1._Out of the deep places have I cried to thee, O Jehovah! _It is to be noticed that the Prophet speaks of himself as sending forth his voice, as it were from out of a deep gulf, (118) feeling himself overwhelmed with calamities. As the miseries to which there is no prospect of a termination commonl... [ Continue Reading ]
3._If thou, O God! shoudst mark iniquities _(119) Here the Prophet acknowledges that although grievously afflicted, he had justly deserved such punishment, as had been inflicted upon him. As by his own example he gives a rule which the whole Church ought to observe, let no man presume to intrude him... [ Continue Reading ]
4._But with thee there is forgiveness. _This verse leads us farther. Though all men confess with the mouth that there is no human being in the world whom God may not justly adjudge to everlasting death, should it so please him, yet how few are persuaded of the truth which the Prophet now adds, that... [ Continue Reading ]
5._I have waited for Jehovah. _After having testified in general that God is ready to show mercy to poor sinners who betake themselves to him, the Psalmist concludes that he is thereby encouraged to entertain good hope. The past tense in the verbs _wait _and _trust _is put for the present_. I have w... [ Continue Reading ]
6._My soul hath waited for the Lord before the watchers of the morning. _In this verse he expresses both the ardor and the perseverance of his desire. In saying that he anticipated the watchmen, he shows by this similitude with what diligence and alacrity he breathed after God. And the repetition is... [ Continue Reading ]
7._But let Israel hope in Jehovah. _After having spoken of himself, and exhibited in his own person an example for all to follow, he now applies the doctrine to the whole body of the Church. It is to be noticed that the foundation upon which he would have the hope of all the godly to rest is the mer... [ Continue Reading ]
8._And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. _Here the Psalmist applies more closely to the Church what he has said in the preceding verse. He concludes that it is not to be doubted that God, who has it in his power to save by multiplied means, will prove himself the deliverer of the peopl... [ Continue Reading ]