_A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045._ The LXX. call this “A Psalm of David after his land was restored to him;” that is, as Bishop Patrick explains it, after he was made master of all those countries which God anciently designed to be the inheritance of Israel: see 1 Chronicles 18:1. But, in its sublimer meaning... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord reigneth_ He that made the world, governs it; he that called the universe into existence, upholds and presides over it; and he rules, judges, and rewards, or punishes his intelligent, free, and immortal creatures, whether men or angels. The Lord Jesus reigns; the providential kingdom is in... [ Continue Reading ]
_Clouds and darkness are round about him_ His dispensations are mysterious and altogether unaccountable; _his ways in the sea, and his path in the great waters._ We are not aware what his designs are, nor is it fit that we should be made acquainted with the secrets of his government. But, though the... [ Continue Reading ]
_A fire goeth before him_, &c. “The judgments of God, and their effects upon the world, are here set forth, under the usual similitude of lightning and fire from heaven, causing the earth to tremble, and the mountains to melt and dissolve away.” And by these terrible appearances in the natural world... [ Continue Reading ]
_The heavens declare his righteousness_ It is as conspicuous and illustrious as the heavens themselves. Or the angels, yea, God himself gives testimony from heaven to the righteousness of Christ. _And all the people see his glory_ Both Jews and Gentiles shall partake of the glorious fruits and benef... [ Continue Reading ]
_Confounded be all they that serve graven images_ That is, the Gentile world, who _did service to them who by nature were no gods, Galatians 4:8_. Let them be ashamed of their former folly herein, and be thereby brought to detest and forsake their idols. Thus interpreted, the words are a _prayer_ fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Zion heard_ The people dwelling in Zion, or Jerusalem and Judah, to whom Christ came, and to whom the gospel was first preached. Or God's church and people, who, both in the Psalms and prophetical writings, are often called Zion; _heard_ the fame of thy judgments, as the following words declare; th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ye that love the Lord_ O all you that love and worship the true God, and rejoice in the establishment of his kingdom; _hate evil_ Show your love to him by hating all sin in temper, word, and work. Thus the psalmist, “having sung the glory of the Redeemer, now delineates the duty of the redeemed. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Light is sown for the righteous_ Joy and felicity, as the word _light_ often signifies, are prepared or laid up for them, and shall in due time be reaped by them, possibly in this life, but undoubtedly in the next; and therefore the followers of Christ, who are taught to expect tribulation in this... [ Continue Reading ]