_A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058._ David is thought, by most commentators, to have written this Psalm in answer to the calumnies of Saul and his courtiers, who represented him as an ambitious, aspiring man, who, under pretence of a divine appointment, sought the kingdom in the pride of his heart. He appeals t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord, my heart is not haughty_ Lifted up with that pride of which I am accused, as thou, the searcher of all hearts, knowest; _nor mine eyes lofty_ Either to look with envy on those that are above me, or with disdain on those that are below me. Where there is a proud heart there is commonly a proud... [ Continue Reading ]
_Surely I have behaved and quieted myself_ Hebrew, שׁויתי ודוממתי נפשׁי, _I have composed_ and _hushed_, or, _rendered silent, my soul._ When my mind was provoked to any irregular passion or temper, I restrained and subdued all such sinful motions or dispositions. _As a child that is weaned of his m... [ Continue Reading ]