1_Jehovah reigns _The people, who were formerly called upon to rejoice, are now commanded to tremble. For as the Jews were encompassed by enemies, it was of the utmost importance that God’s power should be magnified among them, that they might know that, while under his guardianship, they would be c... [ Continue Reading ]
2_Jehovah in Zion _It is proper that we should not forget the antithesis I formerly mentioned, namely, that God is great in Zion to destroy and annihilate all the enemies of his Church; and that, when the Psalmist goes on to say, _he is high above all nations, _his meaning is, not that he presides o... [ Continue Reading ]
4_The king’s strength also loves judgment _This may be viewed as a threatening designed to fill his enemies with dismay; as if he should say, such is God’s regard for righteousness and equity, that he hath clothed himself with power to avenge the injuries which his enemies have done to him. I think... [ Continue Reading ]
5_Exalt Jehovah our God _This exhortation is properly addressed to the Church alone, because having been made a partaker of the grace of God, she ought the more zealously to devote herself to his service, and to the love of godliness. The Psalmist, therefore, calls upon the Jews to exalt that God fr... [ Continue Reading ]
6._Moses and Aaron. _The Psalmist magnifies the special grace which God in a very remarkable manner vouchsafed to the seed of Abraham, that thence he chose for himself prophets and priests to be, as it were, mediators between him and the people, to ratify the covenant of salvation. And he mentions t... [ Continue Reading ]
8._O Jehovah our God _The prophet here reminds them that God had heard their prayers because his grace and their piety harmonized. Consequently, encouraged by their exemplary success in prayer, their posterity ought to call upon God, not merely pronouncing his name with their lips, but keeping his c... [ Continue Reading ]
In the close of the psalm he repeats the same sentence which we had in the fifth verse, only substituting _his holy mountain _instead of _his footstool; _and as for the sake of brevity he had formerly said somewhat obscurely קדוש הוא, _kadosh hu, he is holy, _he now says more plainly, _Jehovah our G... [ Continue Reading ]