms 115:17; Psalms 88:10; Isaiah 38:18) death and the separate state... [ Continue Reading ]
_I AM WEARY WITH MY GROANING; ALL THE NIGHT MAKE I MY BED TO SWIM; I WATER MY COUCH WITH MY TEARS._ Another plea why God should have mercy on him-namely, his heartfelt contrition for his sins, which had brought on him God's chastisement. I AM WEARY WITH MY GROANING - and that not only by day, but... [ Continue Reading ]
_MINE EYE IS CONSUMED BECAUSE OF GRIEF; IT WAXETH OLD BECAUSE OF ALL MINE ENEMIES._ Mine eye ... waxeth old. The eye generally indicates the state of the body and mind, whether affected with illness or not so. In sickness the eye becomes dull, like that of an aged person. For "grief" translate х_ K... [ Continue Reading ]
_DEPART FROM ME, ALL YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY; FOR THE LORD HATH HEARD THE VOICE OF MY WEEPING._ Immediately after his heartfelt contrition follows his restoration to God's favour, and to confident anticipation of triumph over his enemies. DEPART FROM ME, ALL YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY - i:e. desist fr... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD HATH HEARD MY SUPPLICATION; THE LORD WILL RECEIVE MY PRAYER._ Supplication - literally, 'cry for grace;' techinnathi, from a Hebrew root, 'to be gracious.' PRAYER - from a Hebrew root, 'to urge a plea,' _ TªPILAATIY_ (H8605).... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET ALL MINE ENEMIES BE ASHAMED AND SORE VEXED: LET THEM RETURN AND BE ASHAMED SUDDENLY._ Let all ... - or, 'All mine enemies shall be ashamed, etc. But the Chaldaic, Vulgate, Arabic, Syriac, and Septuagint support the English version (Hengstenberg). SORE VEXED - literally, 'terrified;' as also... [ Continue Reading ]