TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. UPON SHEMINITH. the _Sheminith._ See App-65. TITLE.. PSALM. See App-65. HELP. Save. GODLY MAN. "gracious [man]". CEASETH. is no more. Compare Isaiah 57:1.Micah 7:2. FAITHFUL. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, put for faithful men. CHILDREN OF... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SPEAK. Man's words contrasted with Jehovah's words. Compare Psalms 12:6, and see Structure above. DOUBLE. deceitful. Hebrew "a heart and. heart". Compare 1 Chronicles 12:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TONGUE, &C. Quoted in James 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH OUR TONGUE WILL WE PREVAIL. Thanks to our tongue, we will prevail.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. wretched. Hebrew. _ain_. See note on Proverbs 6:11. SAITH THE LORD. let Jehovah say. FROM HIM THAT PUFFETH AT HIM. let him [the oppressed] despise it [the oppression], HIM. it: i.e. the oppression.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. the spoken words, sayings, or utterances. Compare Psalms 119:38. SILVER TRIED: i.e. pure silver. FURNACE. crucible. Put. full stop after this word. OF. to, or pertaining to (referring to the "words"). The letter lamed is the sign of the Dative case, not the Genitive. EARTH. Hebrew. _'erez... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM: i.e. the godly. Plural reference to "the faithful" of Psalms 12:1. THEM. him: refers to the man of grace (Psalms 12:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. MEN: i.e. the sons of Adam, as in Psalms 12:1. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. TITLE.. PSALM. See App-65.... [ Continue Reading ]