1._For his mercy, _(172) etc. The insertion of this clause again and again in so many short and abrupt sentences, may seem a vain repetition, but verses repeated by way of chorus are both allowed and admired in profane poets, and why should we object to the reiteration in this instance, for which th... [ Continue Reading ]
4._Who alone hath done great wonders _Under this term he comprehends all God’s works from the least to the greatest, that he may awaken our admiration of them, for notwithstanding the signal marks of inconceivably great wisdom and divine power of God which are inscribed upon them we are apt through... [ Continue Reading ]
7._Who made the great lights, etc_. — Moses calls the sun and moon the two great lights, and there is little doubt that the Psalmist here borrows the same phraseology. What is immediately added about the stars, is, as it were, accessory to the others. It is true, that the other planets are larger th... [ Continue Reading ]
10._Who smote the Egyptians in, their first-born _Some read _with their first-born, _but the other rendering reads better. As we do not mean to sermonize upon the passage, it is unnecessary to detain the reader here with many words, as nothing is mentioned but what has been treated elsewhere. Only w... [ Continue Reading ]
13._Who divided the Red Sea _I have already (Psalms 106:7) spoken of the word סוף, _suph, _and have not therefore hesitated to render it _the Red Sea _The Psalmist speaks of _divisions _in the plural number, which has led some Jewish authors to conjecture that there must have been more passages than... [ Continue Reading ]
23._Who remembered us in our humiliation _The six verses taken from the previous Psalm I pass over without observation; and I shall only touch very briefly upon the others, which do not need lengthened consideration. We may just observe that the Psalmist represents every age as affording’ displays o... [ Continue Reading ]