_I WILL PRAISE THEE, O LORD, WITH MY WHOLE HEART; I WILL SHEW FORTH ALL THY MARVELLOUS WORKS._ Title. - TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON MUTH-LABBEN. The Septuagint and Vulgate read, 'concerning the mysteries of the Son.' The Hebrew may be _ `AL_ (H5921) _ `ªLAAMOWT_ (H5959), as the Septuagint read, but w... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN THEE: I WILL SING PRAISE TO THY NAME, O THOU MOST HIGH._ I will be glad and rejoice in thee - not merely in what thou doest, or what thou givest, of earthly blessing, (Psalms 4:7), but in thyself. THOU art thy people's chief joy. I WILL SING PRAISE TO THY NAME - I w... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN MINE ENEMIES ARE TURNED BACK, THEY SHALL FALL AND PERISH AT THY PRESENCE._ They shall fall ... at thy presence. The mere glance of God is enough to destroy every enemy. It is not man's might that gains for His people their triumph over the ungodly. "The man of sin," the "wicked one," "the son... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THOU HAST MAINTAINED MY RIGHT AND MY CAUSE; THOU SATEST IN THE THRONE JUDGING RIGHT._ For thou hast maintained my right, х_ `AASIYTAA_ (H6213) _ MISHPAATIY_ (H4941)] - literally, 'Thou madest my right;' i:e., thou gavest the decision which was due to my righteous cause. The question at issue b... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST REBUKED THE HEATHEN, THOU HAST DESTROYED THE WICKED, THOU HAST PUT OUT THEIR NAME FOR EVER AND EVER._ Thou hast rebuked - not in mere word, as man rebukes, but with actual punishments inflicted; because God's Word shall be operative as a terrible reality to the lost (Psalms 106:9; cf. Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
_O THOU ENEMY, DESTRUCTIONS ARE COME TO A PERPETUAL END: AND THOU HAST DESTROYED CITIES; THEIR MEMORIAL IS PERISHED WITH THEM._ O thou enemy - rather Hebrew _ HAA'OWYEEB_ (H341) 'as for the enemy' (see note Psalms 9:5; Psalms 9:7) Satan is the O THOU ENEMY - rather, Hebrew, _ HAA'OWYEEB_ (H341), 'a... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER: HE HATH PREPARED HIS THRONE FOR JUDGMENT._ But the Lord shall endure for ever. From speaking TO God, in confident anticipation of his destruction of the enemy's strongholds (Psalms 9:6), David passes to speak OF God's perpetuity of reign, in contrast to the enem... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SHALL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE SHALL MINISTER JUDGMENT TO THE PEOPLE IN UPRIGHTNESS._ And he shall judge the world [ _ teebeel_ (H8398 ), the habitable world] in righteousness, he shall And he shall judge the world [ _ teebeel_ (H8398 ), the habitable world] in righteousness, he... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY THAT KNOW THY NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE: FOR THOU, LORD, HAST NOT FORSAKEN THEM THAT SEEK THEE._ And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee. They that know experimentally thy character in its past manifestations of love and power in their behalf will put their trust... [ Continue Reading ]
_SING PRAISES TO THE LORD, WHICH DWELLETH IN ZION: DECLARE AMONG THE PEOPLE HIS DOINGS._ These two verses form the concluding summary of THE FIRST PART of the psalm, wherein David has set forth both what God has done and what God is. It appropriately takes the form of a song of thanksgiving. Verse... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE HEATHEN ARE SUNK DOWN IN THE PIT THAT THEY MADE: IN THE NET WHICH THEY HID IS THEIR OWN FOOT TAKEN._ The heathen are sunk down. In strong faith he takes his petition as granted.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD IS KNOWN BY THE JUDGMENT WHICH HE EXECUTETH: THE WICKED IS SNARED IN THE WORK OF HIS OWN HANDS. HIGGAION. SELAH._ The Lord is known (by) the judgment (which) he executeth. The Hebrew expresses joyful abruptness. 'The Lord maketh Himself known: He is executing judgment.' THE WICKED IS SN... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL, AND ALL THE NATIONS THAT FORGET GOD._ The wicked shall be turned into hell. The Hebrew for "hell" is emphatic х_ LI-SHª'OWLAAH_ (H7585), the Hebrew suffix, -aah, being expressive of locality]. The same God who "lifts up" the godly "from the gates of death," sh... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE NEEDY SHALL NOT ALWAY BE FORGOTTEN: THE EXPECTATION OF THE POOR SHALL NOT PERISH FOR EVER._ For the needy shall not alway be forgotten - whereas the wicked shall be put out of remembrance "forever and ever" (Psalms 9:5; Psalms 9:17). The needy righteous, though now seemingly overlooked in... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARISE, O LORD; LET NOT MAN PREVAIL: LET THE HEATHEN BE JUDGED IN THY SIGHT._ Arise, O Lord: let not man prevail. "Man;" literally, weak, mortal man х_ 'ªNOWSH_ (H582), from _ 'AANASH _ (H605), to be weak]. That weak man should seem the strong one, and the power of God seem in abeyance, is such a g... [ Continue Reading ]
_PUT THEM IN FEAR, O LORD: THAT THE NATIONS MAY KNOW THEMSELVES TO BE BUT MEN. SELAH._ Put them in fear - literally, Put fear into them. So the Chaldaic. Also one reading х_ MOWRAA'_ (H4172]. Even the other reading [mowraah, since the Hebrew letter he (h) often takes the place of the Hebrew letter... [ Continue Reading ]