_Then Jonah prayed_ Those devout thoughts and feelings which he had at that time, he afterward digested into the following prayer, and added a thanksgiving for his deliverance at the end of it. So several of David's Psalms were probably composed after his trouble was over; but in a manner suitable t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then I said, I am cast out_, &c. “My first apprehensions were, that as I had justly forfeited thy favour by my disobedience, so thou wouldest cast me out of thy protection; yet, upon recollecting myself, I thought it my duty not to despair of thy mercy, but direct my prayer toward thy heavenly habi... [ Continue Reading ]
_They that observe lying vanities_, &c. They that seek to, or trust in, idols, (often called by the names of _vanity_ and lies,) _forsake their own mercy_ Forsake him who alone is able to show mercy to them, and preserve them in time of danger: who, to all that depend upon him, is an eternal fountai... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the Lord_ This should rather have been rendered, _For the Lord;_ because what follows was not done after the preceding thanksgiving, but before it; and it is mentioned here only to show the cause or subject of the thanksgiving. _The Lord spake unto the fish_, &c. God's almighty power is represe... [ Continue Reading ]