PSALM 75 OF ASAPH; as the author. Or, _to_ or _for_ Asaph; which may be put by way of opposition to the foregoing and general expression, TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, which is here limited to and explained of Asaph. As PSALMS 62:1, having said _to the chief Musician_, he adds _to Jeduthun_; and then follo... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN I SHALL RECEIVE THE CONGREGATION, to wit, the whole congregation, or body of thy people, to wit, all the tribes; which are now distracted and disordered by a civil war, which is a great hinderance to the administration of justice. Or, _when I shall receive or obtain the appointment_, i.e. what... [ Continue Reading ]
DISSOLVED; or, _melted_, consumed or destroyed; partly by the ill government of Saul and Ish-bosheth, and the great officers of state and war under them; and partly by intestine divisions and wars. I BEAR UP THE PILLARS OF IT: howsoever I am traduced by mine enemies as the great disturber of the lan... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAID, with authority and command; I charged them. THE FOOLS, i.e. _the wicked_, as that is explained in the next clause. DEAL NOT FOOLISHLY; desist from your impious and injurious practices, which shall not now go unpunished, as they have done. LIFT NOT UP THE HORN; do not carry yourselves either... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT NOT UP YOUR HORN ON HIGH; a metaphor from untamed and stiff-necked oxen, which will not bow their heads to receive the yoke, but lift up their heads and horns to avoid it. Or, _against the High_, i.e. against God, who is mentioned under this same title, PSALMS 56:2, though there it be rendered... [ Continue Reading ]
For though you envy and oppose my advancement, because I was but a poor shepherd, and of a mean family; yet you ought to know and consider what is notorious and visible in the world, that the dignities and sceptres of the world are not always disposed according to human expectations and probabilitie... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JUDGE, to wit, the righteous Judge, and supreme Lord and Governor of all the kingdoms of the world, giving them to whomsoever he pleaseth. It is he who hath rejected Saul and his family, and put me in his stead. And who art thou that disputest with God, and resistest his declared will?... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse is added, either, 1. As a reason or confirmation of the assertion, PSALMS 75:7, and to show that God in removing one king to make way for another did not proceed in a way of absolute sovereignty, which yet he might have done, but in a way of justice and equity. Or, 2. As another argument... [ Continue Reading ]
DECLARE, to wit, this great and glorious work of God, or the praises due unto God for it, as the next words imply.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HORNS OF THE WICKED; their honour and power, which they made an instrument of mischief to oppress good men. A metaphor from horned and mischievous beasts. I WILL CUT OFF, when I shall be advanced to the throne, and have power and authority to do what now I can only desire and pray for. THE HORNS... [ Continue Reading ]