O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Psalms 94:1 -Prayer for Yahweh's appearing as Judge to execute vengeance on the proud (Psalms 94:1); ground of the prayer, the seeming impunity of the wicked in violent deeds and words (Psalms 94:3); refuta... [ Continue Reading ]
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. LIFT UP THYSELF, THOU JUDGE OF THE EARTH - (.) Set thyself on high on the throne of judgment. Thou art really "judge of the earth:" manifest thy power as such. RENDER A REWARD TO THE PROUD - (.) "The proud" are the haughty... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? LORD, HOW LONG SHALL THE WICKED ... TRIUMPH? (HOW LONG) SHALL THEY UTTER (AND) SPEAK HARD THINGS? - rather, an assertion without an ellipsis, or a question-`The... [ Continue Reading ]
They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. THEY BREAK IN PIECES THY PEOPLE, O LORD - a sample of the deeds of "the workers of iniquity," as is a sample of their words. AND AFFLICT THINE HERITAGE - as Pharaoh did to Israel in Egypt (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. THEY SLAY THE WIDOW AND THE STRANGER, AND MURDER THE FATHERLESS. As the pagan enemies did not usually make the widow and the fatherless the chief objects of their rage, perhaps under the image of "the widow" the widowed Church, in t... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. YET THEY SAY, THE LORD SHALL NOT SEE, NEITHER ... THE GOD OF JACOB REGARD IT - (; ; ; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? UNDERSTAND, YE BRUTISH AMONG THE PEOPLE. The Psalmist turns from the infidel oppressors who uttered the cavil against God () to those "among the people" of God by profession who give ear to and secretly sympathize with... [ Continue Reading ]
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? HE THAT PLANTED THE EAR, SHALL HE NOT HEAR? HE THAT FORMED THE EYE, SHALL HE NOT SEE? - Can He give these faculties to others, and yet all the while not possess them Himself? Nay, He must and does hear the infi... [ Continue Reading ]
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? HE THAT CHASTISETH THE HEATHEN, SHALL NOT HE CORRECT? He who admonishes the pagan through His law written on the conscience (though they have not the revealed law), and through the inward thou... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. THE LORD KNOWETH THE THOUGHTS OF MAN, THAT THEY ARE VANITY. "The thoughts" or 'schemes' of men against His people God not only 'knows,' but 'knows that they will prove vanity' - i:e., abortive. But the sense rather is, "they" [ heemaah ... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOM THOU CHASTENEST, O LORD - literally, 'Oh the blessednesses of the man whom thou dost admonish!' (as in , note) Those who give themselves up to the Lord's monitions are contrasted with the "b... [ Continue Reading ]
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. THAT THOU MAYEST GIVE HIM REST FROM THE DAYS OF ADVERSITY -- i:e., That thou mayest give him rest of mind, so as to be free from fear in the days of adversity. The promises in God's "law" () remove... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. FOR - introducing the ground of the blessedness of those who, being taught by the Lord, have inward rest even in adversity. THE LORD WILL NOT CAST OFF HIS PEOPLE - forever, though He forsake them for a time (;... [ Continue Reading ]
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. BUT JUDGMENT SHALL RETURN UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS - i:e., unto that which is righteous. At length just judgment, which seems now to have forsaken the earth (Isaiah 59:14), shall return (cf. ). AND ALL THE UPR... [ Continue Reading ]
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? WHO WILL RISE UP FOR ME AGAINST THE EVIL DOERS? The answer is contained in . Who else except Yahweh? OR WHO WILL STAND UP FOR ME AGAINST THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY? - (; Zechariah 3:1.) Esp... [ Continue Reading ]
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. UNLESS THE LORD HAD BEEN MY HELP, MY SOUL HAD ALMOST DWELT IN SILENCE - my soul was within a little of having had silence for its habitation, being given over to the stillness of death (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. WHEN I SAID, MY FOOT SLIPPETH; THY MERCY, O LORD, HELD ME UP. Here he explains . The occasion of thy "help" was when I was almost giving way to despair and apostasy. The spiritual slipping of the foot and the upholding mercy of the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. IN THE MULTITUDE OF MY THOUGHTS WITHIN ME, THY COMFORTS DELIGHT MY SOUL. "My thoughts" are literally, 'my distracting and perplexed thoughts' [ sar`apay (H8312): explained by Mercator as the principal bough in the top of a tree... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? -God will not suffer enthroned iniquity to prevail, but will visit the wicked according to their iniquity, and will be the refuge of His people. Verse 20. SHALL THE THRONE OF INIQUITY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH TH... [ Continue Reading ]