_A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ As the foregoing Psalm, under the emblem of David in preferment, showed us the royal dignity of the Redeemer; so this, by the example of David in distress, shows us the peace and holy security of the redeemed, under the divine protection. David, being now driven out from his... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord, how are they increased that trouble me?_ He might well say so, for the party that sought his ruin was very numerous and very formidable. Absalom his son had stolen away the hearts of the generality of the people, and was at the head of them: Ahithophel, his counsellor, sought his ruin: Shimei... [ Continue Reading ]
_Many there be that say of my soul_ Of me; the soul being commonly put for the person: _There is no help for him in God_ God hath utterly forsaken him for his many crimes, and will never help him more. _Selah_ This word is nowhere used but in this poetical book, and in the song of Habakkuk. Probably... [ Continue Reading ]
_But thou art a shield for me_ Or, _about me_, on every side, where also mine enemies are; that is, thou art my defence; _my glory_ Thou hast formerly given, and wilt further give me, occasion of glorying in thy power and favour; _and the lifter up of my head_ Thou wilt restore me to my former power... [ Continue Reading ]
_I cried unto the Lord with my voice_ By prayer I commended myself to the divine protection; _and he heard me out of his holy hill_ Out of heaven, so called Psalms 15:1. _I laid me down and slept_ Securely, casting all my cares upon God. _I awaked_ As after a sweet and undisturbed sleep, as though n... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people_ Were I beset with as many nations as I see men now encamp themselves on all sides against me, I should not be at all daunted at it. “Faith,” says Dr. Horne, “revived and invigorated by prayer, and fixed on God alone, is a stranger to fear in the wors... [ Continue Reading ]
_Arise, O Lord, save me_ Defer no longer, but let them see thou hast not forsaken me; _O my God_ Who art mine by special relation and covenant: Lord, save thy own. Deliver me from these my rebellious subjects, whose policy and power I am unable to withstand without thee. _For thou hast smitten mine... [ Continue Reading ]
_Salvation belongeth unto God_ I expect not salvation from my counsels or forces, but from thy power and favour alone. _Thy blessing is_ Or rather, _let it be; upon thy people_ Either upon my friends and followers, who alone are thy people, the rest being rebels to thee as well as to me; or upon all... [ Continue Reading ]