_A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ David's sacrifices and alms, 1 Chronicles 16:1. He appoints Levites to minister before the ark, 1 Chronicles 16:4. His psalm of thanksgiving, 1 Chronicles 16:7. Ministers and others are appointed to attend the ark continually, 1 Chronicles 16:37.... [ Continue Reading ]
_So they brought_ back _the ark of God_ For these three verses, see notes on 2 Samuel 6:17. _A flagon of wine_ A draught of wine. Hiller and Waterland.... [ Continue Reading ]
_To record, and to thank and praise the Lord_, &c. To rehearse and declare unto the people the wonderful works God had done for Israel, and to give him thanks for them, and to extol his almighty goodness and his glorious perfections. All our rejoicings should express themselves in thanksgivings to h... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then David delivered first this psalm_, &c. Or, as Houbigant renders it, _On that same day David delivered this psalm, that Asaph and his brethren might praise the Lord by it_ That is, on the day in which David appointed the Levites to sing before God, he gave them the song or hymn which follows. T... [ Continue Reading ]
_Deliver us from the heathen_ This might seem an improper and unseasonable prayer for David's time, when the Israelites were not scattered among the heathen, but indeed it was not so: 1st, Because they had already been sadly divided by a civil war among themselves; and though they were now externall... [ Continue Reading ]
_He left there before the ark Asaph and his brethren_ He appointed them their work and station there. Indeed, no incense was burned there, nor sacrifices offered, because the altars were not there; but David's prayers were directed _as incense, and the lifting up of his hands as an evening sacrifice... [ Continue Reading ]
_Zadok the priest_ Not the high-priest, but the second, and the chief priest at Gibeon, where the tabernacle and altar made by Moses still were, where also the ordinary sacrifices were offered, and the stated worship of God was performed, as the extraordinary worship was before the ark upon great oc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Which he commanded Israel_ These must be kept up, because, however in their own nature they were inferior to prayer and praise, yet, as they were types of the mediation of Christ, the observance of them was of mighty importance.... [ Continue Reading ]
_With musical instruments of God_ Appropriated to the worship of God; not such as they used on other occasions. Between common mirth and holy joy, there is a vast difference; and the limits and distances between them must be carefully kept up.... [ Continue Reading ]