_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._ This Psalm was used by the Jews in their public services on the sabbath day, to which the matter of it was very well suited. For it celebrates the works of God, both that first and great work, the creation of the universe, and that succeeding, and no less wonderful work, his... [ Continue Reading ]
_It is a good thing to give thanks_, &c. It is a good work, and a just debt, which is due from us to God; _to show forth thy loving- kindness_, &c. To adore and celebrate thy goodness and truth continually, and especially at those two solemn times of morning and evening, which, on every day, and par... [ Continue Reading ]
_For thou hast made me glad through thy work_, &c. Which thou didst create by thine almighty power, and dost still govern with infinite wisdom. “A prospect of creation, in the vernal season,” says Dr. Horne, “fallen as it is, inspires the mind with joy, which no words can express. But how doth the r... [ Continue Reading ]
_A brutish man_ Who cannot, or doth not, seriously consider things; whose mind is corrupted by sensual and brutish appetites; who is led by _sense_, and not by _reason_ and _faith, knoweth not_ That thy works are so inexpressibly great and wonderful; _neither doth a fool understand this_ The depth o... [ Continue Reading ]
_When the wicked spring_, &c. Many interpreters connect this with the preceding verse, thus: _A brutish man knoweth not, &c., that when the wicked spring as the grass_, and when all the workers of iniquity _do flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:_ “they are only nourishing themselv... [ Continue Reading ]
_For lo, thine enemies, &c., shall perish_ He represents their destruction as certain, and as present, which the repetition of the words implies. _But my horn shalt thou exalt_, &c. But, as for me and other righteous persons, (of whom he says the same thing, Psalms 92:12,) we shall be advanced to tr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mine eye also shall see my desire_, &c. The words, _my desire_, are twice inserted in this verse by our translators, and it seems improperly, as there is nothing for them in the original, which is literally, _Mine eye also shall look upon mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear of the wicked that ri... [ Continue Reading ]
_The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree_ Which is constantly green and flourishing, spreads its branches very wide, and grows to a vast size, affording a most refreshing shade to travellers. It also produces dates, a very sweet, luscious, and grateful kind of fruit; is a most beautiful tree... [ Continue Reading ]
_Those that be planted in the house of the Lord_ In his church, of which all righteous persons are real and living members: those whom God, by his gracious providence and Holy Spirit, hath planted and fixed there, and incorporated with his people; _shall flourish in the courts of our God_ Like the t... [ Continue Reading ]
_To show that the Lord is upright_, &c. That he is true to his promises, and faithful to every word that he hath spoken, and therefore does not leave nor forsake those that cleave to him, but carries on the work which he has begun. As it is by his promises that believers first partake of a divine na... [ Continue Reading ]