_TRULY MY SOUL WAITETH UPON GOD: FROM HIM COMETH MY SALVATION._ Psalms 62:1.-Three strophes, marked by Selah at Psalms 62:4; Psalms 62:8. Each begins with "Only;" (Psalms 62:1, margin; Psalms 62:5; Psalms 62:9). By waiting upon God only he finds repose and salvation, while his foes' only aim is to c... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE ONLY IS MY ROCK AND MY SALVATION; HE IS MY DEFENCE; I SHALL NOT BE GREATLY MOVED._ He only is my rock and my salvation ... my defense - or 'high places.' The accumulated names of God as the "ONLY" Saviour are so many shields to ward off Satan's fiery darts. The name _ 'ELOHIYM_ (H430) is used f... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOW LONG WILL YE IMAGINE MISCHIEF AGAINST A MAN? YE SHALL BE SLAIN ALL OF YOU: AS A BOWING WALL SHALL YE BE, AND AS A TOTTERING FENCE._ How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? The Septuagint and Vulgate translate, 'do ye make an attack upon a man?' х_ HOWTEET_ (H2050), from _ HAATAH_ (H20... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY ONLY CONSULT TO CAST HIM DOWN FROM HIS EXCELLENCY: THEY DELIGHT IN LIES: THEY BLESS WITH THEIR MOUTH, BUT THEY CURSE INWARDLY. SELAH._ They only consult to cast him down from his excellency - whence arises his need to 'wait only upon God,' his 'only rock' (Psalms 62:2). "His excellency" is hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD; FOR MY EXPECTATION IS FROM HIM._ -From the enemy he turns to God, urging his own soul, as well as others, to wait only upon him. Verse 5,6. MY SOUL, WAIT THOU ONLY UPON GOD; FOR ... HE ONLY IS MY ROCK ... - almost identical with Psalms 62:1, showing that the conte... [ Continue Reading ]
_SURELY MEN OF LOW DEGREE ARE VANITY, AND MEN OF HIGH DEGREE ARE A LIE: TO BE LAID IN THE BALANCE, THEY ARE ALTOGETHER LIGHTER THAN VANITY._ -Warning against trust in anyone or anything except God, to whom alone belong power, mercy, and retributive justice. Verse 9. SURELY MEN OF LOW DEGREE ARE VANI... [ Continue Reading ]