I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. Psalms 77:1.-Complaint under desertion by God; past deliverances remembered, aggravate present pain (Psalms 77:1); cause of grief, God holds His eyes sleepless even at night; he can scarcely speak for grief, and... [ Continue Reading ]
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I SOUGHT THE LORD - rather, 'I seek the Lord.' MY SORE RAN IN THE NIGHT, AND CEASED NOT - rather ( yadiy (H3027) nigraah (H5064)), 'my hand was stretched out,' or, better, 'han... [ Continue Reading ]
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. I REMEMBERED GOD, AND WAS TROUBLED - rather, 'I will remember God, and will moan.' Note, Psalms 55:2, 'Make a noise' (the same Hebrew). He resolves to remember God, and the deliverances formerly vouchsafed, thou... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -His sleepless nights, and his inability to speak, are attributed to the remembrance of the sad contrast which God's present desertion of His people forms to His former deliverances of them. Verse 4. THOU HOLDEST MINE EYES WAKI... [ Continue Reading ]
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? -The contrast of the past with the sad present suggests the question, Has God, as appearances would imply, completely cast off His people forever? He feels such a supposition at variance with the known faithfulness of God. Verse... [ Continue Reading ]
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. -This is the transition point to hope. The recalling of past deliverances vouchsafed by God, which had hitherto only aggravated the Psalmist's despondency, here suggests firm faith. Verse 10. AND... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? THY WAY, O GOD - i:e., Thy course of action. IS IN THE SANCTUARY - in the heavenly holy place (; ; ; (margin), 9). Thy way is in heaven, exalted far above our ways (). As the people, and even the Levites and the priests them... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. THOU HAST DECLARED THY STRENGTH AMONG THE PEOPLE - Hebrew, 'peoples' (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. THOU HAST WITH THINE ARM REDEEMED THY PEOPLE - (.) THE SONS OF JACOB AND JOSEPH. Joseph is mentioned, as the head of the Ten tribes was Ephraim, descended from Joseph (; ). The recent loss of the Ten tribes - "th... [ Continue Reading ]
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. THE WATERS SAW THEE, O GOD ... THEY WERE AFRAID - (; Habakkuk 3:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. THE CLOUDS POURED OUT WATER. So the English version rightly; not as margin, passively. THE SKIES SENT OUT A SOUND - namely, thunder. THINE ARROWS ALSO WENT ABROAD - God's arrow-like lightnings (; ; ). The... [ Continue Reading ]
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. THE VOICE OF THY THUNDER WAS IN THE HEAVEN ( bagalgal (H1534)) - literally, 'in the wheel;' in the sphere; implying the phenomenal rotation of the visible heaven around the earth. The Se... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. THY WAY (IS) IN THE SEA. The general inference from the particular case of the redemption of Israel at the Red Sea, as above, in . So . God's way is one open to Him alone: for He to whom is possible what is... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. THOU LEADEST THY PEOPLE LIKE A FLOCK BY THE HAND OF MOSES AND AARON - (; Isaiah 63:11; ).... [ Continue Reading ]