1._They who confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion. _The present Psalm differs from the preceding in this — that while in the other it was said that the Church _had been preserved _by the power of God, without any human means, the Holy Spirit, in the one before us, teaches that _in the time to come _s... [ Continue Reading ]
3._For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the just. _This is, as it were, a correction of the preceding sentence. The Psalmist had said that the hand of God was extended on all sides to defend his Church. But as we are disposed to draw the divine promises to our own advantage,... [ Continue Reading ]
4._Do good, O Jehovah to the good. _The Prophet has already promised to all the faithful the seasonable help of God; but still he has recourse to prayer, and that not without cause; for although faith may sustain us, yet, as our carnal sense and reason are wavering, we ought to mingle prayers for ou... [ Continue Reading ]
5._But those who turn aside into their crooked paths, etc_. As the participle המטים, _hammattim, _is in the conjugation _Hiphil, _it should, according to the rules of grammar, be rather translated in an active sense — _those who cause to turn aside; _but it being no uncommon thing for verbs in that... [ Continue Reading ]