1._We will praise thee, O God! _With respect to the inscription of this psalm, I have sufficiently spoken when explaining the 57th psalm. As to the author of it, this is a point, in the determination of which, I am not inclined to give myself much trouble. Whoever he was, whether David or some other... [ Continue Reading ]
2._When I shall have taken the congregation. _The Hebrew verb יעד, _yaäd, _signifies _to appoint a place _or _day, _and the noun מועד, _moed, _derived from it, which is here used, signifies both _holy assemblies, _or _a congregation of the faithful assembled together in the name of the Lord, _and _f... [ Continue Reading ]
3._The earth is dissolved, and all its inhabitants. _Many commentators are of opinion that these words are properly applicable to Christ, at whose coming it behoved the earth and its inhabitants to be shaken. He reigns, as we know, that he may destroy the old man, and he commences his spiritual king... [ Continue Reading ]
4._I said to the fools, Act not foolishly. _(255) After he has set the office of God full in his own view and in the view of the faithful, he now triumphs over all the ungodly, whom he impeaches of madness and blind rage, the effect of their despising God, which leads them to indulge to excess in pr... [ Continue Reading ]
6._For exaltations come neither from the east nor from the west. _(258) The prophet here furnishes an admirable remedy for correcting pride, when he teaches us that promotion or advancement proceeds not from the earth but from God alone. That which most frequently blinds the eyes of men is, their ga... [ Continue Reading ]
8._For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup. _(261) The Psalmist here applies more directly to the use of the godly that judgment of which he has just now spoken. He affirms, that the object for which God reigns is, that no iniquity may remain unpunished; but that when wicked men have broken throug... [ Continue Reading ]
9.and 10._But I will publish for ever. _This conclusion of the psalm evinces the joy which God’s people felt from having experienced that He was their deliverer in adversity; for it seems to be their own experience which they engage to publish, and on account of which they resolve to sing praise to... [ Continue Reading ]