_A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ This Psalm, as the preceding, and many others, seems to have been composed by David during the persecution he suffered from Saul, and probably at, or near, the beginning of it, while Saul outwardly professed kindness to him, but yet gave evident proofs that he desired, and w... [ Continue Reading ]
_The transgression of the wicked saith_, &c. When I consider the great and manifold transgressions of ungodly men, I conclude, within myself, that they have cast off all fear and serious belief of the Divine Majesty. _For he flattereth himself in his own eyes_ He deceiveth himself with vain and fals... [ Continue Reading ]
_The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit_ Are wicked and deceitful. _He hath left off to be wise and to do good_ Once he had some degrees of wisdom, and did things that were apparently good, and seemed to be under the government of religion: but now he is an open apostate from that which he o... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens_ Where it reigns in perfection and to eternity; and from whence it is extended to the sinful and miserable children of men, who peculiarly need it _And thy faithfulness_ The truth, both of thy threatenings against thine enemies, and of thy promises made to good... [ Continue Reading ]
_How excellent is thy loving-kindness_ Or _thy mercy:_ for it is the same word which is so rendered, Psalms 36:5. The sense is, though all thine attributes be excellent and glorious, yet, above all, thy mercy is most excellent, or precious and amiable, as being most necessary and beneficial unto us,... [ Continue Reading ]
_With thee is the fountain of life_ From which those rivers of pleasure flow. Life is in God as in a fountain, and from him is derived to us. As the _God of nature_, he is the fountain of natural life; _in him we live, and move, and have our being._ As the _God of grace_, he is the fountain of spiri... [ Continue Reading ]
_O continue thy loving-kindness unto them, that know thee_ That is, that know thee so as sincerely to love thee, for _every one that loveth is born of God_, and _knoweth God:_ whereas _he that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love, 1 John 4:7_. As thou hast begun, so continue the manifestatio... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let not the foot of pride_ That is, of my proud and insolent enemies; _come against me_ Or _upon me_, namely, so as to overthrow or remove me, as it is in the next clause; either, 1st, From my trust in, and obedience to thee: or, 2d, From my place and station; from the land of my nativity, and the... [ Continue Reading ]
_There are the workers of iniquity fallen There_, where they came against me, and hoped to ruin me. He seems, as it were, to point at the place with his finger, as if their downfall were already effected, and he could tell all the circumstances of it. Upon the very spot where they practise their tre... [ Continue Reading ]