Psalms 128:1
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67. BLESSED IS. O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63. FEARETH. revereth.... [ Continue Reading ]
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67. BLESSED IS. O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63. FEARETH. revereth.... [ Continue Reading ]
LABOUR. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for that which is produced by labour. THINE HANDS: i.e. thine own hands, in contrast with the opposite (Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:39; Deuteronomy 28:40). See also Amos 5:11.Micah 6:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIFE... FRUITFUL. The reference is, as in Psalms 127 to the fact that Hezekiah was childless at this time and ionged for an heir. App-67. CHILDREN. SONS.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. MAN. a strong man (plural) Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. BLESSED. Not the same word as in Psalms 128:1. That is happy (_Beatitudo_); this is blessed (_Benedictio_).... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT SEE: or, That thou mayest see.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT SEE. Hezekiah _did_ see. PEACE. Because this Psalm concludes. group.... [ Continue Reading ]