_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._ This Psalm, which the title ascribes to David, was probably composed by him after he had settled the ark in mount Zion, to encourage the people to resort to Jerusalem to the three annual feasts, or to express his pleasure in observing that they did assemble there in great nu... [ Continue Reading ]
_I was glad when they said, Let us go_, &c. Or, _We will_ go, _into the house of the Lord_ They are the words of the people, exhorting one another to go and attend upon the worship of God at his tabernacle or temple at Jerusalem, and especially at the three great festivals; and they are intended to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jerusalem is builded as a city, compact together_ Hebrew, שׁחברה לה, _shechubberah lah, quæ conjuncta est sibi, which is united_, or, _compacted to_, or, _in itself._ The word signifies “the connection or joining of things aptly and closely to each other. Thus it is used of the coupling of the curt... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whither the tribes go up_, &c. Hebrew, _Thither the tribes ascend; the tribes of the Lord_ Whom God hath chosen to be his people, and whom he hath invited and required to resort thither. _Unto the testimony of Israel_ Unto the ark, called the _testimony_ because of the tables of the covenant laid u... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pray for the peace of Jerusalem_ In the prosperity of which both your civil and religious privileges are deeply concerned. _They shall prosper that love thee_ Or, _Let them prosper_, the future being taken imperatively, as is very frequent. The Lord grant them prosperity and all happiness. _Peace b... [ Continue Reading ]